Oval Pan Chicken?

[Big Country BBQ]

Anyone ever though about trying this for comp style chicken?

Freshware 8-Cavity Oval Cake Silicone Mold and Baking Pan: Home & Kitchen: Amazon.com

 

Freshware 8-Cavity Oval Cake Silicone Mold and Baking Pan: Home & Kitchen: Amazon.com

id would be different than cupcake chicken and would actually look like chicken thighs to a point compared to Round balls!

[Teamfour]

If I was going to use a pan I would use the rectangular muffing pan. Having said that, I can get great thigh shapes with proper trimming and no pan.

Freshware 12-Cavity Silicone Petite Loaf Pan: Kitchen & Dining: Amazon.com

 

Freshware 12-Cavity Silicone Petite Loaf Pan: Kitchen & Dining: Amazon.com

Maybe you should try the sunflower shape:

Amazon.com: Freshware 6-Cavity Sunflower Cake Silicone Mold and Baking Pan: Kitchen & Dining

 

Amazon.com: Freshware 6-Cavity Sunflower Cake Silicone Mold and Baking Pan: Kitchen & Dining

[Big Country BBQ]

Kiss my @ss haha teamfour im just not coordinated enough to get them the same shape

[Teamfour]

Originally Posted by Big Country BBQ

Kiss my @ss haha teamfour im just not coordinated enough to get them the same shape

Seriously, the amount of time you will spend trimming the chicken to fit in the pan is probably the same it will take to trim the thighs without using a pan. I always cook at least 12 thighs; that way six are more than likely going to be similar in size and shape.

Just remove one knuckle on the bone, trim the meat to be rectangular and the skin to be rectangular but a little larger than the meat. Wrap into a little pillow shape. If you put the thighs in a half-pan four across, they will be wedged in and will retain the pillow shape during cooking. When you flip them, they will still wedge together and retain the shape. Once it is time to color us and sauce, the thighs will be permanently in pillow shape. Practice a few times, it will come easy and it only takes me about 5 minutes per thigh.

[Big Country BBQ]

I appreciate that

[Q-Dat]

Originally Posted by Teamfour

Seriously, the amount of time you will spend trimming the chicken to fit in the pan is probably the same it will take to trim the thighs without using a pan. I always cook at least 12 thighs; that way six are more than likely going to be similar in size and shape.

Just remove one knuckle on the bone, trim the meat to be rectangular and the skin to be rectangular but a little larger than the meat. Wrap into a little pillow shape. If you put the thighs in a half-pan four across, they will be wedged in and will retain the pillow shape during cooking. When you flip them, they will still wedge together and retain the shape. Once it is time to color us and sauce, the thighs will be permanently in pillow shape. Practice a few times, it will come easy and it only takes me about 5 minutes per thigh.

Way to go Teamfour! Way too many people make claims like not needing mold pans or other issues that cooks struggle with and then leave everyone to wonder what the heck it is that they are doing. You stepped up to the plate and I commend you gor it.

[Texas Turtle]

Is there an easy way to remove the knuckle without shattering the bone and ending up with little bone shards mixed in?

[John Bowen]

For about 13.00 bucks it would not hurt to give the mold a try. We started using molds last year because of all the crazy sizes of thighs. We would find at least 3 different sizes in one pack. The mold helps us make the thighs the same size - at least mostof them. Some are just way too small or chewed up.

[cpw]

Originally Posted by Texas Turtle

Is there an easy way to remove the knuckle without shattering the bone and ending up with little bone shards mixed in?

Either a good pair of shears or a sharp cleaver. I'm not good enough with a knife to get get it right, but one good whack with a cleaver will take the knuckle off and trim the whole edge square all at the same time.