Chicken Thighs

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Blimey

Depends it depends on the size of the chicken thigh but I regard one as a portion of meat served roasted or in a stew and two as greedy.

If you have young children, de-bone them after before serving.

I would not skin them but would brown them first if using in a stew.

camNolliesMUMMY

i would give one to a chikld but take the meat off the bone first for them, they are very nice in the bags but i do everything from scratch now and in my slow cooker which costs me less to cook than putting on the gas oven.
its down prefference on the skin if you like it or not i like it crispy but i hate it rubbery and it will more than likely come out like that in the bag or in a slow cooker so id take it off and then cook it. x

YORKSHIRELASS

I hate anything served with a bone in it so I never used to eat chicken thighs until I bought a slow cooker. Now I slow cook the thighs which makes the meat lovely and soft. Its then a doddle to strip the meat off the bone - even for someone a bit squeamish about these things! Its too late for you today but it might be something to consider for the future.

The meat has a great flavour and I love it in pies or casseroles with lots of veg. It is a little more fatty than chicken breast and if I was doing it in one of those bags I would definitely take the skin off first.

I usually cook 6 thighs for 2 adults and 2 older children which is plenty. Hope it goes well.

shebangs

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Kaz2904

I find that if I gave DH 1 thigh he'd think he was being diddled. If I gave him 1 thigh without the bone in it, he doesn't complain. Cutting meat up makes it go much further IMO. I wouldn't take the skin off (because I'm lazy) but may do it after cooking if it looked like a wet rag. If it's crispy I love it

valk_scot

You can buy bone-in or boneless chicken thighs, or bone them yourself before you cook them.

I suspect the skin will just go flabby in a cook-in bag. Chicken skin needs direct heat to crisp it up.

One thigh for young kids, two thighs for teenagers and adults.

You know they'll take longer to cook than chicken breast meat, yes?

davetrousers

snowedunderitall wrote: »

as I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to chicken,

In what way are you a snob?

Blackpool_Saver

give it the brush off and eat quorn, no bones in that lol

Blackpool_Saver

davetrousers wrote: »

In what way are you a snob?

I am betting its skinless breast he he, sorry for butting in but couldn't resist !

pinkie_pie

Thank you everyone for your replies it's really helpful.

Yes in a skinless boneless breast kind of way, and the purest (expensivest unfortunately) steak kind of way. I don't recall being brought up like it but at some point I've developed a gag reflex at anything with marks, skin, bone, gristle or anything other than pure pretty meat. I'm a bit miffed at myself to be honest, and I'm trying to work my way into eating cheaper cuts but struggling! I cooked pork shoulder once which I hated, lamb (don't know why as I actually just don't like lamb, the smell or taste never mind the cut) and brisket (which we all actually loved!). Chicken is the next on my list as the cost of chicken breast for the four of us a couple of times a week is just silly.