jcwinterton (05/13/82)
This recipe is one I use when I want chicken without a lot of trouble and fuss. 2 large chicken breasts butter or margarine few grindings pepper sprinkle of marjoram Bone the breasts and remove the skin. If there is much fat, discard all except a few scraps. Place the breasts on separate pieces of aluminum foil, put a little chicken fat and/or butter on top (about a pat), sprinkle on a pinch of marjoram and a few grindings of pepper. Add any other congenial herb that takes your fancy (very small amounts). Wrap up the breasts leaving a small steam escape hole (can be made with a skewer) and bake in moderate oven until done (20 to 30 minutes). Breasts are done when fork comes out with colorless juice (not pink at all). Enjoy, John Winterton.
bsg (05/14/82)
Sounds good and easy, but--
can anyone give me instructions on how to bone a chicken breast??
(Reply by mail, and I'll be happy to forward the answer to anyone else
who's interested.)
Thanks.
billie goldstein
(...npois!bsg)cw (05/14/82)
In our area, boned chicken breasts are easy to come by in the store. They cost between $1.80 and $2.50 a pound, but a pound easily serves two people as there is no waste (or very little). Seems worth the effort unless you are really poor or like to cut up chickens. Merle Ellis' book called something like *The Butcher* (available in paperback) has most of what there is to know about meats, their carving, and their basic preparation techniques. I would look there first. Charles
ark (05/14/82)
My local meat market will bone chicken breasts for free if I ask them. In fact, if I just ask for boned chicken breasts, they take unboned ones, weigh them and price them at the usual rate, bone them, then ask me if I want the scraps. I always say yes -- they make excellent soup.
gil (05/15/82)
I actually don't mind boning chicken breasts. I've done it so many times that I can do it relatively quickly and easily. Around here the price difference is considerable. I once found boned breasts mismarked at 69 cents a pound and bought as much as I could.
amicus (05/17/82)
I used to feel guilty when I bought boned chicken breasts, but I got a food scale for Christmas and found that I actually paid more for the meat when I boned it myself. John Eldridge