return to the rubbery chicken skin

billt · September 2007

i followed the rubbery chicken skin thread as i never had that problem. followed the dutch oven thread [thanks, now i have to buy one]. sunday i cooked stew on the versagrate used fire brick to raise the egg grate and put a turkey breast on it for 2+ hours at 325. the turkey skin did not even brown except for the tip that was not sheilded by the soup pot and it was rubbery.. My conclusion is that too much liquid in the drip pan is leading to the horrible rubbery skin problem. chicken skin without that crispy salty wonderfulness is the stuff nightmares are made of

mad max beyond eggdome · September 2007

bill,
this isn't that hard. . .crank your egg up to around 425 for the last 15 minutes or so and baste the skin with melted butter. .. it will be nice and crispy. . .

Unknown · September 2007

mad max beyond eggdome,
also, if i read correctly you had that turkey breast in there with a drip pan AND a pot of stew?...both giving off steam throughout the cook. . .that probably also contributed to rubbery skin... .poultry is moist enough with out a pot of liquid giving off steam underneith it ...[p]i like to roast my chickens these days at around 400 - 425 degrees, regularly basting with melted butter ....the skin is good and crispy that way. ..i would do the same thing with a turkey breast ... .[p]my whole turkeys, well those i do the mad max way, but with them i'm not as worried about crispy skin. ..

return to the rubbery chicken skin

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