Rotisserie Chickens

[Patong2021]

Does anyone ever purchase the Rotisserie style chickens from Lotus, Big C etc? I usually avoid them, but today I was in Big C, which typically is cleaner and of higher quality than other grocers and  I relented to my hunger and purchased a cooked "Rotisserie" chicken for 149 baht. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly memorable. I found it  greasy and too sweet. I suppose I am used to the US or Canadian format which is a crisper skin, and no sugar glaze. Once I slipped  off the skin, it was ok.  This then brings me to my question, which  grocery chain do you find has the best  rotisserie chicken? I haven't seen it in Villa, and I suppose I should check out Tops again.  Pre covid, they had some really decent ready to eat meals. I just go there now for specialty items like decaf coffee and some foreign brands.

[bubblegum]

Nowadays Lotus (Prasat) 

[worgeordie]

My local Makro , maybe yours' too have some good rotisserie chickens 119 Baht,

they are really good, can get about 4 meals out of one , wife eats the legs ,wings 

other bits ,she actually prefers those parts , cats get the skin , one marinated in milk,

the other in pepper , everything very clean , well packed . buy one every friday.

 

regards worgeordie

[Keeps]

I had one from Makro on Samui the other day. It was branded as 'Chef (some name or the other)'. I don't know if all Makro's have the same or whether it was a local tie-up. It was ok but can't say more than that. Didn't enjoy the skin which I usually find to be the best bit if I cook it myself. I prefer to buy chicken thighs, season them myself and cook them low and slow in the oven. Very forgiving and never seem to dry out. 

 

Best whole chickens I have had on Samui have been cooked roadside on a turning spit and have that authentic taste of diesel fumes with a little added gravel chucked up by the passing trucks. 

[Patong2021]

I will try Makro then. I hadn't even thought of them since I rarely visit. (I don't buy big quantities.)

[Cameroni]

The chain rotisserie chickens I found disappointing as well, the skin not well spiced and the chicken falls apart. I saw a stand with some woman doing it, I will try there. The best chicken  is SP Chicken in Chiang Mai, but it is always crowded.

[save the frogs]

I dont bother with rotisserie chickens.

But if you want to save money, they're a good deal. 

[scubascuba3]

I stopped buying the Big C ones they were coating them in some unidentified substance, i now prefer chicken thighs in the air fryer, no sauce

[1FinickyOne]

maybe try 5 star chicken - - they have booths all over - not my style, but maybe you will like it. 

[KhunLA]

I would avoid buying rotisserie chickens from chain superstores.  My thinking, if chicken not exactly fresh enough to sell raw, then to maximize profits, cook & sell, as the customer wouldn't know the freshness, or not so freshness.

 

5 Star when feeling lazy, or just a grilled chicken vendor, not trying to get rid of old birds.

[spidermike007]

I find Five Star to be a step up from the chains, and some of the roadside stands have really excellent grilled chicken. 

[Gandtee]

1 hour ago, Keeps said:

I had one from Makro on Samui the other day. It was branded as 'Chef (some name or the other)'. I don't know if all Makro's have the same or whether it was a local tie-up. It was ok but can't say more than that. Didn't enjoy the skin which I usually find to be the best bit if I cook it myself. I prefer to buy chicken thighs, season them myself and cook them low and slow in the oven. Very forgiving and never seem to dry out. 

 

Best whole chickens I have had on Samui have been cooked roadside on a turning spit and have that authentic taste of diesel fumes with a little added gravel chucked up by the passing trucks. 

Down to earth quizine ?

[bkk6060]

Sometimes I wonder if people truly know what a good chicken tastes like.

Most those rotisserie chickens are injected that's why they are so greasy and people think tastes good.  Full of Phosphates, Carregenan, salt, sugar, oil.  Terrible I think and not the best for health.

[Keeps]

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Sometimes I wonder if people truly know what a good chicken tastes like.

Most those rotisserie chickens are injected that's why they are so greasy and people think tastes good.  Full of Phosphates, Carregenan, salt, sugar, oil.  Terrible I think and not the best for health.

Not exactly an abundance of free range, corn fed chickens available in Thailand though are there?

 

Still better to cook your own at home but you are still reliant on the source.

 

There is a butcher near me when I'm in the in the UK who sells superb chickens. £24 a go. Not within everybody's price range and I wouldn't pay it. Nudging £10 per head for a home cooked Sunday roast with all the trimmings.

[SpaceKadet]

I buy rotisserie chickens from Lotus's occasionally, but strip them of meat and but it in soups or sauces. There is the guy that makes honey rotisserie chickens chickens, but they are just too sweet and soggy skinned for my taste. We also have have a proper Thai Hat Yai fried chicken place, and they are really tasty but they cut them in such small pieces.

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

I would avoid buying rotisserie chickens from chain superstores.  My thinking, if chicken not exactly fresh enough to sell raw, then to maximize profits, cook & sell, as the customer wouldn't know the freshness, or not so freshness.

 

5 Star when feeling lazy, or just a grilled chicken vendor, not trying to get rid of old birds.

I love 5 star

[Harrisfan]

5 star chicken is nice.

[Yagoda]

21 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

5 star chicken is nice.

They have one at a 7-11 on the way to Angkor, I grab some to chow as I ride through. The best is when it just comes out of the fryer and then you let it cool down just a bit and bite in and the juice runs down your beard, OMG

 

I usually am a thigh guy, but lately at 5 star its about the breast. Soooooooo juicy.

[SLOWHAND225]

We buy 2-3 a week, lotus is fine.  We have a guy right down the road that does them every day and they're great, cooks them over hardwood coals. @ 110baht
Regardless, I strip the skin off and debone them. use the meat in lots of things. Dog gets the skin and any meat left at the end of the week.

These chickens are a LOT better than in the states, no growth hormones or antibiotics etc.  as a result they are smaller but they also don't cost 9.00 either.

[Yagoda]

Just now, SLOWHAND225 said:

We buy 2-3 a week, lotus is fine.  We have a guy right down the road that does them every day and they're great, cooks them over hardwood coals. @ 110baht
Regardless, I strip the skin off and debone them. use the meat in lots of things. Dog gets the skin and any meat left at the end of the week.

These chickens are a LOT better than in the states, no growth hormones of antibiotics etc.  as a result they are smaller but they also don't cost 9.00 either.

$7.99, on sale for $6.99

[SLOWHAND225]

5 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

$7.99, on sale for $6.99

I hadn't seen a rotisserie chicken under 9.00 since the scamdemic

[Yagoda]

7 minutes ago, SLOWHAND225 said:

I hadn't seen a rotisserie chicken under 9.00 since the scamdemic

Harris Teeter, Wake County NC. Good chickens too. 

[Keeps]

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

They have one at a 7-11 on the way to Angkor, I grab some to chow as I ride through. The best is when it just comes out of the fryer and then you let it cool down just a bit and bite in and the juice runs down your beard, OMG

 

I usually am a thigh guy, but lately at 5 star its about the breast. Soooooooo juicy.

You have a beard? That's it. We're done. I can't take you seriously anymore. 

[KhunLA]

Solar grilled chicken Phetchaburi

 

 

[mogandave]

I like 5-Star, and  I like the spicy sauce in the packets that comes with it. 

 

The boneless mini-roasts they sell are good too.

 

I do not like their fried stuff.

 

 

 

 

[Patong2021]

I have just been educated, having never heard of 5 Star before.

It is a franchise chain and owned by CP Foods, who I believe are Thailand's largest chicken producer. Just located a local franchise and will try them out. Local reviews are all solid.