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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32292 Location: Buenos Aires
I made chicken thighs "under a brick" (I didn't have a brick so I used some dumbbells) with noodled vegetables
Very happy with how it turned out. The chicken was delicious (meat was nice and juicy, skin was crispy), and those noodled vegetables felt (and functioned) like a pasta side. I cooked them in the same pan I was making the chicken; the leftover fat and a bit of lemon juice made for an awesome "dressing". Fantastic low-carb meal
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32292 Location: Buenos Aires
The brick, or whatever you use to weigh it down, is flattening out the meat which helps it cook more evenly, and it's pressing the skin into the hot metal. Without the added weight lots of the skin would be tenting up and not getting as crispy as it comes out here (this one didn't come out perfect -- I fudged the flip after removing the dumbbells -- but it still turned out delicious and crispy). It's a real nice way to cook chicken thighs, I'd never tried it before. Italians call it chicken "al mattone".
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47165 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Jorge wrote:
The brick, or whatever you use to weigh it down, is flattening out the meat which helps it cook more evenly, and it's pressing the skin into the hot metal. Without the added weight lots of the skin would be tenting up and not getting as crispy as it comes out here (this one didn't come out perfect -- I fudged the flip after removing the dumbbells -- but it still turned out delicious and crispy). It's a real nice way to cook chicken thighs, I'd never tried it before. Italians call it chicken "al mattone".
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