Well, it has been a really long time since I have posted anything. It's not because I've been lazy with my posting, it's because I've been lazy with my cooking. I haven't touched my Dutch oven in over a year and a half I think. That's kind of sad I guess, but I'm still gaining weight, so it apparently hasn't stopped me from eating.
Ever since I did my first Roasted Chicken Thighs dish I have wanted to try again, mainly because it wasn't very good. After getting some great feedback on ideas that might make it better I decided to try again and incorporate some of those ideas.
Above you can see the ingredients that I used for this dish. I purchased two whole chickens and cut them, saving the thighs and legs for this dish. I cut off all the excess skin but left enough to neatly cover the meat. I then lightly coated the chicken with olive oil, mainly just to help hold the spices that I would rub on them. This included some salt and pepper and a whole bunch of thyme. I also prepared four slices of thick-cut bacon and a bowl with one chopped bell pepper, one half a chopped onion, and a bunch (technical I know) of cloves of garlic.
Taking advice that I needed to have my fire hotter underneath and to use some type of real fat, I put enough coals under the pot to cover basically every square inch underneath and began cooking the bacon for its grease and to be used as part of the dish.
Once the bacon had cooked pretty well, I added the bowl of onion, peppers, and garlic and began cooking them in the bacon grease.
After they were pretty well ready, I scooted everything over to one side and added the chicken, skin side down, to the grease to brown and begin cooking.
I flipped the chicken and turned the pot periodically until it looked good. I guess it may have cooked about thirty to forty minutes. I scooped it all out onto one plate as seen in the opening photo from this post. My wife and I sat down at the patio table with that one plate and two forks and ate every bite of it. Oh yeah, redemption......feels good......and tastes better.
Thanks again to everyone who offered advice on things I could do to make it better.
3 comments:
Very nice. Greg Egbert made some really good brownies in a Dutch oven on the last Boy Scout camp out. I sure am glad that Charlie decided to join Troop 220.
Excellent. I'm sure that made the Cracker Barrel more enjoyable. That is unless it was some sort of dentist approved sugar-free brownies...you never can tell about Greg.
Hey what happended to the boys doing all the work?
The boys still do all the work. He fixed brownies just for the Adult patrol. We eat good just to show the boys what they could be eating if they would plan and prepare properly. Two of the other new adult leaders fixed us fried fish in a deep fryer. The boys were having a fit watching us chow down on fried fish and brownies. I think they will be a little better prepared for the next campout.
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