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chicken stew using hen or rooster
Posted on 11/18/23 at 11:28 am
Posted on 11/18/23 at 11:28 am
I remember my grandmother made the best tasting chicken stew. I've tried many different recipes over the years and I just cannot duplicate that great chicken flavor using the regular fryer chickens found in today's grocery stores. l remember she had a chicken yard. I think she used an old hen or rooster to make her chicken stew. Apparently this produces that deep rich chicken stew flavor.
Has anyone used a fresh hen or rooster to make a chicken stew?
Where can hens or roosters be purchased today for cooking chicken stew?
Has anyone used a fresh hen or rooster to make a chicken stew?
Where can hens or roosters be purchased today for cooking chicken stew?
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Posted on 11/18/23 at 11:40 am to Harahan Boy
I like to use a hen when I want a rich stock and more volume. Bought one yesterday but not sure what I'm going to do with it yet.
My regular store had them out ahead of Thanksgiving but they don't normally. Maybe look in the frozen section. One I bought is fresh.
For those who might not know, a hen you find in the store is just a breeding hen or "parent" of a broiler chicken. They are processed when their egg production declines. There are only 4 or 5 plants in the country that process them on any kind of large scale.
My regular store had them out ahead of Thanksgiving but they don't normally. Maybe look in the frozen section. One I bought is fresh.
For those who might not know, a hen you find in the store is just a breeding hen or "parent" of a broiler chicken. They are processed when their egg production declines. There are only 4 or 5 plants in the country that process them on any kind of large scale.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 11:42 am to Harahan Boy
Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?
Posted on 11/18/23 at 12:24 pm to KosmoCramer
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So, who's having sex with the hen?
That would be the rooster.
This post was edited on 11/18/23 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 11/18/23 at 12:33 pm to Professor Dawghair
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That would be the rooster.
The roosters has sex with all of them?
That's perverse.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 12:46 pm to KosmoCramer
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The roosters has sex with all of them?
Ok I think you're messing with me but I'll play along.
The broiler (the chicken you buy in the store or fryer) is offspring of the hen and rooster. It could be a male or female.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 12:48 pm to Professor Dawghair
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Ok I think you're messing with me but I'll play along.
Hint: look at the name of the poster you’re responding to
Posted on 11/18/23 at 1:06 pm to AbitaFan08
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Hint: look at the name of the poster you’re responding to
I'm slow lol
Posted on 11/18/23 at 2:02 pm to Professor Dawghair
Posted on 11/18/23 at 2:11 pm to Harahan Boy
I thought you were talking about which bird to buy live and slaughter yourself. I didn't know you could even find or buy specifically a hen or rooster frozen. They were all just "chickens".
I'm a little disappointed honestly.
I'm a little disappointed honestly.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 2:54 pm to Harahan Boy
My mother wouldn't use anything but a hen. Such a great flavor. I agree you can't get that using a fryer. Btw Albertsons has them on sale right now for $1.69 lb. They are frozen though. Almost impossible to get a fresh one. I looked at them today. Planning to go back and get one. The sale goes until Wed. or Thursday next week.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 3:10 pm to Harahan Boy
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Where can hens or roosters be purchased today for cooking chicken stew?
Maybe try a local grocery store, I know of two local places in Lafayette that sell whole cut up hens. It’s what I use for my chicken and sausage gumbo.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 6:15 pm to Harahan Boy
Hens are often seen in stores around the holidays, but seldom otherwise. USDA says hens or roosters are generally 10 months or older and weigh about 4lbs. The broiler/fryers we usually see are just 6-10 weeks old. A hen can take a while to get tender.
You can also buy a capon, a neutered male chicken, but they are usually less than 4 months old, so they may not have as much flavor as the older hen. Never have cooked one, so not sure.
You can also buy a capon, a neutered male chicken, but they are usually less than 4 months old, so they may not have as much flavor as the older hen. Never have cooked one, so not sure.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 7:31 pm to Harahan Boy
Get a baking hen. They are older birds and will require a longer cook time than a fryer. Their texture and flavor is superior to a fryer.
I've never seen roosters at the store but you can buy a capon, which is a castrated rooster that some people use in cooking.
The only time I've used roosters is when people I know who have chickens discover their laying hens they got has a rooster or two in the bunch and were mis-sexed when sold and they want to get rid of them.
I've never seen roosters at the store but you can buy a capon, which is a castrated rooster that some people use in cooking.
The only time I've used roosters is when people I know who have chickens discover their laying hens they got has a rooster or two in the bunch and were mis-sexed when sold and they want to get rid of them.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 9:11 am to Harahan Boy
I remember this hood butcher on Dryades back in the day had roosters, raccoons all types of hood meat.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 9:15 am to Harahan Boy
504 292-7831. Seafood Frank on St Claude. He has Roosters.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 10:27 am to UnoDelgado
Hong Kong Market on the Westbank has roosters. I stew them regularly and while I'm not in my grandma's league for cooking the family likes it.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 1:37 pm to Harahan Boy
Mom and aunts all used hen in gumbo
Posted on 11/20/23 at 9:43 am to sjmabry
I went to my local Winn-Dixie. They had both fresh and frozen stewing hens but I didn't get one because they were injected with a 15% saline solution. This turned me off. Why do they do this? Is this a normal practice?
Posted on 11/20/23 at 9:48 am to Harahan Boy
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Why do they do this?
to keep fresh for longer
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