Buying chicken thighs

am i the only person who buys the whole bird?
its waaaaay fucking cheaper, its better quality, it hasnt been frozen for 5 years and you get evrything

Is it really cheaper? Half the thing is bone and gristle, it seems

i only buy whole birds

>bone and gristle goes in a pot with vegetable scraps, some water, black peppercorn, bay leaf
>free "bone broth"/stock
the price per pound is almost always fifty cents or a dollar less than for portions. i generally pay like six bucks for a 4lb chicken, which i get two meals for two people off of, plus all the chicken soup i want.

Hmm, you've convinced me. I have a pressure cooker too so time to make some tasty bone broth

>being so poor that you have to use the shittiest parts of the bird to feed yourself
wew lad

>being such a helpless baby that you need the supermarket to break down your chicken for you
i can't imagine being a grown adult and not being able to take care of yourself. no wonder you're so bitter, you're completely dependent.

i do this, always make broth from the bones afterwards and use all the leftover chicken for chicken soup. usually thai themed with rice noodles.

sometimes you have to roast the bones, but they have so much flavor. kinda can't believe how many people buy meat without the bones, except for specific recipes that just really don't need bones or call for deconstructing a cut of meat a lot.

yes it is, breast has a huge mark up and even tighs has a little bit
plus the supermarket has the big chickens in discount so i have to look for the ones over 6 pounds when i go wich is fun but sucks a lot when they dont have any
keep in mind some of the weight is bones and skin but it isnt that much

the only thing i buy separate are the wings
>always make broth from the bones afterwards
teach me senpai

bones are great, and the organs make probably the most deep and flavorful gravy. if you're so worried about being seen as poor, just buy an organic free-range bird that comes with it's own name and home printed on it.

>Useless bone
>Not making chicken stock from scratch
Kill thyself.

Thighself

keep buying breasts white boy

You can easily break and pull out that protruding bone and it's one big chunk of meat.

Lemme guess.
You only eat tendies. And if you HAVE to eat an actual bird part. You'll only eat the drumstick.

>teach me senpai

Do you really not know how to make stock? Put bones, some onion, celery, carrots, salt, and pepper in a pot with a bunch of water and simmer it for hours.

yeah i use breasts for everything. whenever i make chicken soup i just cut up some breast slices and toss em in the pot with some veggies and boullion.

I see what you did there... Oh you

>salt

Nigga its the juiciest part of the chicken. Fuck you talking about.

>frogposter being retarded again

>90% useless bone
do you buy them from walmart?

you clearly don't know how to make stock either, user.
never put salt in your stock, salt is added after you put the stock in whatever application it's going to end up in.

>advocates putting salt in a fucking stock
You really need to neck yourself

What do you think boullion is made from? Pro tip it's broth made from bones and salt then filtered and dehydrated.

uhhhh you just answered your own question idiot

thighs > wings (flat) > drumsticks > wings (whole or drum) > power gap > breasts

sorry for the late as shit reply, had to prep a dinner thing.

anyway the way i make stock is just roasted bones, onion, celery, and water. usually i add lime leaves, and one star anise, and all the pan drippings too, obviously, since a bunch of flavor is there. cook that at least 3 hours on a low boil heat. if you want extra broth, add a general chicken stock thing from the store. the next day, thai chilies and fish sauce help add more flavor to the soup.

when it's done i throw it in the refrigerator and scoop out most (but not all) of the fat, then set it aside in case i think the broth can do with more. end result should be a nice amber soup, not cloudy.

you can add a lot fo chicken broth to change it tho, more traditional route is obvious with carrots and maybe some black peppercorns, salt when making the soup itself. maybe some paprika and cayenne.

also for thai noodle soup: rice noodles, thai basil, steamed cabbage, bean sprouts. lately i've been trying new things in it like sauteed mushrooms (were okay), and green onion (didn't match the flavor very well).

desu the fact that you can add anything to soup is kinda why i like it. even if it doesn't go too well, it'll usually be alright.

Bone meat best meat

>wings (flat) > drumsticks
Swap these are you're good to go :^)

>thinks ribs and t-bone steaks are annoying and wasteful

you're a fucking retard

>90% bone

drummettes > drumsticks any day of the week bud

how to remove bone from chicken thighs before cooking?

With a knife

RIP Maakies

no he asked what you thought it was made from and then told you what it was actually made from

what happened to tony millionaire, did he just get bored? is he dead?

Pretty sure he's alive, despite the pills and boose.
He declared Maakies dead himself a year ago, almost to the day actually, and while he didn't deign to comment further himself it seems from the user comments he just wasn't able to sell the strip anymore.
Sad times.
maakies.com/?p=692

really sucks, i loved his shit
wish the show had taken off more

When I buy thighs from the grocery store they have one tidy bone down the middle. When I buy fried chicken thighs have so many bones it's like eating a natural history museum.

Why can't you be more like supermarket thighs, fried chicken?

This.
Every pleb I know claims to love chicken breasts even though thighs are the patrician cut. I can buy a 12 pack of bone in, skin on thighs for like 7 bucks. I love it.

>90% useless bone
Where the crap are you buying your chicken from? Africa?

Do you just eat plain chicken? No seasoning?

All this soup talk is making me want Avgolemono. You would be crazy to use breast over thighs for soups.

Thighs are much healthier which is why people prefer them over thighs.

Stock is the easiest fucking thing to make and the flavor and texture are incomparable to anything sold in a store. And thats from " free" inedible junk from a bird that costs less than 2 pre-cut chicken breasts.

I remove the legs and breasts from the bird, then dice up the rest and shove it into a pot. The most annoying part is having to cook the drumsticks so you can get to the bones so you can start making the stock.

I've started just adding the thigh meat whole to the stockpot since i never get around to eating it. I'll usually take it out after and eat it even though it's dry as fucking possible, the flavour is pretty good from having simmered in chicken stock.

Making stock is easy as fuck. Shove shit in a pot and simmer. It's nice to roast the bones first and I usually cut the them all in half so the marrow cooks into the stock better.

Fried chicken "thigh" is mostly back, spine and all. Sometimes there'll be chunks of what i can only assume is brainstem hidden in there. I only eat the drumsticks and white meat.

>juiciest most delicious meat on the chicken
>one bone that's extremely easy for anyone with babby tier knife skills to remove

I seriously hope you don't buy any other cuts of chicken besides the thighs.

"gamey" is just a word babies use to describe meat that actually tastes like anything

Literal tastelet

Wut

gamey, when used properly, is used to describe meat that is tough or has been worked more, and most often is a flavor you find in wild animal or 'game' hence the name. Only a total fucking retard would ever call god damn farm raised chickens "Gamey". And I guarantee they have never experienced anything that could actually be called gamey.

Funny story, one time I made a roast chicken with a delicious lemon-herb butter all over it and under the skin and shit, then made broth out of the drippings and bones.

When I tasted it an hour later to see how it was doing I had forgotten one or two lemons went into it, and the taste freaks me out so much I didn’t know what was happening at first lol. Went through with finishing the broth tho, just so I could serve it to some friends and see their expressions.

To clarify, it was not good, way too much lemon.

>chicken thighs
>annoying to eat
It's amazing how retards can go this far to tyoe this message on my screen, what a day to live in.

Thighs are the best fucken part of the bird. KYS

>dark meat
>lowest quality part of the bird
You poorfags can have the thighs, I actually can afford to not eat like a mongrel

How in the fuck are chicken thighs remotely gamey?

Can you niggers not buy boneless thighs or just cut out the bone? They're the best for stir fry, curry etc where you are going to dice up the meat, because it's nice and fatty

buy boneless thighs then

>tfw boneless thighs are now more expensive per pound than boneless breasts at whole foods
people are catching on to the fact that thighs are superior

Afraid of a little dark meat whiteboi?

>shopping at whole cucks

it's one thing i'm glad that i started doing. roast chicken, eat/save meat, carcass for stock, leftover meat for soup or salad. it's the best.

not that guy, but whole foods and fresh market are the only legitimate butchers in my town. i imagine a lot of flyover places are like this.

though there is a new, locally sourced butcher that is supposed to open up near me soon, so they'll be my main.

It's fucking weird to me that there are people who choose food by how easy it is to shove into their face over flavor and texture. Is that why the average weight in america is 200lbs?

why do you ask questions you already know the answers to?

You can learn to skin and bone them on youtube. I did.

Fuck off. Thighs are by far the best.

one of the many reasons, also the fact they literally guzzle high fructose corn syrup by the gallon by inserting it into every product in a grocery store

slightly annoying to eat but definitely the tastiest part

I buy whole chickens cheaper fresher you get all the parts and you can make delicious stock for soup its like 3 meals for the price of one.

Make Country Captain with chicken thighs
(GOOGLE the recipe)

chicken breasts are a bit meh, bro

shit is to die for