primitives microwave chicken after grilling

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Oh my.

Another case of the primitives making life more difficult than it has to be.

Phentex  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-17-08 08:11 PM
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Poll question: Microwaving chicken after grilling...a dispute...
   
If you place chicken pieces on a charcoal grill for about 10 minutes and then bring it in and microwave on high, your chicken will:

Poll result (0 votes)

taste just fine   (0 votes, 0%)

taste rubbery   (0 votes, 0%)   

if other, please explain   (0 votes, 0%)   

I dunno.  If there's a reason for me to have grilled chicken, it's simpler, cheaper, and easier to pick one up at the delicatessen in the big city.

And the primitives, allegedly more virtuous than us, can spend the all time they save doing Good Works on behalf of Humanity.

yy4me  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-17-08 08:43 PM
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1. I'd do it the other way around, and have done so many times.
   
Chicken takes longer to grill if it is not boneless. I zap the bone-in chicken for about 5 minutes(depends on your machine) in my low wattage microwave, then put it on the grill. It tends to book more thoroughly this way. The inside next to the bones has already had some cooking, the rest will be done as the chicken cooks on the grill.

It was not rubbery at all done this way.

Warpy  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-17-08 08:58 PM
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2. Try it the other way around and you'll end up with completely cooked chicken with all the flavor the grill can provide.

It's really hard to cook chicken on the grill without burning the outside and having pink stuff near the bones because most fires are just too hot.

I know people who pre bake it and people who boil it. Microwaving it is just a variation on the same theme.

Tab  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-17-08 09:33 PM
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3. I can see this is going to be a pedantic discussion on grilling chicken
   
I have never had huge success grilling bone-in chicken (not that I can't do it, just it's always a pain). Boneless is no problem.

I have a gas grill myself - haven't used charcoal for years.

I like to coat them with a sauce - anything will do, but my favorite is Lawry's Tequila & Lime, and just grill. Don't overdo it.

I hate microwaving meat - invariably you get something rubbery and tough. I'd go for steaming, or nearly anything before microwaving.

citizen_jane  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-17-08 09:59 PM
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4. I always boil my bone in chicken before grilling it.
   
Have never tried using the microwave for it.

[Chris]

I would never microwave chicken.  That is just nasty.  dutch mentioned cleaning chicken coops as a kid.  I have to agree, the chicken is the nastiest, filthiest animal around... hogs and pigs are much cleaner.

I have a bbq chicken recipe I got from a neighbor in North Carolina that calls for simmering grilled chicken in a pot of bbq sauce for 15 or 20 minutes, on low heat.  It's excellent.