The White Meat vs Dark Meat Dilemma or ...

[a_boleyn]

... the Story of a Soup

My immediate family now consists of 5 people. During the holidays, we always find ourselves running into the same problem ... the white meat versus dark meat dilemma.

Comments

[ext_877277]

I got no problem with the flavour of dark meat myself. I just find the texture really... skrunky. It's so fatty and especially so when the meat is fresh from the oven. Once given a chance to cool down, or shredded up like this there's nothing wrong with it at all in my opinion, and it definitely has more flavour than the very "plain" breast meat.

[a_boleyn]

Chicken dark meat is milder than turkey dark meat so it took me a while to learn to 'like' the turkey thighs. Drumsticks aren't as hard to enjoy. :)

For me the worst part of the turkey thigh is the fat and veins buried inside. If you ever get a fresh turkey thigh, try deboning it and remove those parts. In fact, you can then do with it what I do with chicken thighs ... remove the skin and bones, cut in 2 or 3 pieces and then marinate the pieces in tandoori paste (or spices) and yogurt for tandoori turkey. The left over meat goes to make a very economical tandoori butter turkey. :)

[anonymous]

I never bake whole turkey, so no problems there ;-) I have never had this soup, but it's quite famous. Rice in soup has never been very appealing for me though... (I remember I hated rice in a tomato soup as a child). Sissi

[a_boleyn]

I grew up eating noodles and more noodles in my soup so anything new is a real treat. My mom's tomato rice was pretty good (I think she just added tomato paste to a basic chicken soup base) and then added cooked rice to it but I had little basis for comparison so I gobbled it up. :)

[ext_870394]

In Asia dark meat is more expensive because we all prefer dark meat. It has more flavors and softer (?) than breasts? I eat both but I have to say I use mainly chicken thighs for cooking. Your soup looks delicious!

[a_boleyn]

I like it because it's so easy/fast to make and it's quite nutritious. :)