I've kept the chicken carcass - now what?

quick-learner

christineperseus wrote: »

Always makes sure you bring the chicken to the boil before putting in slow cooker - the slow cooker will never bring large quantities of cold water to the boil - very important when using left over chicken.

Oh noooooooooooooooo:eek:

I've put cold water in and switched on and gone to work.
Does this mean now I can't use for fear of poisoning everyone?

moanymoany

thriftlady wrote: »

Charlie's mum (my OH is called Charlie - you aren't my mil are you ?:D ) what you are making is chicken stock not chicken soup. You will end up with lovely stock which will be a brilliant ingredient in a soup. However, don't expect it to taste fantastic on it's own .

For chicken soup fry some onions and other veg you fancy like leeks, celery, garlic and carrots in olive oil or butter. Add a tbsp of flour to make a sort of paste. Then gradually stir in the chicken stock. Add some chopped cooked chicken and maybe barley if you like. Don't forget salt and pepper. The flour will thicken the soup making it like a cream of chicken soup. If you want a more brothy soup leave out the flour.

I agree, chopping onion, carrot and celery finely, frying in value butter or olive oil for 10 mins or so is a fab base for any soup or mince, tomatoe sauce dish. Adding leeks and other veg makes it richer. If kids moan at the veg, whizz it with a hand held - hey presto it has disappeared! I love barley and cook a panful which I freeze in portions and add to things. :j

redballoon_2

Yesterday i cooked a whole chicken and used the breasts and one thigh to make a stir fry for 4 adults. there is a lot of chicken bits left on the bones.

what can i do with it? I do have a slow cooker so any recipies would be good. i have the usual cupboard essentials.

daftlass_2

I dont know about a slow cooker, but I boil them up for a while (until the meat falls off) with a cut up onion, and make chicken and lentil soup - lovely

thriftmonster

redballoon wrote: »

Yesterday i cooked a whole chicken and used the breasts and one thigh to make a stir fry for 4 adults. there is a lot of chicken bits left on the bones.

what can i do with it? I do have a slow cooker so any recipies would be good. i have the usual cupboard essentials.

So you should have 2 drumsticks, one thigh, 2 wings and the oysters left plus any other bits. You need to get in there with you fingers and strip all the meat off into a bowl - really getting into the corners. There will be enough to make a curry or pie or fricassee for 4 people. Then put all the bones into a large pan (orSC) with an onion (or the peelings and ends if you use onion in the recipe above), a carrot, a stick of celery and a bay leaf. Cover with water and simmer for 3-4 hours. Strain into a jug. Discard the fat if you want when it cools and you have stock for risotto, soup or just cooking

carrieparkinson

hiya can anybody give me any ideas on what i can do with the left overs from the roast caracass please? ive boiled it and taken all the meat off of it, and now what can i do with the chicken bits and water?

Cazzdevil

Well the water isn't water anymore, it's stock

carrieparkinson

is it? theres a lot of water!!!!! i thought iid have to add something to it to make it stock!!! woo thanks for replying!


can you tell i not done it before....?
i was thinking about chicken soup with the chicken ....

is it dooable?

Katmc2k

its yummy healthy stock unlike some stock cubes which are full of salt and ground up goodness knows what...!

we use our stock and chicken bits to make soup, we usually just add rice. OH adds salt and pepper to taste but I don't. its yummy and really simple to make. hmmm i want some now....

EDIT: you might have to add another stock cube's worth of liquid to really add flavour but you can use a lot less than you would if you were just making the soup from scratch.

carrieparkinson

its in the biggest pan (out of the normal set of 3) at the moment cooling down. smells lovely....

if i put some stock in a frying pan with some of the chicken and put in some rice, could it be a kinda chicken fried rice?