Had a success story this evening and I'm so excited I had to share it with folks who might understand why I'm doing backflips! Disclaimer - I didn't ACTUALLY grill a whale folks. LOL Here's what's up...
Chicken. On the grill. Love it, but have had very nearly ZERO success cooking it over the years. If I get one try in ten to come out edible im lucky. Usually it looks great, but ends up so rubbery you can bounce it like a racquetball... I've made the occasional charcoal briquette cleverly disguised as a chicken breast... grilled chicken has been my arch nemesis for literally decades! :-( I'd given up, and hadn't even attempted it in years.
Well, I recently stumbled across the technique of pounding chicken breasts flat, made the investment on a meat mallet, and have had decent success baking them in the oven. Today when I got off work it was absolutely gorgeous outside, so I thought what the heck - I haven't suffered any good humiliations lately! Let's throw it on the grill and give it a whirl.
Folks, this was easily the best my chicken has ever come out! Tender, juicy, couldn't dribble it like a basketball, BBQ sauce glazed perfectly! This has GOT to be what Rocky felt like when he got to the top of the stairs in Philly! LOL I've got to give the credit to the trusty ThermoPop and especially the meat mallet... who would've guessed that taking out my frustrations on my arch nemesis BEFORE cooking instead of AFTER would yield such great results!
Have a great weekend and happy grilling,
G
Chicken. On the grill. Love it, but have had very nearly ZERO success cooking it over the years. If I get one try in ten to come out edible im lucky. Usually it looks great, but ends up so rubbery you can bounce it like a racquetball... I've made the occasional charcoal briquette cleverly disguised as a chicken breast... grilled chicken has been my arch nemesis for literally decades! :-( I'd given up, and hadn't even attempted it in years.
Well, I recently stumbled across the technique of pounding chicken breasts flat, made the investment on a meat mallet, and have had decent success baking them in the oven. Today when I got off work it was absolutely gorgeous outside, so I thought what the heck - I haven't suffered any good humiliations lately! Let's throw it on the grill and give it a whirl.
Folks, this was easily the best my chicken has ever come out! Tender, juicy, couldn't dribble it like a basketball, BBQ sauce glazed perfectly! This has GOT to be what Rocky felt like when he got to the top of the stairs in Philly! LOL I've got to give the credit to the trusty ThermoPop and especially the meat mallet... who would've guessed that taking out my frustrations on my arch nemesis BEFORE cooking instead of AFTER would yield such great results!
Have a great weekend and happy grilling,
G
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