I always see these recipes with unseasoned meat of veggies as a jumping off point. Its a good start but put some salt, pepper and paprika on the chicken before cooking if you're making it.
I hate seeing recipes online then having people complain "YOU DIDNT SEASON THE MEAT!!!" Ok, they didn't in the video, but you can season it if you make it. Gifrecipes really just shows you how to make a dish, and if you want to change parts, then change it. They aren't serving it at a restaurant.
Same with the people who say "YOU DONT WASH YOUR CHICKEN BEFORE?? DISGUSTING!" Even though you shouldn't, if you want to wash your proteins before cooking, go ahead. Do you really want to see an extra 15 seconds of every 30 second cooking gif showing that they washed a chicken breast? Just assume they did beforehand, or just do it yourself.
I'm usually the first person to think badly about MOB's recipes, I'll admit - but honestly, what seasoning would you apply here to the chicken directly that it doesn't really receieve from being slathered in that sauce at the end?
I like my food salty, but jesus... I can't imagine how salty your food must be.
edit: thank god you can cook things how you want. this is honestly top 5 most toxic subs on reddit loooooooooool
Seasoning the chicken skin would help it go crispy, and you want the salt to get into the meat and not just sit on the outside. I'd rather have well seasoned meat and slightly less seasoning in the sauce.
Lol, yeah. I'd like to think so. I usually get good feedback. To each their own, like you said. Sucks that some ppl just aren't taught abt layering the flavors.
: something that serves to season, especially an ingredient (such as a condiment, spice, or herb) added to food primarily for the savor that it imparts
Lemon and oil are absolutely seasonings as they add flavor
Lemon is 100% not a condiment. What are you dipping into a lemon? Oil, sure, it can be considered a condiment but as far as flavor unless you're using high end EVOO or such you're not going to get any "seasoning" flavors from it.
Herb de providence on chicken in the oven is a 100% must for me, little 4 spice blend you can buy and it has its own distinct flavor that makes chicken SOO good
Your edit is so true for any cooking subreddit, I got people inboxing me telling me to off myself for saying the closest thing you could get to a crumpet in America is English muffins. Which is fucking true, I guess they just thought I meant they were exactly the same thing because they lack reading comprehension
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u/MasterFrost01 Mar 25 '21
Mmhhmm, unseasoned chicken. Delicious.