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Chicken leg lollipops with sweet & sour glaze soft polenta I chicken-roasted carrots

Chicken leg lollipops with sweet & sour glaze soft polenta I chicken-roasted carrots

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Chicken leg lollipops with sweet & sour glaze soft polenta I chicken-roasted carrots RECIPE, FEEDS 4-6 4-5 lb (circa 2 kg) chicken legs (smaller ones are better for this, imho) 1-2 bunches of green onions 3-4 garlic cloves 1 oz (28g) dried mushrooms (very optional) 2 lb (900g) carrots 1 cup (150g) cornmeal honey (or any other sweetener) butter cornstarch tomato paste white wine (very optional) vinegar (I used rice vinegar) soy sauce (or Worcestershire, or fish sauce) oil salt pepper Get your oven heating to 400 F/200 C. Strip the meat off the lower third of the shinbone on each leg and cut it off, along with what remains of the ankle joint (watch the video for details. Put the the legs in a roasting pan, and the bone/meat/skin trimmings into a skillet. Season the legs heavily with salt and pepper, and toss them in a very light coating of cornstarch. Toss them again in oil, distribute them in a single layer across the roasting pan and roast them for about an hour to start with. Meanwhile, brown the chicken trimmings in the pan with a little oil. Cut thin slices out of the middle section of the green onions to use as a raw garnish at the end. Roughly slice the onion tops and bottoms, peel and crush the garlic cloves, and get all that browning in the pan along with the chicken trimmings. When you've got some color on everything, stir in a squeeze of tomato paste and brown that for a moment. Deglaze with half a bottle of white wine, or water. Add more water to get everything submerged. Throw in the dried mushrooms, if you're using them. Give the pan a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper and simmer for at least 45 minute, stirring occasionally and topping off with additional water to keep things submerged. Bring about a quart/liter of water to a boil with a couple pinches of salt. Whisk in the cornmeal, reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover and let cook for at least a half hour. Before you eat this polenta, melt in butter to taste (I used like half a stick, 60g, season with salt and pepper to taste, and stir in additional water if the the texture is too thick, keeping in mind it will thicken a lot as it cools. Prep the carrots by cutting them into thick pieces. After the chicken has roasted for an hour, take it out, scrap it off the bottom of the tray and push it to one side to make room for the carrots. Dump the carrots in the tray, toss them with a little oil and salt, and then reposition the chicken legs so that they're all in one layer again, even if this requires putting some of them on the carrots. Return to the oven and roast until the carrots are almost cooked (it took me a half hour. Strain the quick chicken stock through a sieve, squeeze the solids with a spoon to make sure you've got all the juice out and discard them. Give the pan a quick rinse to get out any chunks, return it to the heat and bring the strained stock back to a simmer. Make a smooth slurry with a couple tablespoons of cornstarch and a splash of water, and slowly drizzle some of it into the stock while stirring. Put in as much slurry as you need to achieve a somewhat thick consistency (it will thicken more as it sits around before you eat. Add soy sauce, vinegar and honey (or any form of sugar) to taste, remembering that the resulting glaze should taste way too intense on its own. When the roasting tray comes out of the oven, grab each leg by the one and drag the meat through the glaze. Lean each leg against the side of the pan as you go, to keep the bones clean. Put the roasting tray with the carrots on the stove, turn on the heat and deglaze with a splash of water. Reduce the resulting sauce to a glaze for the carrots as you cook them to the tenderness you desire. Put some of the finished polenta on a plate along with some carrots. Give the legs a second swirl in the glaze before putting them on top of the polenta. Garnish with the reserved green onion slices.
Date: 2022-02-18

Comments and reviews: 10


hey guys think this should be said so fingers are maintained, when i was working in a kitchen one of the greatest knife skills i learned was when doing anything sketchy applying pressure to the spine of the knife you should always keep your hand flat, don't bend your fingers. if things go wrong and the knife goes sideways you will keep your fingers. if you look closely when Adam is smacking the knife to break the chicken bone it wants to fall to either side. if you do this with a sharp enough knife you can indeed lose a finger or more likely you'll cut the nerves or tendons in your fingers and loose the use of them. i once cut my finger so deep i lost feeling in it for 5 years.
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Actually, Adam, you need a lot of carbs (roughly 60% of your daily calories) for anaerobics. Alinine (an amino acid in your muscle) will be broken down for energy if you don't have enough, hence why carbs are called protein-sparing) as they halt your protein being wasted and your muscles not growing. This amount of carbs, comined with 1g protein/pound of bodyweight, low fat diet, avoiding seed oils and estrogenics, will allow you to still grow a large amount of muscle, even when on a cut!
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ADAM! Please do a video on the length of boiling/simmering when making a stock. Basically, finding out what length of time produces the best flavor of stock. I know that the rule of thumb is the longer the better, but I often wonder when that kinda tapers off. For example, the flavor change from 0-12 hours is obviously greater than 12-24. So does boiling for an excess amount of time truly develop the best flavor? When is it too long?
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When I was a kid, me and my friend used to raid the neighbors vegetable garden. The only thing we ever stole were the carrots. We weren't poor, it was just fun. I feel like a piece of crap now about it. Maybe, they saw us the whole time and laughed at us getting nutrition in our bodies. Only God knows!
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Hi Adam,
Great video.
I would use the back of the knife and break the bone instead of the karate chop method. As a meat cutter I cringed when you told people to attempt that dangerous maneuver. Jaques Pepin does the leg break technique in his chicken deboning video if anyone wants to see it.

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you crack me up. I love your serious interjections of reality that most people tend to avoid. Grab the chicken by it s calf muscle, that s what it is cut all the way down to the shin & rotate the leg as you saw meat tendons
you kinda sound like a serial cleaning up after an adventure.

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Adam, when is Eggs 201 gonna come out? Also, are you ever going to feature some offal meats in your recipes? Either way, continue with your amazing content! Your videos are really transforming an average home cook's skills and meals.
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my mom buys from a chinese restaurant that has this on their menu but they have a savory Garlic Sauce and deep fried lollipop chicken instead but it's soo good
i def will try this variation out though!

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What does he mean when we says I am a joe I started watching his videos again and missed out on the new secret code
Btw as soon as anyone tells me ill delete the comment so I don't spread the secret

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