[waterflower]

Organic Chicken farmers..

[Wondering]

First of all, you won't find anything around here like Wegman's. Try Aldi's.

[Regorp]

Originally Posted by hguertin

We are used to shopping at Wegmans grocery store up north and they had a phenomenal meat sections. The boneless skinless chicken breast specifically!

We have bought chicken at Publix and it was awful! The texture was rubbery and very grainy. Couldn’t even eat it.

We found some at Winn-Dixie that was a little better, but still nothing like Wegmans.

Does anyone have experience with buying good chicken here in Florida? Even if we travel outside of TV once in a while and stock the freezer up (we used to do that up north).

Sprouts!

[mikeycereal]

Totally get you OP on that woody rubbery chicken breast. Growing up I don't ever remember dealing with this. But for me it started around 2018. Rubbery and gross. And it wasn't from overcooking. And there are some packages that will have one good breast and another bad like that, but you don't know until they're cooked. I can tell when either cutting the cooked breast or with the first bite. Yuck!!! Spit it out and into the garbage. Back then when I first experienced this a few times I searched the interwebz for an answer for that and read many theories. From too much muscle to additives, maybe both. I have since stopped buying chicken breasts because I end up wasting money. After the 3rd time I was done playing Chicken Breast Roulette. I ended up getting the tenders for a while with no rubbery issues. Now I just eat out for Chicken. Weird that I have never experienced this with chicken breasts when eating out. Only store bought and it was mostly Walmart. I even got a bad rubber breast rotisserie one from Costco back then. It was totally weird tasting.

[JGibson]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Quite a lot added:

“Ingredients
Ingredients: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets With Rib Meat, Seasoning (water, Salt, Rice Starch, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Natural Flavor), Rice Starch. Glazed With Water And Natural Flavor”

I was talking about steroids, antibiotics, and bio lab-engineered food ingredients.

For the price, I think it's a safe healthy alternative to buying expensive un frozen uncooked chicken.

It's surely healthier than precooked chicken with a laundry list of ingredients.

[frayedends]

Originally Posted by mikeycereal

Totally get you OP on that woody rubbery chicken breast. Growing up I don't ever remember dealing with this. But for me it started around 2018. Rubbery and gross. And it wasn't from overcooking. And there are some packages that will have one good breast and another bad like that, but you don't know until they're cooked. I can tell when either cutting the cooked breast or with the first bite. Yuck!!! Spit it out and into the garbage. Back then when I first experienced this a few times I searched the interwebz for an answer for that and read many theories. From too much muscle to additives, maybe both. I have since stopped buying chicken breasts because I end up wasting money. After the 3rd time I was done playing Chicken Breast Roulette. I ended up getting the tenders for a while with no rubbery issues. Now I just eat out for Chicken. Weird that I have never experienced this with chicken breasts when eating out. Only store bought and it was mostly Walmart. I even got a bad rubber breast rotisserie one from Costco back then. It was totally weird tasting.

This was exactly my experience, right down to switching to tenders. Same internet search for answers. It does seem the larger breasts are more affected, and darn the breasts that you see for $2/lb are gigantic. They were never like that when I was a kid. I have had better luck these days. I buy better chicken and the industry seems to have figured out how to identify and remove a lot of the woody stuff.

But man, when you get one it is disgusting. It almost seems like it's not cooked, no matter how much you cook it. Completely inedible. I also haven't had the issue at restaurants.

[dsiebenberger]

Originally Posted by hguertin

We are used to shopping at Wegmans grocery store up north and they had a phenomenal meat sections. The boneless skinless chicken breast specifically!

We have bought chicken at Publix and it was awful! The texture was rubbery and very grainy. Couldn’t even eat it.

We found some at Winn-Dixie that was a little better, but still nothing like Wegmans.

Does anyone have experience with buying good chicken here in Florida? Even if we travel outside of TV once in a while and stock the freezer up (we used to do that up north).

Buy a meat tenderizer tool from Amazon. Works great. I buy 1/2 cow. Hated round steak. I used the tenderizer tool on it and beat it a lot. Now it’s my favorite part. Works with chicken also

[jmsturm]

Agree. Fresh Market. Every Tuesday boneless, skinless chicken breasts on sale $3.99 / lb.

[asiebel]

I find good chicken breasts at Walmart!

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by dsiebenberger

Buy a meat tenderizer tool from Amazon. Works great. I buy 1/2 cow. Hated round steak. I used the tenderizer tool on it and beat it a lot. Now it’s my favorite part. Works with chicken also

You can brine the breasts before cooking. The brine does not have to be elaborate. Place some hot water in a container large enough to fit the chicken, add salt. Stir to dissolve the salt. Add cold water to chill the brine. Add chicken breasts and soak overnight.

[adeintl]

I go to Whole Foods and stock up on Bell and Evans chicken. It is delicious!

[ivanhoe]

Originally Posted by hguertin

We are used to shopping at Wegmans grocery store up north and they had a phenomenal meat sections. The boneless skinless chicken breast specifically!

We have bought chicken at Publix and it was awful! The texture was rubbery and very grainy. Couldn’t even eat it.

We found some at Winn-Dixie that was a little better, but still nothing like Wegmans.

Does anyone have experience with buying good chicken here in Florida? Even if we travel outside of TV once in a while and stock the freezer up (we used to do that up north).

Fresh Market. You will not be disappointed.

[jump4]

Walmart.

[sprech]

Originally Posted by hguertin

We are used to shopping at Wegmans grocery store up north and they had a phenomenal meat sections. The boneless skinless chicken breast specifically!

We have bought chicken at Publix and it was awful! The texture was rubbery and very grainy. Couldn’t even eat it.

We found some at Winn-Dixie that was a little better, but still nothing like Wegmans.

Does anyone have experience with buying good chicken here in Florida? Even if we travel outside of TV once in a while and stock the freezer up (we used to do that up north).

Whole Foods has many options: organic or not. I have always been satisfied. There are stores in Orlando (3 stores in the area), Gainsville, and Tampa.

[Sandancer]

Fresh Market