Chicken dark meat, including thighs and drumsticks, are gaining in popularity in the United States as consumers are starting to look beyond boneless skinless chicken breasts. For domestic chicken processors who used to have trouble finding a market for dark meat, the change is helping to boost prices and push the industry out of a long slump.
Fox News reported that Pat LaFrieda Jr., New York butcher and star of the Food Network series “Meat Men,” is having trouble getting enough chicken thighs for his business. He says that consumers are starting to discover what chefs have long known.