Comments on: Roast Chicken Basted with Lard a la Marketman

By: ChickenCrazy

ChickenCrazy — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:54:45 +0000

@Marketman

Thanks for post this, I can’t wait to try it. I would think bacon fat would work if you don’t have lard?

Also, I tried to find the compete recipe by taking your advice you gave, “lovejoan” but did not know which specific old roasted chicken recipe. Do you think you can post the entire recipe?

Thanks so much!

By: Mart

Mart — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:45:49 +0000

I watched an episode of America’s Test Kitchen (cooking show for “nerd cooks”; they explain the science of the recipe, why this ingredient was used and not something else, why one technique is used an not another, etc.) where they said something similar to Footloose’s mention of Julia Child’s technique of “rubbing under the skin”.
To get the lemony taste of lemon chicken, stuffing the cavity of the chicken with lemons didn’t do the trick. The trick was to stuff lemon zest between the skin and the meat (breast, thighs and legs).
Here’s a link to the recipe from their website (Cook’s Country TV edition):
Roast Lemon Chicken: https://www.cookscountrytv.com/recipes/Overview.asp?docid=19102
(need to sign up for 14-day free trial to get access to the recipe).

By: Jimrex

Jimrex — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:41:22 +0000

Pig flavored chicken? I like!

By: psychomom

psychomom — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:02:55 +0000

hello betty q, and others, my brother who is in the northwest swears by this BLUE BREEZE organic virgin coconut oil. i am still using the gallon he sent me. a little bit pricier $40++ per gallon but quality is better. check it out online.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:32:28 +0000

Oh, Ms, Connie C…I also decreased the amount of granulated sugar to just 1/2 cup. Maybe for Mr. C, use Splenda together with Brown Splenda.

By: Kai

Kai — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:49:53 +0000

Betty Q, the smell of latik is from cooked coconut oil. Since VCO is cold-pressed, it smells neutral. But I’ve discovered that my VCO begins to smell like “latik” if it is stored and rarely used in hot weather over a long period of time.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:12:51 +0000

Yup, they sell coconut oil in a jar at the Natural Health Food store here. Kaya lang, maybe I am used to the smell of latik. That cocnut oil in jar doesn’t smell like anything at all. I thought how can it be coconut oil then. I am looking for one to put it on my skin like my face for it is so dry and so is my hair…maybe because of the cold weather and soaking in hot tub of water till I turn to a prune!

Oh, have to tell you to try a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Go to Chapters and scan through a cookbook called Cooksmart. If you have Cooks Illustrated, it is also there. I just happen to kill time at Chapters ththe other day but I am going back to buy that cookbook. I am telling you that this is THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE recipe and i really mean the IT! I have stopped looking and testing for the IT one! The only thing…here are my tweaks….I used regular salted butter, decreased the salt to 1/2 tsp. and the choicolate chips ( I used Dove for that is what I had a lot of) only 1 cup and increased the vanilla to 2 tsps. I got 42 walnut size balls, and kept them in teh freezer. …and baked it only for 3 to 4 minutes at 400 degrees and 3 to 4 minutes at 350 degrees…turned the oven off and left it only for another 1 minute or 2 ….turned out perfect …the way I wanted it to be….held its shape (you have to bake them frozen), and slightly chewy and not cakey. Mahirap tigilan sa tatlong cookies!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:33:39 +0000

This looks delicious MM! Will definitely give it a go. To Ebbablue & others commenting about cold-pressed coconut oil, did you know that coconut oil, but especially this type and also “virgin” coconut oil, has recently been found to be THE best oil to use for all sorts of purposes? The health benefits of coconut oil include hair care, skin care, stress relief, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism, relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and cancer, dental care, and bone strength. These benefits of coconut oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and its properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, soothing, etc. It can even help you to lose weight! (it promotes thermogenesis in the body and so increases our metabolic rate). So yes, will definitely try to roast a chicken using coconut oil as well! If you wish to find out more about the true facts about virgin coconut oil or VCO, and shatter all the myths that we’ve been told about it, have a read about it here:

https://www.thevirgincoconutoil.com/articleitem.php?articleid=156 and here:

https://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/savethechildren.htm

So I’d say go ahead and buy the stuff, and hopefully rejuvenate the local industry in the process! BTW I’m not affiliated with coconut oil companies, merely a reader who has stumbled on the latest research and eager to pass on the news. I’m sure that you can google VCO suppliers in the Philippines to find out where to purchase it. I buy it online here in Australia myself.

Cheers :-)

By: Connie C

Connie C — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:53:00 +0000

BettyQ: I thought you knew everything . Have you tried any of the organic stores in your area?

I get cold pressed coconut oil where I am from a grocery coop called “Glut”, would you believe? A 14 oz jar can be had for under $12…not cheap but I still have a tablespoon or two left in the jar from when I bought it 2 months ago. But of course I seldom fry. I sometimes mix it with virgin olive oil and good butter ( from grass fed cows) for my cooking.

Still cold in Vancouver? If and when you get it, your oil will be in hibernation….natutulog na mantika. but will liquefy when the weather warms up. My son who is into naturopathy loves it so much he even slathers it on his skin and hair, then he begins to smell like biko, I tell him.

By: Lambchop

Lambchop — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:33:50 +0000

Yummm!! The skin looks so good. Will try this with mommy :)