Rubber Chicken

JimBear

I make

roast dinner
chicken fajitas
chicken curry
chicken soup
chicken stirfry

usually only manage three meals for the four of us (2 adults, 2 children) from one chicken. I must start making soup with the carcass too.

Butterfly_Brain

Roast dinner
Cut off the legs and wings and use them in:
Curry, stew or stir fry
I use left over breast on skewers with mushrooms red onion, streaky bacon and peppers or use in a pie or pasties
Soup from the left overs of the carcass.

I can usually stretch it to four meals at a push and curry, stew and soup will freeze well just reheat thoroughly.

Buchanan

Live in Geraldton which is 450 km north of Perth, it is an isolated town so things are more expensive here because of that, it was a Woolworths one which seems to be the cheapest place to shop

WillpowerFree

i sorry I know i'm sounding very clueless. I've just found this board and I really want to get into this as I know that we spend waaaayyyyy to much on food. I'm joining the grocery challenge for July and last night I made a spag bol from scratch using left over veges in the fridge. The whole dish was about £2.50 and I got mine and DPs dinner and 5 toddler meals for the freezer out of it!!!! And to top it all my (very fussy) DP ate it (despite turning his nose up at it when i was cooking).

Anyway, I digress. Basically, i always buy chicken breast which i know is very expensive. So i was wondering what i can do with a whole chicken/what i can get out of one? I don't have a slow cooker. If anyone's got any tips then that'd be great.

Thanks xxx

Penelope_Penguin

WillpowerFree wrote: »

Anyway, I digress. Basically, i always buy chicken breast which i know is very expensive. So i was wondering what i can do with a whole chicken/what i can get out of one? I don't have a slow cooker. If anyone's got any tips then that'd be great.

We have the roast chicken, some sandwiches, a pie or pasta sauce or curry, then make a soup from stock from the bones :T

Try this thread on Rubber Chicken I'll merge this later, to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

loobyloo2

Mr T has good size chickens on special offer at £2. Bought several to put in freezer.
I buy whole, then joint them. So for £2 I get 2 breasts, 2 wings, 2 thighs and 2 drumsticks. The carcass is then fed whole and raw to the dog!
Tonight I'm doing southern fried chicken with all the extras.

duncan303

Do you have an oven? if so a full sunday roast always goes down well....,

but think of it a several meals... don,t skoff all the best bits like the breast at the first sitting. keep a little aside for sandwichwes. there are also some fantastic areas that hold very tasty meat on the carcass like the two little medallions(i guess they have a proper name).

Anyway what I suggest is that you consider make a stock from the carcass and bones.. first you break it up and take all the meat you can from everywhere. that way you will learn exactly where the meat is.

boil and then simmer the bones and ALL other bits up with an onion and some seasoning after about 30mins ish drain carefully and you will have some fantastic stock. Add back some of the diced meat and the left over veg from the sunday roast( avoid at the moment adding any of the green vegetables except for peas). boil up for a while to kill the bugs etc. take a small amount of soup out and mash it up or blend it and then add it back to thicken it up a little.


This is really filling AND very good for the family, it is made from a meal they have really enjoyed so it is possible to help them relate back to the original meal. Even if you have it as a little starter it will really help fill them up.

personally I have a pressure cooker and a mincer and a slow cooker. but it can all be done in an open pan.


For me the best bit I always look forward to is home made sheppards pie... just as fantastic as the Lamb roast it came from.

The children always used to fight over who had the legs but we always manged to share the breast without too much hassle.

you may get a bit greasy whilst picking the carcass but you will be amazed how much superb succulent white meat you can recover.

anyway thats my tuppence....

[Deleted User]

Buy a realy decent sharp knife for carving you'd be surprised how much meat you can get off a chicken and don't forget the 'oyster' bits underneath

duncan303

Are those "oyster" bits my "medallions"....? oyster sounds better cos thats how they come out when you scoop them out with your finger....... I guess they actually are on the shoulder blade, close to the bone which is why they are so tasty...........

cyclingyorkie

i call them oysters too!