I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't put dark meat in chicken salad

Racist.

I’d much rather dark meat, really

Yet you offer no reason why, OP. You don’t detail if there were any flavor or texture differences. Any conflicts with a profile that white meat doesn’t present. Nothing.

You just expect everyone to heed your warning with no evidence as to why.

I hope you’re more detailed and compelling in presenting an opinion in the real world, OP. Because this was a massive failure.

Surely you asked to speak to the manager?

Wrong OP - you have a mix of white and dark.

I've never eaten a chicken salad sandwich. It sounds ghastly.

Dark meat is okay in chicken salad IF the person making it gets rid of the gristly bits.

I don't agree R5. Chicken Salad is made from white meat chicken. It's a very simple recipe, I hate places that fuck with it.

I would much rather have the dark meat than the tasteless & dry white meat.

This thread may interest you, OP. Dark chicken meat should be drilled.

r8 You are incorrect

It’s made from leftover chicken. Any chicken will do.

The standard recipe is a combo of white and dark. Do better.

Who knew a thread about chicken meat would be so embarrassing for you, OP?

I cannot eat dark meat because it has an overpowering gamey flavor that makes me hurl nearly every time, unless I can spit it out into a napkin quickly enough. It's a lifelong food prejudice that I've never been able to overcome. It's the same with giblets, offal, or organ meats. I just can't.

Chicken Salad isn't my favorite because, even if it's strictly made with white meat, there's sometimes bits of fat, skin, or gristle that I can't handle. Encountering even one of these will totally put me off the sandwich.

Dark meat in bed; white meat in salad.

I don't have a problem with dark chicken meat because I'm not a child.

R14 - somebody did you dirty serving you shitty chicken when you were young. I'd look into a lawsuit.

No, R17, I'm just the world's most finicky meat eater, and always have been. I can't help it.

I wouldn't eat chicken at all until I was in my late teens, the main issue being that it was on the bone. Boneless options were non-existent when I was a child.

r18 You weren't able to pull the chicken off the bone? Were you aware that other meats were connected to bone? Did you eat a pork chop? rib?

Potatoe salad works just fine.

When I make my turkey salad sandwich, post-Thanksgiving, I use a mixture of dark and light meat.

[quote] Dark meat is okay in chicken salad IF the person making it gets rid of the gristly bits.

Getting rid of gristly bits goes without saying.

[quote] I can't help it

Yes, you can. You just like the attention.

It might be worth reflecting on whether you're inadvertently excluding or misrepresenting certain culinary traditions that incorporate different types of meat or regional variations in chicken salad. Ultimately, it’s important to celebrate diversity in food while being aware of its cultural contexts.

No, R19. No, I don't eat any meat on the bone.

In the instance of chicken, the tissue that is in contact with the bone is stained dark, either because of blood or because it's just dark meat. Either way, it has that dark, gamey flavor and odor. Pulling the meat off the bone underscores the ligaments and cartilage attachments. It's gross. As a child, I couldn't do it - even the sight and smell of it would make me hurl.

[quote]R22: Yes, you can. You just like the attention.

No, babe. It's that I 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 like those forms of meat.

Nor does it attract any attention. I manage my own food preferences myself, without the need for anyone else's efforts.

Are you through stating your boundaries, PoisonedIvy?

I find white meat a bit dry, so generally always use chicken thighs.

R5 is right, it's a mixture to get the most flavor. But hey, let's turn this into the DL thread on chicken salad...have we done that in recent times?

I like it without a lot of glop, so very sparing on the mayo. I'm also fine with the yogurt substitution to lighten it up.

In addition to celery, I'm good with chopped up green apples, finely chopped nuts, grapes, or raisins.

Served on a croissant or toasted multi-grain bread with mustard on it.

[quote]R25: Are you through stating your boundaries, PoisonedIvy? —We're sure tired of hearing about them!

There's that "we" shit.

I made an unprompted statement 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒, at R14, and that was apropos R3's criticism of the OP, to explain my own reasons. I only made two more posts, and those were responses to questions I was asked. So you can blow that sockpuppet hostility/hall monitoring right out your ass.

r28 Embarrassing

For you, maybe, R29. You have my sympathies.

I also don't like chicken on the bone. I hate getting my hands greasy. I can eat a boneless fried chicken sandwich, nuggets, and tenders, but no chicken on the bone. Also, I don't like pickle relish in chicken salad.

r31 Oh ok cool

[quote] I find white meat a bit dry, so generally always use chicken thighs.

You were raised right.

I like it with cucumber / celery / green onion / dill / parsley / mayo / salt / pepper.

Dark meat is always better.

My mother did and it was the best chicken salad on 🌎. I don't know what she did but it was basic ingredients that tasted amazing.

Good thing you queens weren't around in the 1800s.

You'd have starved to death.

In fact, it's a good thing your ancestors were a lot tougher than you.

[quote] You don’t detail if there were any flavor or texture differences

Everyone knows the flavor and texture differences between white and dark meat chicken.

I like diced green pepper.

r39 That's fantastic to hear

[quote]Good thing you queens weren't around in the 1800s.

What does that have to do with anything? We're not in the 1800s. A lot of shit went down in the 1800s that we know better than to do today, such as putting dark meat in chicken salad. You get a pass if you're on a budget and you have to use the entire chicken, but this is Datalounge. No one posting here is on a budget.

I can relate OP. When I first moved to where I am, at the soft serve ice cream places they would make a chocolate shake with vanilla ice cream. I had to teach each one you make it with chocolate ice cream. They figured since they were using chocolate syrup that was how you did it. No one makes it with vanilla anymore. Go back and explain that no one makes it with dark meat so someone ordering it would expect just white meat and tell them you threw it out because you don't like dark meat or the least they should do is list it as white and dark. Can't hurt to try.

For turkey salad (mixture of white and dark meat), here's what I like:

Mayonnaise.

Salt and pepper.

Finely-cut celery. If you have the leaf part, that's even better.

Very finely cut onion (not too much).

That's all.

Something tells me this thread is going to become iconic.

[quote] Something tells me this thread is going to become iconic.

Do you drain your chicken salad?

OP is correct. Chicken salad is properly made with chicken breast--that's white meat to you people. Almost every single recipe will call for chicken breast.

Dark meat doesn't need all that dressing up and many people don't like it as much for reasons of texture and a slightly gamier taste.

I generally agree with OP though for at home it’s ok to use that leftover darkmeat from a rotisserie.

OP is incorrect - but nice that can all have our own preferences

[quote]No one posting here is on a budget.

Hahahahaha!

Breast meat is the best meat. This is a statement that rarely holds true, except in the case of chicken salad. Since chicken salad is served cold, chicken breast is preferable—it's got a much more pleasant mouthfeel than dark meat when eaten at lower temps.

[quote]The one thing you shouldn't put in your chicken salad is dark meat. Chicken salad is the perfect vehicle for white meat. Chicken legs and thighs have way more flavor than chicken breasts, which is why they are a great option for chicken dinners, but when it comes to chicken salad, you want the mild taste and firmer texture of white meat so that the creamy dressing and mix-ins really shine. -Southern Living

I'd be happy to contribute if you started a GoFundMe, Senior Lesbian.

[quote] it's got a much more pleasant mouthfeel than dark meat when eaten at lower temps.

Texture.

Why do I feel like some of the people on this thread have the crusts cut off of their chicken salad sandwiches. "The crust is too gamey. I don't like the texture."

[quote]Any chicken will do

Just the cute ones.

Has anyone here eaten at Chicken Salad Chik?

Because DL is rife with baby tasters.

[quote] Has anyone here eaten at Chicken Salad Chik?

I've had my fil a that.

[quote] the least they should do is list it as white and dark.

It’s like they’re not even trying to be civilized.

I don’t like dark meat. It tastes gamier especially cold. I’m not crazy about cold chicken anyway, that’s why I only eat it highly seasoned in chicken salad. I don’t like the dark part of pork chops either.

With all due respect, OP, I have troubles of my own.

R55 I have - it's ok. I was not pondering the dark vs white meat dilemma when I ate it though.

Also - just make your chicken salad with turkey white meat. It will be delicious.

"chicken salad with turkey white meat"

That's turkey salad, r61

Yes, it's Chicken Salad With A Secret!

Shignshlah.

The chicken must be free range and anti-biotic and hormone free. Best if it’s free to forage too. None of this gross corn-fed yellow skinned chicken.

Anti-biotic? Oh dearing myself for that brain fart.

OP is correct.

When chicken salad is perceived as a metaphor for broader racial issues...

Spray some Clorox bleach on the dark meat chicken. Wait five minutes. Problem solved.

No more darkkkkkk chickennnnn.

I think this was our most recent one, R27.

I like to use mayo, Greek yogurt, celery, mustard and a little Frank's. I don't mind a mixture of dark and white meat.

This is the recipe that I use, but I use the meat from one Costco rotisserie chicken and eliminate the celery. It's to die for.

The darker the meat, the sweeter the treat!

The celery seems like an important ingredient.

[quote]I don't know who needs to hear this

For the obvious reason that no one needs to hear this.

I don’t mind dark meat, but there must not be a single one of those rubbery chewy bits. Ugh.

r72, that is the best way to poach chicken breasts. I've been doing it that way for years.

Paywalled

I second R22. They most definitely could, but instead allow themselves the luxury of this preference.

Opinions are all over the place .. mine is that chicken thighs have the most and the best flavor, but they need to be cooked long enough so the meat glides off the bone and all those tendons aren’t rubbery.

I use a rotisserie chicken for chicken salad and I strip it all / use it all.

Agree with OP 100%. Chicken salad is only white meat. I’m sorry the rest of you are using dark meat for chicken salad. That’s just sad and wrong.

I cant eat white meat chicken........

White meat is better but I just use whatever’s left. It’s not something you go out of your way to prepare. It’s like fried rice. It’s made with leftovers.

Leftover chicken is for chicken soup, not chicken salad.

Chicken salad is ghetto food made with leftovers.

Like leftover roast chicken meat.

R85 Enslavers like it too!

R85 Its funny you say that. Because in black households chicken salad does tend to be thought of that way unless one is preparing for like a big cookout or formal gathering. But generally we aren’t buying chicken breasts to cook and then make chicken salad. It’s just left over baked or rotisserie whole chickens. 🐓 , with mayo, mustard, and maybe celery or relish.

Mustard in chicken salad? That sounds like something regional and not race-related. It also sounds awful.

Depends on the mustard. A little bit of Dijon works for me.

R90 Bingo.

Plain, none of that shit grapes, nuts, cheese, bacon, it's chicken salad, not fruit fucking salad.

Chicken salad is best with poached chicken breasts, not rotisserie chicken.

R92 But often if you go to the right delicatessen, you can find some delicious ass white people type chicken salad. Yum.

[quote]Chicken salad is best with poached chicken breasts, not rotisserie chicken.

I usually use the chicken leftover from stock-making. But if was roasted I’ll still use it.