Rotisserie chicken

idiocracy
idiocracy Posts: 275 Member
edited October 3 in Food and Nutrition
Any tips/advice on how to pick a good one? I bought my first one a few weeks ago and it was awesome. I bought a second one a few days ago from the same place and it was fat!!!! It had so many fat "pockets" everywhere, I really did not enjoy eating any part of it because I had to remove the fat and whatever else that was. Especially the thighs. Between the layers of meat it had some "gelatin" type things. I am obviously not experienced with chicken! I am so disappointed!

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  • KavemanKarg
    KavemanKarg Posts: 266
    Get it from a local farmer and roast it?

    Not sure how else you can control it unless you cook it yourself.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    Get it from a local farmer and roast it?

    Not sure how else you can control it unless you cook it yourself.

    Sounds like the chicken you picked wasnt packaged fast enough and then some of the fat thickened back up - or.... they may not have cooked it to an appropriate temperature to begin with.

    Honestly, I never purchase the rotisserie chickens - I just dont trust them anywhere. I never see anyone taking a temp-check on these birds (Im a Serv-Safe three-level certified individual)... I was at my local Sam's club and they were trying to sell their rotisserie chickens to clear out the hot case for about $1.50/off each. I asked them how long the birds had been sitting in the hot case - she couldnt tell me... NO ONE WROTE DOWN THE THROW-AWAY TIMES!!!!! ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • margo36
    margo36 Posts: 222 Member
    George Forman do a fairly cheap Rotisserie Grill then you can do your own Chicken and watched the fat drip out of it.
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member

    Honestly, I never purchase the rotisserie chickens - I just dont trust them anywhere. I never see anyone taking a temp-check on these birds

    I used to work in Woolworths in Australia when I was in high school and we always checked the core temp when they were finished cooking and also regularly in the bain marie. I did see staff drop raw chickens on the floor occasionally and apply the '5 second rule'... !!
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member

    Honestly, I never purchase the rotisserie chickens - I just dont trust them anywhere. I never see anyone taking a temp-check on these birds

    I used to work in Woolworths in Australia when I was in high school and we always checked the core temp when they were finished cooking and also regularly in the bain marie. I did see staff drop raw chickens on the floor occasionally and apply the '5 second rule'... !!

    There's no 5-second rule - those people should have been fired for using cross-contaminated chickens!
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
    [ I did see staff drop raw chickens on the floor occasionally and apply the '5 second rule'... !!

    There's no 5-second rule - those people should have been fired for using cross-contaminated chickens!

    Are you being serious? Obviously I wasn't saying that a 5 second rule is legitimate...
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    You're better off buying a rotisserie and doing it yourself as others said. They aren't expensive, and whole roaster chickens are cheap.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    [ I did see staff drop raw chickens on the floor occasionally and apply the '5 second rule'... !!

    There's no 5-second rule - those people should have been fired for using cross-contaminated chickens!

    Are you being serious? Obviously I wasn't saying that a 5 second rule is legitimate...

    I never said you were serious.... and I never said you were being legitimate... please relax
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    You're better off buying a rotisserie and doing it yourself as others said. They aren't expensive, and whole roaster chickens are cheap.

    Yeah - a two pack goes for .87/lb!!!! I usually purchase three two-packs!!! Great deal!
  • epoint
    epoint Posts: 88
    I buy rotisserie chicken at Costco. They are huge there compared to the other stores in my area, and only cost $4.99. Maybe I've just been lucky, but they've always been good so far and I've never gotten sick from them.
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