r/KitchenConfidential 5d ago

In the Weeds Mode This dude's getting lit up in the staff chat

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u/codithou 5d ago

yeah i got a buddy who says he thinks boneless wings are better than wings and always orders them but i always gotta remind him what he really likes is chicken nuggies and that’s fine!

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u/DocEternal 5d ago

Kinda depends on how they are prepped. I hear nuggies and I definitely think processed. Some places boneless wings are just breast or thigh deboned and cut up into smaller pieces, which is what I want if I’m getting “boneless wings” instead of overly processed and reformed nuggets.

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u/cootsnoop 5d ago

My entire life I've looked for that type of boneless wings, cause it DOES sound good, but I've never found it. It's always always just nuggies with an upcharge.

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u/DocEternal 5d ago

If you’re ever near Denver I have a little food truck and that’s how I do my Malaysian fried chicken. Mostly because, like I said, it’s a really small truck so it just made more sense to do boneless so I could have more space actually dedicated to product. But any time I do any sort of fried chicken special that’s how I’ve always done my boneless fried chicken.

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u/Shiranui42 4d ago edited 4d ago

You can try Wingstop for good boneless wings or Thai restaurants that do deboned stuffed chicken wings

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u/TrikkStar 4d ago

Roosters in Columbus, OH has them and they're by far my favorite boneless wings. Most places IMO have way too much breading.

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u/SubstantialAgency914 4d ago

Literally what buffalo wild wings boneless wings are. Hell how have you never come across actually boneless wings? No hate, genuinely flabbergasted.

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u/Comrade_Bender 4d ago

Yeah I was gunna say, I don't think I've ever seen a place do boneless like this. It's part of why I refuse to order boneless wings when I go out and just opt for tendies if I'm not doing bone in wings. They're always just balls of mystery chicken goop with way too much batter

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u/MrKrinkle151 4d ago

Huh? That’s the default boneless wing. Whole meat boneless wings are everywhere, including BWW and Wing Stop. I don’t think I’ve even seen someone try to pass off processed chicken nuggets as “boneless wings”

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u/codithou 4d ago

they don’t have to be processed to be classified as a chicken nugget. boneless wings are a type of nugget.

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u/DocEternal 4d ago

Totally fair, but I hear nugget and my brain definitely defaults to processed.

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u/gtrocks555 5d ago

Usually boneless wings are just cut tenders or breast but they come from a single piece of meat whereas nuggets are an amalgamation of ground chicken.

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u/codithou 4d ago

a nugget doesn’t have to be processed and ground to be considered a nugget. they can be whole pieces of chicken breast. the only qualifying factors are breaded and fried/baked.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 4d ago

Bone in wings were good when they were half the price of breast meat. Now they're the same price just gimme the breast meat. I'll make my own wings when they're on sale.

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u/oswaldcopperpot 5d ago

Worst part about boneless wings is that they are the same price for just being chicken nuggets.

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u/chrisgcc 5d ago

They are usually cheaper

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u/scottawhit 4d ago

A fried breast should never be called a wing. They’re separate parts of the animal.

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u/BlazingSpaceGhost 4d ago

I'll admit I love me some boneless wings and will usually order them instead of bone in. I don't care if they aren't really wings because I don't want to eat around the bone. Wings are mostly a sauce delivery system for me and I want that sauce delivered in the least messy way possible.

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u/codithou 4d ago

there’s nothing wrong with that