novice would like to know if there is a 'simple' uncomplicated way to
satisfactorily cook a chicken leg in the microwave please. If its put in a
glass bowl should some water be added to the bowl? thanks for advice.

In article >,
"john martin" > wrote:

> novice would like to know if there is a 'simple' uncomplicated way to
> satisfactorily cook a chicken leg in the microwave please. If its put in a
> glass bowl should some water be added to the bowl? thanks for advice.

I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
would help a little, I think.

leo

On Mar 24, 3:19*am, "john martin" > wrote:
> novice would like to know if there is a 'simple' uncomplicated way to
> satisfactorily cook a chicken leg in the microwave please. * If its put in a
> glass bowl should some water be added to the bowl? * * *thanks for advice.

No. It will be awful.

--Bryan

On Mar 24, 4:25*am, Leonard Blaisdell >
wrote:
> In article >,
> *"john martin" > wrote:
>
> > novice would like to know if there is a 'simple' uncomplicated way to
> > satisfactorily cook a chicken leg in the microwave please. * If its put in a
> > glass bowl should some water be added to the bowl? * * *thanks for advice.
>
> I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
> chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
> covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
> recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
> would help a little, I think.
>
> leo

I would never use "clear wrap" to touch food cooking in the microwave
- I believe it is one of those things that is generally considered
"possibly [chemically] bad." I always use waxed paper (probably also
bad, but I haven't heard that yet). ;-)

I would never cook a chicken leg in the microwave, either. If you
can't cook it on a stove top, in an oven, or even in a toaster oven,
buy frozen chicken that's already cooked that you can put in the
microwave to heat up.

N.

In article >,
"john martin" > wrote:

> novice would like to know if there is a 'simple' uncomplicated way to
> satisfactorily cook a chicken leg in the microwave please. If its put in a
> glass bowl should some water be added to the bowl? thanks for advice.

Yes, add a bit of liquid and be sure to cover it.

I sometimes add BBQ sauce liberally to chicken parts in a covered
corningware dish.

IMHO, chicken is one meat that is actually very compatible with nuking.

As always YMMV. ;-)
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article
>,
Nancy2 > wrote:

> On Mar 24, 4:25*am, Leonard Blaisdell >
> wrote:

> > I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
> > chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
> > covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
> > recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
> > would help a little, I think.

> I would never use "clear wrap" to touch food cooking in the microwave
> - I believe it is one of those things that is generally considered
> "possibly [chemically] bad." I always use waxed paper (probably also
> bad, but I haven't heard that yet). ;-)
>
> I would never cook a chicken leg in the microwave, either. If you
> can't cook it on a stove top, in an oven, or even in a toaster oven,
> buy frozen chicken that's already cooked that you can put in the
> microwave to heat up.

I once worked with a woman who lived alone. She bought a microwave. I
asked her what she was going to do with it. She said she got it for
making chicken. It didn't sound good to me, but she said that she liked
it. I don't know what she did exactly, but it was raw chicken, cooked
in the MW.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

> I once worked with a woman who lived alone. She bought a microwave.
> I asked her what she was going to do with it. She said she got it for
> making chicken. It didn't sound good to me, but she said that she
> liked it. I don't know what she did exactly, but it was raw chicken,
> cooked in the MW.

Raw chicken cooking in the microwave smells horrible to me.
Maybe it's another one of those cilantro things, but I can't be
around it, it's nauseating.

nancy

In article
>,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article
> >,
> Nancy2 > wrote:
>
> > On Mar 24, 4:25*am, Leonard Blaisdell >
> > wrote:
>
> > > I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
> > > chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
> > > covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
> > > recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
> > > would help a little, I think.
>
> > I would never use "clear wrap" to touch food cooking in the microwave
> > - I believe it is one of those things that is generally considered
> > "possibly [chemically] bad." I always use waxed paper (probably also
> > bad, but I haven't heard that yet). ;-)
> >
> > I would never cook a chicken leg in the microwave, either. If you
> > can't cook it on a stove top, in an oven, or even in a toaster oven,
> > buy frozen chicken that's already cooked that you can put in the
> > microwave to heat up.
>
> I once worked with a woman who lived alone. She bought a microwave. I
> asked her what she was going to do with it. She said she got it for
> making chicken. It didn't sound good to me, but she said that she liked
> it. I don't know what she did exactly, but it was raw chicken, cooked
> in the MW.

Cooked covered in a corningware (or other covered dish with a tight
lid), it works. It comes out steamed/poached but imho that works for
chicken if you get the meat to liquid ratio right. :-)

It's especially good with some sauces.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Mar 24, 2:13*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Nancy2 > wrote:
> > On Mar 24, 4:25*am, Leonard Blaisdell >
> > wrote:
> > > I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
> > > chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
> > > covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
> > > recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
> > > would help a little, I think.
> > I would never use "clear wrap" to touch food cooking in the microwave
> > - I believe it is one of those things that is generally considered
> > "possibly [chemically] bad." *I always use waxed paper (probably also
> > bad, but I haven't heard that yet). ;-)
>
> > I would never cook a chicken leg in the microwave, either. *If you
> > can't cook it on a stove top, in an oven, or even in a toaster oven,
> > buy frozen chicken that's already cooked that you can put in the
> > microwave to heat up.
>
> I once worked with a woman who lived alone. *She bought a microwave. *I
> asked her what she was going to do with it. *She said she got it for
> making chicken. *It didn't sound good to me, but she said that she liked
> it. *I don't know what she did exactly, but it was raw chicken, cooked
> in the MW.

Think of all the awful things that folks eat.
She must've just had no sense of taste.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On Mar 24, 2:13 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>>In article
>,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nancy2 > wrote:
>>
>>>On Mar 24, 4:25 am, Leonard Blaisdell >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
>>>>chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
>>>>covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
>>>>recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
>>>>would help a little, I think.
>>>
>>>I would never use "clear wrap" to touch food cooking in the microwave
>>>- I believe it is one of those things that is generally considered
>>>"possibly [chemically] bad." I always use waxed paper (probably also
>>>bad, but I haven't heard that yet). ;-)
>>
>>>I would never cook a chicken leg in the microwave, either. If you
>>>can't cook it on a stove top, in an oven, or even in a toaster oven,
>>>buy frozen chicken that's already cooked that you can put in the
>>>microwave to heat up.
>>
>>I once worked with a woman who lived alone. She bought a microwave. I
>>asked her what she was going to do with it. She said she got it for
>>making chicken. It didn't sound good to me, but she said that she liked
>>it. I don't know what she did exactly, but it was raw chicken, cooked
>>in the MW.
>
>
> Think of all the awful things that folks eat.
> She must've just had no sense of taste.

My dad said once that he wished that there were something along the
lines of Purina Bachelor Chow, that he could just serve himself up a
scoop of some sort of nutritionally complete kibble to munch in front of
the tv on those nights when there was nobody else around to fix him
something.

In my opionion, microwaved chicken falls into the same category.

I suspect, though, that a prolonged diet of this sort of thing probably
leads to public armpit scratching and poop slinging.

On Mar 24, 10:44*pm, Kathleen > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> > On Mar 24, 2:13 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> >>In article
> >,
>
> >> Nancy2 > wrote:
>
> >>>On Mar 24, 4:25 am, Leonard Blaisdell >
> >>>wrote:
>
> >>>>I've never tried what you want to accomplish. If I did it, I'd cook the
> >>>>chicken leg on a microwaveable plate with no water under clear wrap that
> >>>>covered the plate until the wrap balloons from the steam. I don't
> >>>>recommend it, but it's real simple and it uses the microwave. Seasonings
> >>>>would help a little, I think.
>
> >>>I would never use "clear wrap" to touch food cooking in the microwave
> >>>- I believe it is one of those things that is generally considered
> >>>"possibly [chemically] bad." *I always use waxed paper (probably also
> >>>bad, but I haven't heard that yet). ;-)
>
> >>>I would never cook a chicken leg in the microwave, either. *If you
> >>>can't cook it on a stove top, in an oven, or even in a toaster oven,
> >>>buy frozen chicken that's already cooked that you can put in the
> >>>microwave to heat up.
>
> >>I once worked with a woman who lived alone. *She bought a microwave. *I
> >>asked her what she was going to do with it. *She said she got it for
> >>making chicken. *It didn't sound good to me, but she said that she liked
> >>it. *I don't know what she did exactly, but it was raw chicken, cooked
> >>in the MW.
>
> > Think of all the awful things that folks eat.
> > She must've just had no sense of taste.
>
> My dad said once that he wished that there were something along the
> lines of Purina Bachelor Chow, that he could just serve himself up a
> scoop of some sort of nutritionally complete kibble to munch in front of
> the tv on those nights when there was nobody else around to fix him
> something.
>
> In my opionion, microwaved chicken falls into the same category.

I agree. That's all the way to one side of a continuum.
>
> I suspect, though, that a prolonged diet of this sort of thing probably
> leads to public armpit scratching and poop slinging

There are women who are like that to though. The very nice woman at
my work who really doesn't care much about the taste of food. I
showed her this awful recipe I'd found the other day, and she said
that she could probably pretty happily eat it.

--Bryan

Pull the skin off of the chicken leg, salt & pepper, a little bbq sauce
or Italian salad dressing, cover plate with a paper towel. If you leave
the skin on, it'll be gross.

Denise

john martin > wrote:
> novice would like to know if there is a 'simple' uncomplicated way to
> satisfactorily cook a chicken leg in the microwave please. If its put in a
> glass bowl should some water be added to the bowl? thanks for advice.

Honestly, I've never tried this, but I would highly reccommned against
adding any water. I have cooked chicken legs by steaming and the result
is pretty blah. I think I would also just put it in a shallow microwave
safe disk with a paper towel cover to prevent splatter. A tight
glass lid would get you back to steaming. No guarantees here,
but that's my best guess as to how to make this worthwhile.

Now, here is what I would try. Lightly cover the whole thing with
some dry seasoning. I'd probably try lemon pepper first, but maybe
a barbecue rub. Add a little dusting of paprika. Don't overcook!
If this is a whole leg (thigh and drumstick) you should get an
instant read thermometer and check the temperature. Try 1 minute,
check for temperature/doneness, add another minute or 30 seconds
as seems needed. 165 F in the middle of the thigh meat (not touching
the bone) should be about right. It is kind of tough to get a good
reading on just a drumstick. After you've done this once or twice
you should get a feel for the time needed in your particular microwave,
and if you like the results enough to keep doing it.

Good luck.

Bill Ranck
Blacskburg, Va.