Are older chickens good to eat?

[Alaskan]

Then cook low, slow, and moist.

That is SO important!!!!!

If you make them into soup, and let the soup come to a roiling boil... you let it get too hot, and the meat will now be like shoe leather.

Super low simmer!!!!

 

[Mrs. K]

Be sure and let the bird sit in the fridge for a few days before the pressure cooker. Last fall I did an old rooster, right after processing, thinking a pressure cooker would soften anything... like rubber, me or the dog could not eat it.

 

[LilyD]

Be sure and let the bird sit in the fridge for a few days before the pressure cooker. Last fall I did an old rooster, right after processing, thinking a pressure cooker would soften anything... like rubber, me or the dog could not eat it.

A pressure cooker uses a high heat so potentially could make the bird tougher. I don't tend to rest my older birds before cooking but use a low heat and long cook time. I like to put them in a dutch oven inside the oven with liquid in the bottom, chicken broth or some kind of marinade/sauce depending on what flavors I'm trying for and then I cook it on like 200 degrees for a very long time. Low heat long cook time so either crock pot or pot on the stove on low simmer or in a dutch oven so you can keep it moist and just let it go all day.

 

[313759]

Reading all of these ways to cook a chicken is making me want some