Missy2U and her Chicken Issues

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Howdy everyone. Mods - please feel free to move this to IMHO if it belongs there or somewhere is if it belongs there - but it’s about food (chicken) and it’s preparation so even though it’s kind of a IMHO thing, it also fits here. So do what you will. I leave myself at your mercy.

Yesterday, the husband and I went grocery shopping. It’s always a mistake to take him with me - and I know this - yet he still creeps into every grocery store visit I make. He’s like a ninja that way.

I’m happily going through the meat department, picking out a roast here, a couple of steaks here, hmmm - ground beef is on sale so I’ll grab a package of that, and lookie - pork chops are on sale too! Grab one of those puppies for sure! So I have my meat, a basic meal plan in my head for the next couple of weeks, turn around, and what do I see? Packages of freakin’ chicken piled in the cart, courtesy of my husband. I was very angry. VERY angry! NO MORE CHICKEN - I’m SO DAMN SICK of chicken - I have been for at least 33 years (for my 16th Birthday, the only gift I wanted was for my mom to not make chicken for a WHOLE YEAR - and she did it!) yet the husband loves his damn chicken. He’d eat it 6 out of 7 nights if he could. Normally, I’d say fine - eat what you want I don’t have to eat it I’ll make my own dinner. Well, I’m sick of it. SICK, I TELL YOU! Woe betide my freezer when he gets the Purdue Roasters “buy one get one free” - we do not NEED 18 pounds of whole chickens on hand! Surrounded by the leg and thigh quarters in their own packages. And the worst part about it - HE KNOWS I HATE CHICKEN!

This last trip was leg and thigh quarters (thank the meat gods that we still have one whole damn 9 pound chicken in the freezer.) NO! NO NO NO NO NO I SAY! I’m sick and tired of the smell of it cooking, I can’t stand the sight of it in my freezer, and I refuse to eat it as I said earlier. One would think, wouldn’t one, that I’d be happy to make my own dinner and have it all for myself. Alas, I can’t make MYSELF what I want to eat for dinner because I can’t make a quarter sized portion of Beef Stroganoff or pepper steak, or food normal people eat. Plus the sides that to me make a well rounded meal. It’ll end up getting thrown out. And please don’t argue with me and tell me how to pare down recipes or anything else - I’m not interested. I’m being dramatic. Roll with it. Plus, I used to love cooking. Now I hate it. I hate everything about it anymore. That’s just one more thing he’s taken away from me that I used to derive pleasure from - but that’s another thread.

Today, there was a predictable argument about what to have for dinner. You’ll NEVER ever guess what HE wanted. I wanted nothing to do with it. He asked me if I’d cook it for him. I said “HELL NO! Make it your own damn self.” And now I’m going to have the freakin’ leftovers of his fucking chicken in my fridge taking up space . And the kitchen is going to be a mess by the time he’s done. I’ll have a salad and seethe.

The husband does not understand my hatred of all things poultry. Except for eggs - I do like eggs. ANYWAY, I have repeatedly told him in no uncertain terms - I will only eat chicken prepared in one of three and 1/2 ways. I will happily eat chicken when it is:

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[li]In a hot chicken salad made with onions and celery and mayo and chunks of velveeta in it, on a hamburger bun, wrapped in tin foil, and then baked until the bun is hot and the velveeta is all melty.[/li][li]Chicken marsala. With extra gravy (or sauce, or whatever you call it.)[/li][li]Chicken shish-kabobs . Green pepper, onion, mushrooms and chunks of chicken breast all marinated in teriyaki sauce, then grilled served with a side of teriyaki sauce to dip it in.[/li][li]Fried. Like KFC. Then I only eat the skin. (This is the 1/2. Because I don’t actually eat the chicken.)[/li][/ul]

Just for those of you who I know will give me grief please do remember that if I’m invited to someone’s house, I eat what’s prepared for me with a damn smile on my face so don’t lay that picky person who eats like toddler shtick on me.

I’m going with the hot chicken sandwiches if I had to pick one and only one way to have it for the rest of my life.

How about you guys? If you were forced to eat chicken prepared only one way for the rest of your life, what way would that be? Feel free to substitute some other food that you’ll only eat prepared a very specific way or you won’t eat it if you want.

I’m curious.

Sorry I took so long to get the pointl.

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Simple juicy roast chicken with crisp skin. Either a whole bird or preferably just legs since I don’t like white meat very much. Rotate sides and sauces and I’m a happy girl.

Just to contribute a recipe, I made this recipe for passover this year and it was great: Honey Garlic Chicken - Easy Roasted Chicken with Honey Garlic Sauce

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Juicy roast chicken with crisp skin. Either a whole bird or preferably just legs since I don’t like white meat very much. Rotate sides and sauces and I’m a happy girl.

Made this recipe for passover this year and it was great: Honey Garlic Chicken - Easy Roasted Chicken with Honey Garlic Sauce

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Yep, roast chicken with crispy skin would get my vote, but it would be a tortuous decision. Chicken Marsala ranks right up there, as does fried chicken.

But I’m totally going to try your hot chicken salad idea. That sounds delicious. Don’t suppose you can give us a ballpark on proportions?

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So… You eat your dinner, eat your pork and beans, your husband eats more chicken than any man ever seen?

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Fried. Simple Southern Fried Chicken. Salt and pepper is all it needs, but a it can be spiced up more. I like chicken to some degree but it doesn’t like me to some degree and I can live without it except for the fried type. I’ll use chicken broth in a lot of other dishes, if you don’t mind that I could discuss a wife swap with your husband because my wife likes chicken too much.

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I used to date a girl whose father refused to eat chicken, with the possible exception of Chinese restaurant chicken balls. As a lad, his mother used to make boiled chicken and he hated it. Of course, I fell into the trap of thinking “oh, he would probably love chicken if only he had it prepared in such-and-such a way”, but now as I grow older I fully respect his right to hate chicken, full stop.

For me, I don’t like fish but I’d probably be able to eat deep-fried battered fish ‘n’ chips for the rest of my life. I’m always amused when people say “oh, you should try this fish – it hardly tastes fishy at all!”. You know what other type of food doesn’t taste fishy? EVERY OTHER TYPE OF FOOD IN EXISTENCE BESIDES FISH.

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Why do you hate Chickenmerica?

To answer the question, fried. But only if I can fry it anyway I want to… deep fried, oven fried, etc.

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if i had to pick a single chicken style it would be roasted with dry skin and still moist meat.

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Chicken tikka masala, extra spicy, over basmati rice.

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I like chicken soup and chicken&dumplings… But Mama’s fried chicken was the best! Chicken salted and dropped in a paper bag with a cup or so flour… Shake that up,pull it out and drop(gently) into the hot Crisco in the iron skillet… Yeah,Mom’s fried chicken for the rest of my life.
Why not tell the hubby if he wants chicken,he can cook it and clean up after himself and you will do the same??

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Supermarket rotisserie chicken. I like the legs and thighs the best. I make other dishes from rotisserie chickens too, like easy Chicken Mole. One onion diced small, sautéed in oil until translucent, add one can chicken stock and three tablespoons Donia Maria Mole Paste, stir under sauce thickens, add red peppers flake to taste for heat. Add deboned chicken from one rotisserie chicken, warm over medium heat until hot. Serve over black beans and rice. I can eat that almost every day.

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Hm. You know the classic duck breast with lovely crispy skin? If I could have boneless, skin on chicken done that same way. Seasoned lightly with salt and pepper, and I would have a blast with all the sides I could choose from to go with it. Otherwise whole roasted chicken, skin all crispy, lightly salt and peppered - I do actually like both light and dark meat.

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For me, it would be a mayo-based cold chicken salad. Of course, I may be saying that today because I had a chicken salad sandwich at an excellent cafe last night and it rocked.

And Hogarth, I am totally with you on the fish thing…can you imagine if someone said " hey, try this steak, it’s really good it doesn’t taste like steak at all. Or " this chocolate cake is delicious, it’s not at all chocolatey". But with fish it’s different.

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Well, different fish legitimately has different tastes with varying levels of what most people consider a ‘fishy’ taste. I’ll accept for sake of argument that you don’t like any of them but someone saying “We had trout, oh you hate trout? You should try swordfish” isn’t the same as “You hate chocolate pudding? You should try chocolate cake”.

For the OP, I’ll go the roast chicken route. That’s my usual method of preparing it and I cook a fair deal of chicken (comparatively cheap and everyone here likes it)

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I have gout, and so I eat more white-meat chicken than any other meat. Fortunately I love chicken in all of it’s various incarnations, but I love fried chicken the most.
As for your problem, I can not give you any advice that you would want to hear.

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Popcorn chicken. Which is really more about eating breading than about eating chicken (somewhat like the OPs 1/2).

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My wife marinates grilled chicken in Italian dressing before baking it into a pot pie with plenty of veggies; simple but terrific.

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Every week I make jerk chicken legs, and then whatever with the breasts. So I’ll go with the jerk.

If I were you, I’d make the three ways you like until he screamed for mercy. Because I’m passive-aggressive that way.

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Oh, yeah. Barring that, I like to flatten a chicken breast, dip it in an egg wash, then in a Panko/Parmesan cheese mix seasoned with thyme, and pan fry it in a bit of olive oil and butter until just done and brown. Then cut it up into a bowl of orzo, on a green salad.