Engagement Chicken *Updated*

JMM4208

*Update is in the end of the comments*

 

As I’ve mentioned in some of my posts before my BF works with a college football team. His team has done relatively well this season and so he has to go to a bowl game with them. Sadly the Bowl game he is going to is on the 28^th of December. Due to pre-game practices and everything, he is going to have to leave the 23^rd to go to the bowl site and therefore missing Christmas. This is his favorite holiday and you can only imagine how bummed he is about not spending it with his family.

So I have devised a plan to make him an early Christmas:

 

I am stopping by his apartment for the night on my way home tomorrow and have secretly planned to have an early Christmas meal. (He thinks I am going to make my chili he loves so much when I get there, but I already made it and froze it for him for another day) I have a little bit of decorations to throw up in his apartment and countless hours of festive music but my problem is the meal.

 

I was looking for an easy chicken recipe, and I stumbled upon Engagement Chicken (<-click it for link). So I am planning to make that. (It will be good for a laugh later, but it sounds really easy and tasty) Question for you domestic divas on the recipe, it calls for a rack, and neither my BF or I have a rack, do you think it would be ok if I just did the same process in a deep pan? Then my biggest problem is side dishes, I have some pre-made dressing and mashed potatoes but I don’t know what else would be quick and easy and most important Holiday/Christmas-sy. 

 

 Sorry for the length! 

calindi

That's an old joke around here.  Apparently some crazies believe it actually works or something.

I don't have a rack either and it's never been a problem.  If you want to, they sell them pretty cheap at the grocery store or Bed Bath & Beyond.

Call his Mom to see what she used to make for Christmas.  I've found what people term "Christmasy" is closely linked to what they had as a child.  One thing we love is mulled wine, or anything pepperminty!

bethsmiles

Did you read the comments on that article? There are some crazies out there!

HaneyMobile

First of all, this is awesome. 

Second, I would just drop the ten bucks and go buy a rack at BB&B. They're really useful for lots of reasons. In this particular recipe it will keep the chicken from getting soggy on the bottom when the chicken starts to release juices, and it will help get an even brown all over. 

Though, I'd wager that even if you roasted it without the rack, he'd still propose eventually. 

JMM4208

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[QUOTE]That's an old joke around here.  Apparently some crazies believe it actually works or something. I don't have a rack either and it's never been a problem.  If you want to, they sell them pretty cheap at the grocery store or Bed Bath & Beyond. Call his Mom to see what she used to make for Christmas.  I've found what people term "Christmasy" is closely linked to what they had as a child.  One thing we love is mulled wine, or anything pepperminty!
Posted by calindi[/QUOTE]

Is it? I am a totally a noob to the board, but I don't honestly think it will have magical power that will put him in a trance and make him propose, I just am amused with the name. GREAT idea with calling his mom, I will definately call her when I know she's home. (we 're tight like that, lol)

hetshup

Whatevs Cate, 

H totally saw engagement chicken on Barefoot Contessa and popped the question that night. It works!

Jemma- Seriously, go spurge on a rack, you will thank me later. 

Wrkn925

I have a rack. DD.

I'd let you borrow it, my BF likes it too much.

JMM4208

@beth Yeah they are, on further research on the recipe, there are even more crazies out there regarding this chicken, its like the JE board for chicken.

@Haney  Thanks

I didn’t think about it being soggy, I’m thinking a racks going to have to happen. I'm sure I'll use it alot.

EDIT: @Wrkn I could totally swing by KY and grab it on the way. lol.

Wrkn925

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[QUOTE]@beth Yeah they are, on further research on the recipe, there are even more crazies out there regarding this chicken, its like the JE board for chicken. @Haney   Thanks I didn’t think about it being soggy, I’m thinking a racks going to have to happen. I'm sure I'll use it alot. EDIT: <strong>@Wrkn I could totally swing by KY and grab it on the way. lol.
</strong>Posted by JMM4208[/QUOTE]

You could grab my rack, but I believe you're missing the innuendo.

JMM4208

Omg *facepalm* I thought you were making a :-D. Thanks but I have my own DD rack, BF wont let me take them off though.

desertsun

Wrkn FTW!

Many moons ago, Jeana had a spoof "Engagmint chikkin" thread, made especially funny by the fact that she's a vegetarian. Hilarity ensued. 

bsidebella

I've seen that recipe before but I just wanna say .... what the heck makes this chicken recipe so special? It's just salt, pepper and lemon juice. I'm a cooking n00b and can do that with both hands behind my back.

Sorry if that sounds snippy ... I'm KUI. I dropped the cork in my bottle of white zin that I'm using to make chicken piccata (which is seasoned with salt, pepper and lemon juice! ZOMG!) and I thought it might help if I drank some. I don't know why I thought that would help.

Elle1036

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[QUOTE]I've seen that recipe before but I just wanna say .... what the heck makes this chicken recipe so special? It's just salt, pepper and lemon juice. I'm a cooking n00b and can do that with both hands behind my back. Sorry if that sounds snippy ... I'm KUI. I dropped the cork in my bottle of white zin that I'm using to make chicken piccata (which is seasoned with salt, pepper and lemon juice! ZOMG!) and I thought it might help if I drank some. I don't know why I thought that would help.
Posted by bsidebella[/QUOTE]

It doesn't matter what the problem is -- drinking some of the wine ALWAYS helps.

marleylikeair

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Engagement Chicken : It doesn't matter what the problem is -- drinking some of the wine ALWAYS helps.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Hallelujah amen, brother.</div><div>
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eidna22

If your looking for a really good chicken recipe that will blow minds google Swanson Rosemary Chicken.  It has the best veggies in it and my BF's favorite since I first made it for him.  I get a request for it at least once a month.  It is best with a Smart Chicken though if you have  a store that sells them.   Good luck either way!  I would definitely invest in a rack it does make a difference.

MLekathLEEN

Desert- I'm loving your new siggy

PaigeMcC

ENGAUGEMINT CHIKKEN!!!

Or engaugement chikken cake for those veggies around here;)

Wrkn925

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[QUOTE]If your looking for a really good chicken recipe that will blow minds google Swanson Rosemary Chicken.  It has the best veggies in it and my BF's favorite since I first made it for him.  I get a request for it at least once a month.  It is best with a Smart Chicken though if you have  a store that sells them.   Good luck either way!  <strong>I would definitely invest in a rack it does make a difference</strong>.
Posted by eidna22[/QUOTE]

I did.



How am I the only one with my mind in the gutter? 

PaigeMcC

Boobs.

Oh sorry.  Rack.

JMM4208

-Update-

I should preface this by saying that I am a total cooking noob, my forte is desserts and candies.  This was my first time tackling an entire chicken and no matter how much you Google something you are not an expert for what happens in real life chicken cooking wars…

On Friday, I drove down to see my BF on the way home for Christmas. I had gotten a rack (its awesome btw, thank you for talking me into buying one), and called his mom, I found out she only ever makes breakfast casseroles for Christmas so I got the stuff to make one of those too. I got to BFs apartment at 5 and preceded to speed decorate his dining area while I had the chicken soaking in warm water. (I had to freeze it and so I had been letting it thaw all day on the drive/while I was in exams) He called me to say he was on his way back home, so I started messing with the chicken. It took him 30 minutes to get home and I was STILL fighting with this chicken. He came in the door and I had to keep him away from the kitchen/dining room finally I talked him into getting a shower to leave me to my chicken war. Finally I gave up and begged him to come help me get the junk out of the cavity. After he tried to get it out also, he tells me its too frozen on the inside to get it open. So, we left satan’s chicken to thaw more and ate at the melting pot instead. There we had a lot of entertainment because the people across from us were on a first date and the girl was getting totally hammered, and steadily more sloppy of a drunk. I was still kinda down that I had a “chicken fail” but he assured me he thought it was cute and he wouldn’t tell anyone I was a noob. When we got back to the apartment we fought with the chicken again as a team, with an excessive amount of laughing and a big highfive/chest bump when it finally got into the oven. At 11 we gave up on it ever browning entirely and pulled it out. The breast was done but the legs had more to go so we tried a little bit of it (still don’t see the hype of it all) and threw it in the fridge. He finished baking it yesterday, and raved about it being great, and he was impressed that I had his mom’s casserole for him the next morning before work so it wasn’t all lost.

MLekathLEEN

HAHA! I'm glad things...worked out...? That is a really cute story

desertsun

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[QUOTE]Desert- I'm loving your new siggy <3
Posted by MLekathLEEN[/QUOTE]

I just saw this. Sorry I'm behind. :) Thank you, M!

desertsun

Also, JMM, thank you for sharing the story. I LOL'ed at "Satan's chicken." I'm glad it all turned out okay in the end.

Also, Wrkn, my mind is also usually in the gutter. We once had a poster called "blueboxbride" or something similar, which was SUPPOSED to be about Tiffany's. But instead I always associated her with blue ladyparts, like female blue balls? And then I had to explain to Narwhal that "box" was a euphemism for ladyparts, and I felt like a perv.

In short, I thorougly enjoy this thread for all the memories and for getting the phrase satan's chicken stuck in my brain. Win!