What is everyone planning for their holiday dinners this year given the whole pandemic thing? Are you still planning a typical huge feast and freezing all the leftovers or you are scaling down to a small meal for a few people?
As usual, it'll just be me and the cats. I haven't done a family holiday dinner in years (long story). I picked up a local edition of Edible Magazine and there's a whole article about how to plan a smaller Thanksgiving meal with the "new normal". There's a recipe for braised turkey legs and thighs that seems really good. I'd have to scale it down to just 2 legs or 2 thighs, not two of each since I don't have a pot big enough. I'm not even sure if I can even fit a single turkey leg or thigh in my 5 quart pot I'm kind of about leaving the pot to simmer for 3 hours on the stove. I wonder if I can do the bulk of the cooking on the stove and then put everything into a slow cooker to braise for 3 hours?
The same magazine has a recipe for honey lemon chicken thighs which could be an alternative holiday dinner. It calls for boneless thighs and each side is cooked for about 5 minutes. Is that long enough to fully cook the meat? If I use bone-in, would I just cook the meat longer per side, maybe 8 to 10 minutes?
As usual, it'll just be me and the cats. I haven't done a family holiday dinner in years (long story). I picked up a local edition of Edible Magazine and there's a whole article about how to plan a smaller Thanksgiving meal with the "new normal". There's a recipe for braised turkey legs and thighs that seems really good. I'd have to scale it down to just 2 legs or 2 thighs, not two of each since I don't have a pot big enough. I'm not even sure if I can even fit a single turkey leg or thigh in my 5 quart pot I'm kind of about leaving the pot to simmer for 3 hours on the stove. I wonder if I can do the bulk of the cooking on the stove and then put everything into a slow cooker to braise for 3 hours?
The same magazine has a recipe for honey lemon chicken thighs which could be an alternative holiday dinner. It calls for boneless thighs and each side is cooked for about 5 minutes. Is that long enough to fully cook the meat? If I use bone-in, would I just cook the meat longer per side, maybe 8 to 10 minutes?