Why does chicken/turkey skin taste so good?

[Naitsirhc Rodriguez]

Compared to the flesh the skin tastes much better to our monkey brains, why?

 

[soft breathing]

I'm assuming it's the higher amount of fat.

 

[Lemmingwise]

The skin isn't really better except for two things that happen in preparing:

1. It's seasoned better (because if you put salt on a chicken, the salt is on the skin)
2. It's grilled better (because the Maillard reaction happens easier on the outside than the inside)

But yes, it's also because of the healthy unsaturated fats.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

it's not so much the taste that you're enjoying, it's actually more to do with the texture. There's actually a paper on this if you'd like to read it.

https://flavourjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2044-7248-4-3

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

Oh man, when boiling a chicken for soup, peeling the skin later and devouring it is the best part.

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

Skin is gross and is the reason why you retards are fat. The only reason why it might taste good is because whoever cooked the chicken only seasoned the skin and not the muscle. People are attracted to salts used in seasonings. Overly seasoned skin is why basting is so important--to provide flavor beyond skin.

 

[Cyanide]

fat+crispy = flavor.

 

[Gimmick Account]

Overly seasoned skin is why basting is so important--to provide flavor beyond skin.

just brine it retard. who has time for that shit

brine everything