Reheating Frozen cooked chicken thighs ???


 
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John Furdyn

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Can you maintain the "crispy" skin when reheating frozen cooked chicken thighs ?

I know you can reheat cooked chicken at higher heat in the oven and the skin is still pretty good.

Just curious if freezing the chicken has any negative effect on the "crispyness" of the skin ?

Any thoughts/comments appreciated.

John
 
I think the defrosting would de-crisp the skin for sure. Because there would be moisture.

but I don't think it would be much different from re-heating cooked chicken that you're referring too. just the added step of defrosting.

There's only one way to find out...
 
Just thinking out loud here a little. If you tried re-heating them at a fairly high temp, right from frozen, without defrosting first, that may allow that moisture to get out of the way leaving the skin somewhat crispy. I think you will still have floppy skin, but maybe salvage-able this way. Be the test kitchen and let us know!
 
Mike

What you say makes sense. Maybe others will check in.

I've had some pretty good results reheating cookied chicken that was leftover and put in the refrig, not freezer.

I believe it was Larry Wolf who told me to reheat it at higher temps maybe 350 or 375 in the oven and not covered with tin foil or anything. I did it once and it came out pretty darn good.

John
 
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