Advice on cooking chicken thighs

[charlotte1985]

If i cook the chicken thigh with the skin on, but then remove the skin once its cooked and dont eat it, is it still free?

 

[sparklesazzy]

I would say yes, but it is better if you remove it 1st as more of the fat will soak into the chicken otherwise.

I eat whole roast chicken cooked skin on then take it off after, and I remove it if am cooking legs or thigh portions, and prefer to cook them in juice like tinned toms and herbs or something so they stay juicy.

 

[charlotte1985]

Thank you

 

[AnnaFaraday]

For casseroles, soups, etc., I always buy the skinless, boneless ones. They have a little fat on them which needs trimming off, but not much. If I am just going to cook them plain in the oven, then I will buy them with the skin and leave the skins on, otherwise I find that they dry out. Then I will take off the skin and any fat which has not cooked away, and drain them on a bit of kitchen roll for a couple of minutes. I don't think that meat soaks up fat.