The “trash bag chicken” recipe from Kate Hudson’s Netflix series ‘Running Point’

A good marinade can take chicken from “meh” to mouthwatering—and as Kate Hudson’s character in Running Point proves, you don’t need fancy ingredients to make a flavorful meal. In addition to Kate Hudson, the sports comedy, stars Mindy Kaling, Elaine Ko, and Ike Barinholtz. Fans of the show can rest assured that there will be a second season, the the approval coming earlier this month.

In the Netflix series, Hudson who plays the president of the Los Angeles Waves, a fictional basketball team, goes head-to-head with actress Nicole Sullivan, and their conversation highlights a unique chicken-cooking technique: trash bag chicken. The method is simple—toss your marinade ingredients into a plastic bag, add the chicken, and mix it all up for an easy, no-mess seasoning process.

Any bag works, though one should ensure that it is clean and unscented. The size selected may be influenced by the number of people you are looking to feed.

This trash bag chicken recipe went viral on TikTok

The trend has gone viral on TikTok, with users sharing their own recipes and techniques. One popular creator, @crawking, coats chicken wings in a bold mix of salt, pepper, onion powder, crushed red pepper, Texas Pete hot sauce, Sazón Goya, and Old Bay seasoning—shaking everything together for maximum flavor.

Chicken wings appear to be the most common meat cut to be featured in the videos. Other TikTokers are seen to bread the wings and then fry them to lock in the seasonings applied in the bag.

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