Ultimate unhealthy cooking with Jonny69: Pork scratchings

Jonny69 · 28-04-2007, 14:40

Technically these aren't pork because there's no pork in them but unhealthy and satisfying they most certainly are

Last night I cooked some chicken thighs and I don't like the skin going all gooey in the sauce and spoiling my meal so I came up with a cunning plan to use the skins up rather than throw them away. I hate wasting meat and try to use everything up if I can. I'm guessing since it's chicken it won't be as unhelathy as pork scratchings but meh, what would I know.

So what I did was got a non-stick frying pan nice and hot, pulled each skin out flat and layed two in the pan at once. They shrink and curl up so you have to flip them over and they straighten back out again. Keep flipping them until they are a nice even golden bown and crispy on each side. Put them on some kitchen paper to soak up the excess oil and give them a light sprinkle of salt. Hey presto chicken-pork scratchings

A surprising amount of fat comes out of them and I poured that off into a tuppaware so I can use it later in cooking and that is currently sat in the fridge next to my prize jar of duck fat. It's perfect for stir fries.

And I just noshed my way through them now. Clogged arteries anyone?

Flibster · 28-04-2007, 14:45

Yes please!

I've got some locally produced oak smoaked dry cured bacon and some free range eggs to eat later on.

Some fresh bread is prooving at the moment ready to bake.

Yum.

Simon/~Flibster

Fayshun · 28-04-2007, 15:25

Mmmmm fried fat in fat.

Jonny69 · 28-04-2007, 15:34

Don't knock it, they are fantastic

FakeSnake · 28-04-2007, 18:02

Next time I have chicken, i will give this a go!

Hoe about a slight variation.. salt before frying, along with maybe some ground pepper?

Fayshun · 28-04-2007, 20:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonny69

Don't knock it, they are fantastic

Oh I'm not knocking it.

Justsomebloke · 28-04-2007, 20:41

I don't like Chicken skin, sorry dude.
My unhealthy brekky is 8 rashers of smokey bacon, 3 fried eggs which have to be unbroken and soft, whole tin of heinz beans, covered in salt and Tommy sauce & eaten with 4-5 slices of heavily marged white bread.
Unhealthy o yes, Gorgeous o yes. Mansize o yes, eat it all O KIN YES BOYO

I eat like a horse and have lost weight over the last 5 or so years, All women hate me for it

As my belly is as flat as an ironing board.

Pheebs · 28-04-2007, 20:59

WARNING: The following is for marmite lovers ONLY!

Soo... you want nice tasting, foomtastic chicken skin?

All you have to do my marmite munching fiends is rub in a bit of the stuff in to the skin prior to roasting! And TA DA!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

HollyThirtyFive · 29-04-2007, 08:21

ahh yumm!! I love pork scratchings, they sound great!

All this talk of food is making me hungry, its all about peanut butter on toast to cure my hangover!!!

Jonny69 · 29-04-2007, 20:31

Pikey I'm so coming round to your 'van for brekkie next weekend. What number was it again?

28-04-2007, 14:40	#1
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Ultimate unhealthy cooking with Jonny69: Pork scratchings Technically these aren't pork because there's no pork in them but unhealthy and satisfying they most certainly are Last night I cooked some chicken thighs and I don't like the skin going all gooey in the sauce and spoiling my meal so I came up with a cunning plan to use the skins up rather than throw them away. I hate wasting meat and try to use everything up if I can. I'm guessing since it's chicken it won't be as unhelathy as pork scratchings but meh, what would I know. So what I did was got a non-stick frying pan nice and hot, pulled each skin out flat and layed two in the pan at once. They shrink and curl up so you have to flip them over and they straighten back out again. Keep flipping them until they are a nice even golden bown and crispy on each side. Put them on some kitchen paper to soak up the excess oil and give them a light sprinkle of salt. Hey presto chicken-pork scratchings A surprising amount of fat comes out of them and I poured that off into a tuppaware so I can use it later in cooking and that is currently sat in the fridge next to my prize jar of duck fat. It's perfect for stir fries. And I just noshed my way through them now. Clogged arteries anyone? __________________

28-04-2007, 14:45	#2
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Yes please! I've got some locally produced oak smoaked dry cured bacon and some free range eggs to eat later on. Some fresh bread is prooving at the moment ready to bake. Yum. Simon/~Flibster __________________

28-04-2007, 15:25	#3
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	Mmmmm fried fat in fat. __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

28-04-2007, 15:34	#4
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Don't knock it, they are fantastic __________________

28-04-2007, 20:41	#7
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	I don't like Chicken skin, sorry dude. My unhealthy brekky is 8 rashers of smokey bacon, 3 fried eggs which have to be unbroken and soft, whole tin of heinz beans, covered in salt and Tommy sauce & eaten with 4-5 slices of heavily marged white bread. Unhealthy o yes, Gorgeous o yes. Mansize o yes, eat it all O KIN YES BOYO I eat like a horse and have lost weight over the last 5 or so years, All women hate me for it As my belly is as flat as an ironing board. __________________

28-04-2007, 18:02	#5
FakeSnake Absinthe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Devonshire Posts: 1,143	Next time I have chicken, i will give this a go! Hoe about a slight variation.. salt before frying, along with maybe some ground pepper?

28-04-2007, 20:59	#8
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	WARNING: The following is for marmite lovers ONLY! Soo... you want nice tasting, foomtastic chicken skin? All you have to do my marmite munching fiends is rub in a bit of the stuff in to the skin prior to roasting! And TA DA! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

29-04-2007, 08:21	#9
HollyThirtyFive Tinkerbell Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex Posts: 743	ahh yumm!! I love pork scratchings, they sound great! All this talk of food is making me hungry, its all about peanut butter on toast to cure my hangover!!! __________________ Debut album "Waking Up" Avaliable on all iTunes stores, Amazon Mp3 Special Hand Made Ltd Edition: £10 via Paypal

29-04-2007, 20:31	#10
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Pikey I'm so coming round to your 'van for brekkie next weekend. What number was it again? __________________