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Chicken Galantine (Pépin)

paqman
paqman Posts: 4,843
edited December 2020 in EggHead Forum
Deboned a chicken, stuffed it with bread stuffing and sweet maple sausage.  Wrapped with... bacon.

90 minutes @ 350-400F
IT was 170F, let it rest for 10 minutes, final IT 178F

Served with beets salad (beets, feta cheese, olive oil, thyme, and garam masala), baked potatoes, and fruit chutney.




























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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,363
    Excellent!  The deboning experts are coming out lately (I'd have to pass on the beets, however).  
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,830
    Yes!
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,318
    You did a neat and clean deboning job. Beautiful bird.  Just repeat that two more times and you have a turducken, easy peasy  ;)

    btw, you could have weaved the bacon, jk.
    canuckland
  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,377
    The little french fingers are made for deboning chicken.
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    @lousubcap Thanks for sharing the video, that’s the one I was originally watching but it got removed and I could not find it anymore.  I guess it got reposted by someone else.

    Here’s a more recent and shorter version but not as good as the original: https://youtu.be/i_ZkAHCR1D0

    He doesn’t talk about lil lollipops in this one.

    I am down to about 5 minutes on the deboning process.  Prepping the whole thing takes me about 30 minutes I would say.

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  • Great post and meal.Your plated pic.... Yum
    Greensboro North Carolina
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  • That looks really pretty incredible.  Nicely done.
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    I used to do these about once a month or so but last time was about a year ago.  I forgot how good they are and I think that they are even better sliced cold the next day.  😳



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  • MasterC
    MasterC Posts: 1,458
    I admire your skill, very nice 
    Fort Wayne Indiana 
  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,904
    paqman said:
    I used to do these about once a month or so but last time was about a year ago.  I forgot how good they are and I think that they are even better sliced cold the next day.  😳


    That’d make one helluva sammich!

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    @shtgunal3 grilled cheese sandwich!

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    @shtgunal3

    Sliced thin on a bagelwitch with liver pâté 😳



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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,904
    Oh boy! That’s the gift/meal that keeps on giving.

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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,318
    paqman said:
    @shtgunal3

    Sliced thin on a bagelwitch with liver pâté 😳


    Nice, the only way to top that is some foie gras 😉

    Did you make the bagel too? I should make some bagel, been a while.  
    canuckland
  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    shtgunal3 said:
    Oh boy! That’s the gift/meal that keeps on giving.
    You bet!  Having it for lunch again served with Borscht.



    @Canugghead The bagelwiches are from Costco, they are flat bagels without a hole to make... sandwiches. Foie gras would probably be good but I purchased a whole tube of homemade liver pâté from a Balkanese charcuterie so it has to go 🤣😂.  I LOVE foie gras but I would seriously hesitate if I had to chose one or the other, this liver pâté is ridiculously good.



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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    gawjus! and your twine technique is spot on!  

    @lousubcap the trisk for me was to have my wife hitting the rewind button on the ipad.  i couldn't keep up with pepin at all!!!
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,192
    Excellent skill set right there !
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    blind99 said:
    gawjus! and your twine technique is spot on!  

    @lousubcap the trisk for me was to have my wife hitting the rewind button on the ipad.  i couldn't keep up with pepin at all!!!
    It looks worst than it actually is.

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    Once a month!?!?
    Before COVID.... it was on our regular rotation when entertaining... It can be prepared ahead of time, requires little attention when cooking, feeds several guests, stuffing can be modified so it is never the same.

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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,318
    Once a month!?!?
    I see what you did  ;)
    canuckland
  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,843
    Once a month!?!?
    I see what you did  ;)
    🤔

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  • DonWW
    DonWW Posts: 424
    Just about everything that needs to be said, has been said, by just about everybody.  So, I am here just to say that this is a damn fine cook and gives me some great ideas.  Nicely done!
    XL and Medium.  Dallas, Texas.
  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,172
    Fantastic cook. Bet that was awsome. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

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  • TrippleRipple
    TrippleRipple Posts: 100
    edited December 2020
    That's outstanding!!
    Formerly @dharley prior to some password bs.

    LBGE, 36" Blackstone, bad liver & a broken heart

    Three Rivers, MI