If you want chicken with bones in it, go for something with an actual amount of meat or fun factor to it.
Your whole mistake is assuming that meat is why people eat wings.
No, to paraphrase Dennis Reynolds, there’s no denying that the skins are the most fascinating part. Bone in wings have the highest ratio of skin out of any cut, and are therefore the most delicious.
And yes, I sometimes take chicken skin off of thighs and breasts to just fry them as some kind of chicharrones.
I agree that it’s only good when the skin is crispy enough to hold up to the sauce: maintaining a crisp texture with the surface area to cling to a bunch of sauce. Not every place does it right.
But with boneless stuff, the approximation through breading just isn’t the same.
Note that I’ve also taken bones out of the real wings, and those are about 50 times more delicious than nuggets or tenders. It’s not the bones, it’s the skin.
Your whole mistake is assuming that meat is why people eat wings.
No, to paraphrase Dennis Reynolds, there’s no denying that the skins are the most fascinating part. Bone in wings have the highest ratio of skin out of any cut, and are therefore the most delicious.
And yes, I sometimes take chicken skin off of thighs and breasts to just fry them as some kind of chicharrones.
I do enjoy skin sometimes, but it has to be crispy. The method you do sounds good, but otherwise I am not a big fan fo skin, for some reason.
I agree that it’s only good when the skin is crispy enough to hold up to the sauce: maintaining a crisp texture with the surface area to cling to a bunch of sauce. Not every place does it right.
But with boneless stuff, the approximation through breading just isn’t the same.
Note that I’ve also taken bones out of the real wings, and those are about 50 times more delicious than nuggets or tenders. It’s not the bones, it’s the skin.