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Aldi... what do you recommend?

Zelda247

i have just moved into an area where there is an Aldi, i am not really familiar with the store, what do you recommend of their products.

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Thargor wrote: »

All those boxed meats are disgusting and overpriced, the lamb shoulder and beef brisket etc, bordering on dogfood, the meat is such low quality.

Can't remember which one I had but agree, it looked delicious on the box but tasted appalling.

Thargor

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Sorry to interrupt the chicken burger love in but I had the specially selected shoulder of lamb with red currant and honey glaze. It was absolutely awful. The shoulder was mostly gelatinous fat and the sauce was really sickly sweet. Surprisingly bad and went in the bin.

All those boxed meats are disgusting and overpriced, the lamb shoulder and beef brisket etc, bordering on dogfood, the meat is such low quality.

HeidiHeidi

You didn't read all the instructions - it says to turn half way through the cooking time!

And I wouldn't have a bun with it either, the breadcrumbs are more than enough for me.

gozunda

Ben Done wrote: »

Where's the review?!

I was out the back - my apologies :pac:

Right so. I'm usually not let left near the oven as seemingly I've a thing about burning things - usually ...

Knowing this - I was extra careful to get the temperature right. Lovely sized piece of chicken with a nice coating. So far so good.

Put the burger on a tray and into the oven at the correct temperature and time.

Prepared the plate with a brioche bun, slice of cheddar, some dressing and lettuce. Had a beer whilst waiting

Buzzer went. Opened the oven, removed chicken - put bun in for a minute with the cheese (who says I know nothing about cooking!)

Plated it all up and sat down with the nice cold beer.

So verdict is - Very nice indeed, nice crunchy coating and quite spicy I may add (and I like spicey) but I think I made a mistake in two things. I had put the burger flat on a tray and the underside of the burger came out not crispy - cooked but not crispy.

The other thing is - I'm not a big bread or bun fan so if I have it again (I found the brioche to be too soft tbh) I might leave off the bun and have it solo.

I'd certainly give it a 9 out of 10. Handy too.

Thanks everyone for the recommendations.

Mervyn Skidmore

Sorry to interrupt the chicken burger love in but I had the specially selected shoulder of lamb with red currant and honey glaze. It was absolutely awful. The shoulder was mostly gelatinous fat and the sauce was really sickly sweet. Surprisingly bad and went in the bin.

54and56

Thought the heading would get some attention from the Thigh Burger fan boys and girls here of which I'm one

My complaint is the bloody packaging. A huge box to hold two thigh burgers, seriously???

I tried out all varieties at a family BBQ at the weekend and they all went down well so I stocked up with 4 packs today but the amount of space required in the freezer drawer is ridiculous, each box must be 80% air!!

Took out an Ikea zip lock bag and got all 8 thigh burgers neatly into it.

Hate loads of unnecessary packaging :mad:

Love thigh burgers though

sammyjo90

I dunno lads I had one at the weekend and didnt find it amazing and this was with spicy salsa,cheese the works.
I had the other one cold with a salad today and it was grand :pac:

Might try the hot ones just to be sure!

odyssey06

Ben Done wrote: »

Where's the review?!

Plus whats the lowdown on cook from frozen v defrosted and cooking times... these burgers need their own thread and twitter hashtag.

Ben Done

gozunda wrote: »

Right the missus is away at an ICA do. So When I was in town today and picked up a pack of the Chicken Thigh burgers, pickled slaw and some Brioche buns.

In the oven as I speak.

Been doing irregular hours this week, all over the shop and feckin starving

I hope ye lot aren't going to let me down

Where's the review?!

charlietheminxx

I tried my buttermilk ones tonight, absolutely amazing - had mine in a brioche bun with pickles, lettuce and burger sauce, with the sriracha coleslaw on the side. Absolutely yum. I don’t think you lot overhyped it at all! Cheers for the solid recommendations.

Ben Done

gozunda wrote: »

Right the missus is away at an ICA do. So When I was in town today developed in a picked up a pack of the Chicken Thigh burgers, pickled slaw and some Brioche buns.

In the oven as I speak.

Been doing irregular hours this week, all over the shop and feckin starving

I hope ye lot aren't going to let me down

A nation holds its breath..

gozunda

Right the missus is away at an ICA do. So When I was in town today and picked up a pack of the Chicken Thigh burgers, pickled slaw and some Brioche buns.

In the oven as I speak.

Been doing irregular hours this week, all over the shop and feckin starving

I hope ye lot aren't going to let me down

DavyD_83

I really want to try these thigh burgers. The fact I'm the only gluten eater in the house has held me back for to long. gonna pick some up this week.
I feel like Homer declaring he's going to clown college

miamee

Well I bought into the hype and got the chicken thigh burgers on Saturday, lol. Southern fried on the brioche buns with some pickled slaw and a marie rose sauce cos we had feck all else in. It was so tasty! Really good but the healthy living starts this week so I've had my taste and that's the end of them for me

I did cut a bit off the end of my burger so it fit nicely into the bun. (But I ate it afterwards, of course)

HeidiHeidi

I usually get the Moser Roth 85% chocolate but plumped for the Dominican Republic 75% one this time - and it's really divine!! Also in 5 individual bars, I hope it's regular stock.

Also succumbed to the chicken thigh burger frenzy, tried the buttermilk one tonight. As someone posted before, the coating was strangely bland - but with a heap of salt (just to make it even more unhealthy) it was grand. Wouldn't be rushing to buy more tbh. Although it's a handy thing to have in the freezer.

I just had it with a dollop of that sriracha coleslaw which is also the all the rage - jury is out on that for now, there's a very sour/ bitter edge to it that I'm not mad about, but it might grow on me. The pickled stuff is gorgeous though!! Really different.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Muahahaha wrote: »

Did I cut it in half to make two burgers? Did I fcuk

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Ha, love the floating plate

Muahahaha

Did I cut it in half to make two burgers? Did I fcuk

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McMurphy

Muahahaha wrote: »

Felt like I hit the jackpot earlier this evening with this whopper that obviously passed by quality control while they were on Facebook. She weighed in at 228g.

Feckin hell:eek:

Muahahaha

Felt like I hit the jackpot earlier this evening with this whopper that obviously passed by quality control while they were on the doss. She weighed in at 228g.

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Happy_Harry

...and another convert...had to know what the fuss was about.. simply amazing, puts any burger joint to shame..

rubadub

B0jangles wrote: »

I've tried brioche buns from Dunnes, Lidl and Tesco, and the Aldi specially selected are definitely the nicest - they also keep the best too, which presumably means they have the highest proportion of fat and/or sugar. The others have a best before of about a week to ten days, the aldi ones are good for a month or more.

I was saying before I think they are significantly better than the others too, and that I think the long life might be some sort of treatment, possibly irradiated. I did compare ingredients before and nothing seemed unusual.

Tesco have a german brand of long life regular burger buns and hotdog buns.

Username exists

Had the flaming hot ones this evening, very tasty. Thanks for the recommendation and location of them. Took a screenshot of the flaming hot ones using the myfitnesspal app.

[Deleted User]

Also indulged in buttermilk thigh burgers on sesame seed brioche buns with aldi crucials garlic and herb sauce, and a side of the sriracha slaw. Delicious!

Would add it to the rota but I told the wife how many calories were in the burger, whoops.

Dial Hard

I'm genuinely surprised at the Aldi buns only being c. 160 cals, I looked at some before (can't remember where, possibly Marks & Sparks) and they were definitely hovering around the 300 mark. As I said, I don't like brioche anyway so it doesn't really affect me.

Even at the Aldi cals, one of those burgers in a brioche bun with coleslaw or mayo a slice of cheese and a portion of oven chips would easily clock in at the guts of a thousand calories, which might take a lot of people by surprise.

But hey, as I said, not everyone wants or needs to care. The bastards!

Faith

Dial Hard wrote: »

Most people here were having them with brioche buns, though. That's another, what, 300-odd cals? And that's before you add even a condiment let alone a side.

I realise not everyone is counting or even cares about calories but that's just too rich for my blood, sorry!

Mind you, I hate brioche so that's a bit of a moot point! Not a big fan of breaded/battered chicken either, really. But man, do I have a serious goo on me now for a lovely, skin-on thigh

Butcher near me does free-range, boneless ones for a euro each. I may have to treat myself during the week.

I count calories too, and aim for just over 1300 a day, but I tend to ‘save’ mine for dinner. The buttermilk version are 324 calories (no skin, oven baked) and a brioche bun is 159. Use lettuce and light mayo and you’re not adding much more. As has been said though, they’d be just as good without the bun.

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Leinster1980 wrote: »

Buttermilk chicken thighs....very very tasty!

thanks, first ive heard of these.

Leinster1980

Buttermilk chicken thighs....very very tasty!

Dial Hard

dudara wrote:

Theyâ€™re about 345-370 cals per burger depending on the burger. Have them without a bun or mayo and theyâ€™re fine in terms of calories.

Most people here were having them with brioche buns, though. That's another, what, 300-odd cals? And that's before you add even a condiment let alone a side.

I realise not everyone is counting or even cares about calories but that's just too rich for my blood, sorry!

Mind you, I hate brioche so that's a bit of a moot point! Not a big fan of breaded/battered chicken either, really. But man, do I have a serious goo on me now for a lovely, skin-on thigh

Butcher near me does free-range, boneless ones for a euro each. I may have to treat myself during the week.

dudara

They’re about 345-370 cals per burger depending on the burger. Have them without a bun or mayo and they’re fine in terms of calories.

Dial Hard

Johnny Dogs wrote:

I do skin and fillet thighs though.

Fair play. I absolutely love skin-on thighs, but my maintenance calories are 1,200 so they're a rare treat for me indeed.