Moooore chicken

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 01:49 pm
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[personal profile] afuna
This time I marinated the chicken breast in soy sauce + garlic + lime juice, and then baked with a lime slice in the oven (this doesn't make sense to me and there were soggy areas because of the lime. Maybe they meant squeeze the lime slice over the chicken before baking....)

The hilarious thing is that my lunches all look the same but so far they've all tasted very different ;)

Today's is a nice garlicky tangy flavor. I do want a little more color -- hard without the skin but I will see what happens if I do 400°F for the last few minutes instead of 350°F all the way.


(Getting gradually less nervous about undercooked chicken. So far I haven't had any incidents...)

Date: 2013-09-11 12:06 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] retrofit
My lunches all look the same but taste different, too, when I bring things I cooked at home. I have a tendency for my cooking to revert to the "chunks of protein and vegetables and some sort of granular starch in a pile" mean, but that can be a really wide range of tastes.

Though I also like vinegar far too much for most other people's tastes, so probably about a quarter of my home-lunches are a little on the vinegar-y side. Still the difference between vinegar-y beef & bell peppers vs. vinegar-y mutton, yogurt, and lentils, is kind of large.

I've seen a number of cook-citrus-with-chicken recipes that are intended to end up with a different texture? Also, if you want the surface browned, maybe add some sort of glazing substance with sugars in it (I often just use the marinade for this?), or take a moment to pan-cook it or broil it for a bit at the end?

Date: 2013-09-13 03:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] starshadow_rivaulx
Lime glaze on chicken can be a beautiful thing. Just saying.

My version is kalamansi over chicken. Oh my dear heaven - now I have a definite craving for the stuff.

Date: 2013-09-11 01:42 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] marahmarie
The marinade sounds really, really good. Filing it away in my mind for a future dinner. :)

Date: 2013-09-12 01:28 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] marahmarie
Thanks!

Date: 2013-09-11 08:37 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pauamma
Instead of a lime slice on the chicken breast itself, you could try in the oven dish to flavor the juices?

Date: 2013-09-12 07:48 am (UTC)
pauamma: Cartooney crab wearing hot pink and acid green facemask holding drink with straw (Default)
From: [personal profile] pauamma
maybe directly on the chicken
I thought that this is what you did that led to the soggy areas. Did I misread you?