Crispy chicken skin
 

I am getting to the point that this is a better treat than bacon.

I’ve been roasting some chicken to use in chicken fried rice and, of course, the skin won’t be very good in the rice so it must be eaten on its own.

Just out of the oven, with all of the fat rendered out, and lightly salted. Some of it is gossamer thin and that is the best.

Those of you that are familiar with Japan will understand this is an actual menu choice in many restaurants. There are even restaurants that all they do is serve crispy chicken skin.

It's always been my favorite part of the chicken. Dark meat second.

I will put chicken wings ahead of dark meat, just barely, unless they are Chinese fried garlic chicken wings or crispy buffalo chicken wings. In that case, I’ll eat as many of those as you can throw my way and you can have the rest of the chicken…

This was the secret weapon to get our little one to eat chicken - she's 8yo but had food issues since she was a micro-preemie.

Chicken skin? All in!

And, it seems shocking, but that stuff's great! I takes all of my parental strength to leave her some...

My parents always let us eat as much of the fat rich meat that we wanted.
They both related how it was so desirable when they were kids. Soak up the bacon grease with bread and chow it down!

Of course, if you aren't living an active life...it can catch up with you.

Brine on the bone chicken breasts (with skin!) overnight. Dunk directly in Franks Hot Sauce. Cook on medium heat on the grill. Flip every 5 minutes and dunk into the hot sauce 2 more times. Cook for 20 minutes.

The crispy hot skin is better than any bacon.

I developed this for chicken wings. But full skin on the bone chicken breasts also work as do chicken legs.

Done right the chicken skin is good, but you can keep the wings, thighs and drumsticks.

Mario Batali once opined that if it weren’t for dogs needing to eat, we would have no use for chicken breasts.

I happen to cook chicken leg quarters for my dogs, I’ve done that probably for the better part of the last 10 years. They love it.

I’ve also been making my own buffalo wings instead of buying them from takeout places. Pretty easy to crisp the skin in a fairly hot oven, the sauce is just Frank’s red hot sauce and melted butter.

I find it interesting that the wings are sometimes the most expensive part of the chicken.

That's the best part of a chicken!....imo.
Throw all that dry white meat away. :)

When I was a kid I would only eat the chicken skin. My parents hated that. I also only ate the pudgy fat off a roast instead of the meat. They also hated that.

But to this day when I go to a KFC, I will ask if they would ever consider doing a bucket of fried chicken skins. No meat, just fried skins. No one takes me seriously. It is seriously the best part of the bird. Oysters second and thighs third.

Being from the south, my mom used to make homemade fried chicken. She pulled the skin off, dipped it in eggs and flour repeatedly, then fried it. Who knew fried egg and flour could taste so good with salt.

Since she stopped frying chicken decades ago, I have to settle for fried chicken skin.

Have you had yakitori style chicken skins? Now THAT is a treat. It is a lot like pork rinds. I'd skin the chicken and give that a whirl. Recipes online ...

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If the breasts are dry you are cooking it wrong.

My best family meal is: a roast chicken, a good mash, the wonderful sauce to bind it all together. And what we love above all: the crispy skin, to nibble on for fun...

If you guys like crispy chicken skin, you should try crispy salmon skin. Yumm!

Tell that to the Colonel.

Wouldn't that be like paper-thin?
I'd try it for sure.

I’ve had more salmon skin rolls at sushi bars than I care to admit.

Salmon skin is also a big favorite of the dogs…

35 years ago wings were cheap and virtually given away... no mas...

I blame it all on the orange shorts :D