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12 Aug 2006 @ 8:08 PM
how do you drain all blood from chicken pieces?
kaden01 asked:
Sometimes….the cooked chicken shows dark areas in the meat…I remember a young man who worked at Kentucky Fried chicken mentioned a special technique used to avoid dark spots in their cooked chicken.
Try cooking it in an oven.
Place the chicken in a pan filled with water.
Make sure the chicken is not soaked in the water.
Stella Merrick said... 5:00 pm - August 18th, 2006
I’ve been told that people who raise their own chickens and kill them to eat, will soak the chicken pieces in a brine (salt water) for 30 minutes or so.
neutralparty said... 5:02 am - August 19th, 2006
I have no idea, but I soak my chicken in cold, generously salted water for an hour or two. I also rinse it multiple times. The water obviously runs cleaner the more often I repeat that, but it’s never totally “clean” or “clear.” It does, however, seem less bloody the longer I soak it in salt water.
Good luck!
voricks said... 2:47 pm - August 21st, 2006
suck the blood from the chicken like a vampire! lols
alhetzel said... 7:02 pm - August 21st, 2006
Mix salt and seasoned salt in water. It will be a reddish solution. Soak the chicken for at least 2, preferably 8, hours. That will drain the blood.
I worked at a restaurant where we did that. The owner had owned a KFC franchise for 14 years before he opened his own place.
mogebier said... 3:13 pm - August 24th, 2006
Suck out the blood from the raw chicken, like a Vampire.
cindypieo said... 6:28 am - August 25th, 2006
Hi, I only know that young chickens are the ones more likely to have lots of blood left in them .. at least that’s what my butcher says.. When I cook up thigh’s for instance, there is blood around the bone.. It is yucky to say the least but harmless.. If I find another or even better real answer I’ll let you know..
jiji_jjeejj said... 4:13 am - August 28th, 2006
hi kaden01 to do this you must wash it with salt and take the skin away.thats ithink.by
eatingwithstyle said... 12:25 am - August 31st, 2006
A woman I worked with years ago had owned a restaurant in South Carolina and she made the best fried chicken. Her secret was to soak her chicken pieces in a fairly salty saltwater solution (in a bowl in the fridge) for at least 3-4 hours before cooking it. The salt draws our the blood, from what I gathered. She would then drain and dry the chicken, and proceed with her recipe.
2:03 am - August 14th, 2006
Yh! what they said.
5:16 pm - August 15th, 2006
Try cooking it in an oven.
Place the chicken in a pan filled with water.
Make sure the chicken is not soaked in the water.
5:00 pm - August 18th, 2006
I’ve been told that people who raise their own chickens and kill them to eat, will soak the chicken pieces in a brine (salt water) for 30 minutes or so.
5:02 am - August 19th, 2006
I have no idea, but I soak my chicken in cold, generously salted water for an hour or two. I also rinse it multiple times. The water obviously runs cleaner the more often I repeat that, but it’s never totally “clean” or “clear.” It does, however, seem less bloody the longer I soak it in salt water.
Good luck!
2:47 pm - August 21st, 2006
suck the blood from the chicken like a vampire! lols
7:02 pm - August 21st, 2006
Mix salt and seasoned salt in water. It will be a reddish solution. Soak the chicken for at least 2, preferably 8, hours. That will drain the blood.
I worked at a restaurant where we did that. The owner had owned a KFC franchise for 14 years before he opened his own place.
3:13 pm - August 24th, 2006
Suck out the blood from the raw chicken, like a Vampire.
6:28 am - August 25th, 2006
Hi, I only know that young chickens are the ones more likely to have lots of blood left in them .. at least that’s what my butcher says.. When I cook up thigh’s for instance, there is blood around the bone.. It is yucky to say the least but harmless.. If I find another or even better real answer I’ll let you know..
4:13 am - August 28th, 2006
hi kaden01 to do this you must wash it with salt and take the skin away.thats ithink.by
12:25 am - August 31st, 2006
A woman I worked with years ago had owned a restaurant in South Carolina and she made the best fried chicken. Her secret was to soak her chicken pieces in a fairly salty saltwater solution (in a bowl in the fridge) for at least 3-4 hours before cooking it. The salt draws our the blood, from what I gathered. She would then drain and dry the chicken, and proceed with her recipe.