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Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:03 pm I used to get grilled chicken patties in bags that were bake from frozen. And then there's chicken tendies.

By definition those things are fully cooked so they freeze differently.

I preheated all the time. Always have.

Theres no rule to thaw first. No reason to.

I buy those frozen chicken patties. Get them at Walmart. usually Tyson cause its all they have and they taste great. I used to get the spicy ones too but they are way too hot now and harder to gum to death. but the normal flavor is still awesome.

EDIT: That Ninja thing is nice but at $200 Ill never have one. Ninja stuff is always overpriced in my eye.

Cooking raw meat from frozen feels like the polar opposite of fast food, but I digress.

If I had to do it and couldn't simply sous vide my way out of the predicament (don't @ me, Smoove), I'd probably just google up How do I cook a frozen chicken breast?, follow the instructions and hope for the best (i.e. hope that I find something written by an actual knowledgeable human and not a hallucinating AI).

I just cooked a frozen chicken breast yesterday. A pair, to be fair.

Well... two days ago it was frozen, and I put it in the fridge... then yesterday morning I put it in a bowl (in the fridge) with a simple marinade (Zesty Robusto Italian FTW) for about 5 hours... Then I grilled it for ~20 minutes.

I always thaw uncooked frozen meat, which puts it on a timer. I also pretty much only buy fresh on sale and freeze it. I can't think of I time I ever bought prefrozen uncooked meat. I do buy precooked frozen meat fairly often (several times a year). Usually sandwich sized or meant for a fryer.

Unagi wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:18 am I just cooked a frozen chicken breast yesterday. A pair, to be fair.

Well... two days ago it was frozen, and I put it in the fridge... then yesterday morning I put it in a bowl (in the fridge) with a simple marinade (Zesty Robusto Italian FTW) for about 5 hours... Then I grilled it for ~20 minutes.

I've sung its praises before, but head over to your local Jewel-Osco and get yourself some Walkserswood Jerk Sauce. Cut up your chicken breast into cubes, put them in a freezer bag and add a tablespoon or three of Walkerswood. Shake, let it sit in fridge for a few hours (or overnight), then put them on a skewer with some cherry tomatoes, red onions, mushrooms and green peppers. Throw those on the barbie (or in my case, the Ninja Grill) and then serve them over some Near East Mediterranean Curry Couscous and you've got a delicacy.

That sounds good - I will try that out some day perhaps!

On a side note: I will say that the entire line of Near East Mediterranean couscous are so good and so easy. We generally get the Garlic and Olive Oil one.

The curry one is hard to find, I've discovered. So when I find it, I often just clear their shelf of them.

I never buy frozen chicken breasts...always fresh. I then cook one right away for me and my little dog. We always share one. I then rinse and foil the others individually and freeze until needed.

You don't need to rinse chicken. Just cook it properly.

Or just save some time and take the chicken into the bath with you.

Hmm, and just like that Little Caesar's taketh away the good deal, and now it's $10 in the app with the soda counted seperately. The lunch combo is now just the pizza, and you have to order a drink to get it. Hopefully the app is just messed up?

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 1:20 pm You don't need to rinse chicken. Just cook it properly.

nnnnn yaaaa no thnx. im not sure what is in that liquid they have added. And its usually slimy and slightly cloudy. I always rinse them good then dry them then foil them. Sometimes I salt them before foil other times I dont. my little dog doesn't need salt so the unsalted are his. I eat them with salt black pepper and Worcestershire sauce . Sometimes i add tabasco or red pepper flakes.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:53 pm im not sure what is in that liquid they have added. And its usually slimy and slightly cloudy.

It's salt water. It's on the label.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:53 pm nnnnn yaaaa no thnx.

The reason you don't need to rinse chicken is because of the risk it introduces - splashing / spraying raw chicken juices all over your sink area, sponge, etc... and potentially increasing risk for foodborne illness.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:16 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:53 pm nnnnn yaaaa no thnx.

The reason you don't need to rinse chicken is because of the risk it introduces - splashing / spraying raw chicken juices all over your sink area, sponge, etc... and potentially increasing risk for foodborne illness.

I have the best salmonella recipe.

I hear you can steam salmonella right in your dishwasher.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:56 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:53 pm im not sure what is in that liquid they have added. And its usually slimy and slightly cloudy.

It's salt water. It's on the label.

But I feel like you can rinse it off the label safely.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:10 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:56 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:53 pm im not sure what is in that liquid they have added. And its usually slimy and slightly cloudy.

It's salt water. It's on the label.

But I feel like you can rinse it off the label safely.

The label is also cursed.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:53 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 1:20 pm You don't need to rinse chicken. Just cook it properly.

nnnnn yaaaa no thnx. im not sure what is in that liquid they have added. And its usually slimy and slightly cloudy. I always rinse them good then dry them then foil them.

No. Stop that. Like many other people have said in this thread.

Props to Little Caesar for updating their app and fixing the problem with the lunch combo. They had altered the combo because originally it looked like you had to order a pineapple pepsi, I know that almost put me off from ordering the first time. Yuck lol. They altered the app so you could select your drink from about 5 selections instead, but failed at making the price come out correctly until today. So pretty speedy problem correction. The lunch combo is 4 corner pieces too. A large detroit deep dish gets made in two sections so it actually has 8 corner slices.

Cheapest fast food for me is Sonic & Wendy's, they both give lots of freebies and deals in the app. Had a free jr bacon cheeseburger with the purchase of a $1 frosty yesterday.

Im craving town food..fast or sit down. Its been a year since my car busted argh. The most wanted is Cracker Barrel.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:53 pm I hear you can steam salmonella right in your dishwasher.

Steamed salmonella is disgusting.
You need to have it fried.

Make sure you remove the scales first.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:03 pm Make sure you remove the scales first.

The scales give it a nice crunch when fried.

em2nought wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:10 pm pineapple pepsi

Wait, what? That's a thing?

Pepsi Pineapple Is Making a Comeback, but Only for a Limited Time — Here's Where You Can Get It - July 2, 2024

On Monday, the two brands announced the return of Pepsi Pineapple, which will be exclusively available at Little Caesars in one-of-a-kind custom 20-ounce bottles.

Ok, never even heard of it, and chances are it's not even available here.

I love pineapple but like most things that take pineapple and add it to something else just sounds bad to me. id try it though. But id have to get it delivered and im sure they'd use door dash then my $10 order would be $40.

Pineapple is only acceptable as a marinade for pork to make al pastor.

Its great alone or on pineapple upside down cake.

My local Little Caesars never had the pineapple pepsi which didn't bother me one little bit. You'd think the combo would have been with a Hawaiian pizza?

Rumpy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:07 pm Ok, never even heard of it, and chances are it's not even available here.

I thought they might simply be rebranding Pineapple Crush (Pepsi is the distributor for Crush in North America), but the product description implies that they're adding pineapple juice to Pepsi. I guess you can try to homebrew a sample to see if the flavor combo works for you.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 12:05 am they're adding pineapple juice to Pepsi

Sorry but that sounds disgusting

gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 1:44 am

Max Peck wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 12:05 am they're adding pineapple juice to Pepsi

Sorry but that sounds disgusting

On two levels.

[tcell][/tcell]

gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 1:44 am

Max Peck wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 12:05 am they're adding pineapple juice to Pepsi

Sorry but that sounds disgusting

I found a picture of the label ("Contains 1% juice"), and "clarified pineapple juice concentrate" comes in third in the ingredient list, behind carbonated water and HFCS. There might be a little something extra in the "natural flavor" category to boost the pineapple tasting notes, I suppose.

I like pineapple itself, and didn't hate Pineapple Crush the one time I tried it, so I'd probably be willing to at least sample it to see if it actually works. Cola + fruit juice isn't something I'd expect to like (I'm sure that Cherry Coke contains no fruit juice, right?), but YOLO.

Coke + (orange or lemon or lime) is amazing.

I know Pineapple Pepsi has been here as a limited time LC exclusive since pretty early this year. Not something I'm even interested in trying. I'm guessing we must have been a test market and the testing was good enough to expand. None for me thanx, I'm driving.

Look, I'm not saying that I'm adding pineapple juice and a bottle of Pepsi to my next Instacart order, but I'm not saying I won't. For science!