Help! Is this chicken done!?!

[candycoated]

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• candycoated
• Feb 9, 2013

This is a chicken leg off of a whole chicken. I tempt it at 170 before I pulled it out of the smoker. Is it normal for blood to still be in there? Where the blood is coming out there is where it connects to the body.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Not done yet! No red juices, your probe was a bit shallow. You need to be next to but not on the bone  nd closer to the carcass to test IT. If your hungry, a couple minutes in the microwave will take care of that issue...JJ

 

[BGKYSmoker]

no its not done. Should not be any blood run like that.

 

[candycoated]

OMG, the chicken bested me AGain!

I'ma get that dang dirty bird!

 

[pgsmoker64]

OMG, the chicken bested me AGain!

I'ma get that dang dirty bird!

Chicken has been my nemesis for years....know how you feel!

Keep on tryin Mel!

That bird will bow to you soon...

Bill

 

[shoneyboy]

When the leg-thigh joint pulls apart....It's done for me......Not until then.....

 

[candycoated]

So, what can I do with it now?

It has fully cooled off. Can I put it on a roasting rack in my roasting pan and bake it?

Or maybe microwave the heck out of it when I portion it out on a plate?

 

[linguica]

Finish it in the oven or better yet, put in to a large pot of already boiling water. Boil for 20-25 minutes, turn off heat and leave covered for 1 hour. Several years ago, my wife and I both ate under cooked chicken from a restaurant and both spent the next day in the emergency room. Not something I would recommend to a friend.

The above boiling procedure is good for making boiled chicken starting with a whole raw chicken.

 

[shoneyboy]

Put that baby in the oven till that leg-thigh joint lets go.....

 

[linguica]

Put that baby in the oven till that leg-thigh joint lets go.....

And juices run clear.

 

[shoneyboy]

And juices run clear.

too.....