Chicken curry - thighs or breast?

[Van Hellseek]

Making a Singapore style chicken curry tomorrow. Can't remember wether thighs or breasts are better in curries?

 

[-BA-]

I believe thighs are generally better in a curry. I find breast meat too firm for that kind of dish.

 

[Emphacy]

Hmmm, if you like a chunky curry go for some nice diced breast!
Thighs have that extra little bit of flavour though, usually ends up in smaller tasty little pieces.

I'm going to say... Thighs, usually use the breast for other stuff like a Korma or in a Black Bean Sauce or soemthing.

 

[DirtyJester]

I prefer breast as it doesn't go all stringy like thighs but then again some prefer that.

 

[NeverWinter]

Better taste in the thigh meat, cook it for as long as you can.

 

[Tummy]

Thighs

Chicken boobs aren't for currys

 

[hood1971]

I tend to use thighs for slow cooking at low heat and breasts for quick at high heat.

 

[randomshenans]

Always thighs. Breast dries out in the cooking time for that too much.

 

[Belmit]

I like to oven cook my curries using whole boneless thighs. The sauce is always really rich and the meat succulent.

 

[Craig1981]

I've always preferred chicken breast for curries, but thighs would do just as well.

 

[boxman2000]

I find it depends entirely on the length of cooking. Typically you would use cheap cuts of meat when there is broiling/stewing going on (i.e. biryani, saag, makhani etc).

I use chicken breast for tandori style dishes but found boneless thigh worked amazingly well in a one pot curry a few weeks ago.

I have a whole load of chicken breasts to use up this weekend for batch cooking but I'm going to buy whole chickens and keep breast and legs for Sunday roast and put the rest in curries/stews.

 

[vicisthebest]

Boneless chicken thigh fillets. Brilliant in curries.

 

[Jegethy]

I prefer chicken breast over thighs for everything as I prefer the texture of breasts more. I've never had dry chicken in a curry and have only ever used breast meat.

 

[j.col]

i have used both, the thigh has more flavour but my missus will not eat the brown meat, so i have to use breasts all the time

 

[HeadlessChicken]

Depends if you want taste or not?

Thighs

 

[Stretch]

Breast. Thighs are much better roasted with skin on. Breast are designed to be curried.

 

[Geeman1979]

Breast is best.

 

[SCMRubix]

Thighs always stay so much more moist. Nothing worse than a bit of dry chicken

 

[Van Hellseek]

Some very split opinions in this thread. How about a poll?

 

[Locke]

Thighs, hands down.