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Not that anyone in here is likely to be looking for cooking tips, but it is a fairly common practice to air-dry the skin of chicken meat to get it substantially
by bmelton 3y ago
Not that anyone in here is likely to be looking for cooking tips, but it is a fairly common practice to air-dry the skin of chicken meat to get it substantially crispier.
My wife is more like you in the respect that she will not let me air dry chicken in our house. Even though she knows it is delicious, and even if I just keep (e.g.) chicken thighs uncovered in a refrigerator in accordance with a recipe, she won't eat the finished product because of that visceral response.
I can sometimes exploit when she is away for work to air dry my chicken, then cook them before she can see that they've been air dried. She loves it so long as she does not know how it was prepared, and still loves it after she is told, but weirdly (to me, anyway) will not eat it if she knows it was air dried.
- nemo44x 3y agoI can understand not air-drying outside the fridge but why is she fearful of chicken air-dried in the fridge? I always, if time allows, salt and air-dry in the fridge my chickens for at least a day.
- bmelton 3y agoDespite how much they tend to shape our patterns of thinking, I don't know if there's ever a good explanation for a visceral response.
- stcroixx 3y agoIt’s standard practice to air dry most wild game. I have a deer hanging right now.
- droopyEyelids 3y agoAnd it should be standard practice to air dry any sort of steak before grilling it. We season the steaks, and put a desk fan on them till the skin is dry before grilling. Patting them dry with a paper towel doesn't cut it.