Is goose fat good to cook with?

Goose fat is an excellent cooking medium with a rich, silky texture and has a very fine, savoury flavour. It can be cooked at a high temperature without burning.

Can you fry chicken in goose fat?

Use goose fat in the preparation of a cassoulet and frying duck or chicken livers. Roasting poultry and game: brown the birds in hot goose fat in a frying pan to colour and seal them before cooking, or just spread goose fat on the breasts of the bird before roasting it. Good for keeping turkey breast tender.

What can I do with goose fat?

A pot of goose or duck fat keeps for weeks in the fridge, and months in the freezer. It can be used just as we use dripping, for starting a roast chicken, sautéeing slices of potatoes, or frying a mound of shredded cabbage.

What do you remove when roasting a chicken?

Remove the legs from the chicken. This is very easily done and takes about 10 seconds: simply pull the leg forcefully from the crown and run a sharp knife between the two to release the skin. Once you have done this, you can easily pull the leg right down towards the board at right angles to the crown.

What’s the best way to cook chicken with goose fat?

Bake for 20 minutes, then add the browned chicken, tucking it among the potatoes. Add the garlic cloves and a seasoning of salt. Shuffle the contents of the pan around until all is glossy with fat, then roast for an hour or until the wings and potatoes are golden.

What can you do with goose fat from a roast?

I have a pot of goose fat in the fridge right now, drained from the baking tin of the Christmas roast, saved specifically for cooking potatoes, but open to other ideas, too. The lard-like whiteness made me wonder about using the fat in pastry – in particular a hot-water crust, the sort you might use for a pork pie.

What kind of fat does a goose have?

The fat that pours from a goose as it roasts is rather like duck fat, being relatively low in saturated fat at 28% (beef dripping is 45%, butter is 50%). You can buy it in butchers and supermarkets, food halls and specialist shops, in jars and tins. Potatoes roasted in goose or duck fat have a quality I find unsurpassable.

What’s the best way to cook a chicken breast upside down?

Rub the bird with duck fat, chicken fat, bacon fat, olive oil, or butter. Add carrots, onions, and rosemary or thyme to the rim of the bottom of the pan. Place the bird upside down (breast-side-down) in the cast iron skillet or heavy duty oven-safe ceramic pan.