Note that organic chicken meat tends to have red or brown coloring around the bones even after cooking. This is not blood, rather it is proteins called myoglobin and hemoglobin which are predominantly found in healthy free-range chicken that exercise and move a lot. There are no safety or quality concerns. Brining the chicken in a salt solution 24h prior to cooking helps reduce the visual impact. This product will contain 2-3 thighs in a single pack, but the weight will always be 400g or above. Please note that we cannot accept requests for a specific number of thighs. Thank you for your understanding. 400g (14.1oz) of conveniently vacuum packed bone-in organic chicken thighs. The chicken is naturally slow-grown and therefore the meat is much healthier, better formed, tastier, and juicier than commodity chicken. These chicken thighs are juicy and bursting with delicious, clean chicken flavor. They come with their skin on, but can be used without the skin as well. We love to simply season the chicken thighs with our favorite herbs and spices, and then bake them in the oven until they are cooked through and crispy on the outside. You can add vegetables like potatoes, carrots, and onions to the baking dish for a complete and healthy meal. Or fry them up and make some delicious bone-in fried chicken. There are many ways to enjoy this delicious cut of organic chicken. ✔ Free-range, open pasture-raised with love and care in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. ✔ Chicken freely forage and exhibit natural behavior. Chalets provide shelter from the elements which they can use at free will. ✔ Certified organic pasture land, feed and chicken. ✔ Naturally slow-grown chicken. Meat is better formed, of much higher quality and superior taste. ✔ No use of antibiotics or growth-promoting hormones - ever ✔ No GMOs, no synthetic chemicals used on land, feed or in meat. Meat is never chlorine-washed. ✔ Air chilled - no water is used to cool the meat. Which means less shrinkage and water loss during cooking. ✔ One farm, one family, one importer - traceability from farm to fork. ✔ The happiest, healthiest, and tastiest chicken available - taste the difference. Contents Contents 1 pack contains 2-3 thighs Weight 400g (14.1oz) Serves Serves 2 Shipping & Handling Shipping Shipping and delivery is frozen Handling Keep frozen below -18°C (0°F) Defrosting Time In the fridge: approx. 12hIn ice-water: approx. 2h Cooking Method Grill, oven, fry-pan, cast-iron skillet, fried Best By Frozen: See packaging label (usually more than 3 months).Chilled: Best consumed within 2 days if unopened. Details Ingredients Chicken Country of Origin New Zealand Bone Bone-in Skin Skin-On Packaging Vacuum packed Free-range, open pasture-raised certified organic chicken from New Zealand. Naturally and sustainably slow-grown with love and care on certified organic apple orchards in Hawke's Bay. The happy chicken roam and forage freely as nature intended. Absolutely no antibiotics, no vaccines, no growth hormones, no GMO feed, and no chlorine washing. The feed and the land are free of any synthetic chemicals. Certified organic is not only good for you but most importantly good for the environment. Bostock Brothers organic chicken is the only certified organic chicken farm in all of New Zealand. At A Glance Chicken Breed Cornish Cross, raised and bred for meat. Farm/Ranch Bostock Brothers Farm Region Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Breeding All year free-range, free-roaming. Once fully feathered they are free to leave the chalets and roam outside on green pasture grass. Bred for quality, not quantity which means the chickens are much slower growing and are as pure and natural as they can be. Raised by Ben and George Bostock Farming Experience Organic apple farming since childhood, pasture-raised chicken since 2014 Feeding Certified organic lush, green grass and juicy organic apples as well as home-grown feed including corn and barley (80%). Additional supplements may include 100% organic and GMO-free soybean meal (+/-14%) and fishmeal from New Zealand (+/- 5%). Chicken are free to forage on open pasture which means they also eat insects and everything they find within the orchards including salts and limestones. Traceability 100% fully traceable from farm to fork Growth Promoting Hormones Never Antibiotics Never Animal By-Products Feeding Never GMO feed Never Synthetic Chemical use on pasture land or feed Never Chlorine Washing Never Water Injections Never Vaccines Never Processing All handling and packaging is performed locally in New Zealand. No further processing is done in Japan. Importer Horizon Farms, Inc.
