Rubber Chicken

Fruball

Welcome :wave:

No such thing as a daft question here

Rubber chicken is basically a whole chicken that bounces back to the table in various guises over a few days/a week!

ie sunday roast
chicken pie
stirfry
sandwiches


soup

LondonDreamer

As others have said, it's stretching a chicken to make multiple meals. Here's the big thread about it: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3375668

I use the same philosophy on all joints of meat. My last beef joint did three meals, plus sandwiches for nearly a week.

ruralruth

Ok!!! Got it now. Thanks x

Pink.

Hi Ruth,

Welcome! Rubber chicken is a term that Old Stylers use to describe stretching a chicken to make as many meals as possible. This thread has lots of ideas, I'll add your thread to it later.

Rubber Chicken

Pink

Fruball

Thats the word I was looking for!!! Str-e-e-e-e-e-tchy chicken! Not bouncy chicken! :rotfl:

Altho it could be either!

Stephen_Leak

Yes. As above. There is no such thing as a silly question. I can't guarantee the same for any answers, though.

Anyway, for example, I currently have a price reduced ASDA SmartPrice chicken in my freezer. I should get no less than 10 meals from this. 2 roast dinners with the legs. 4 portions of chicken curry and/or chicken & sweetcorn soup with the breasts. Then 4 x 250ml portions of soup from the carcass and wings.

spike7451

A rubber chicken is the end result I get when my GF cooks.....

cleggie

spike7451 wrote: »

A rubber chicken is the end result I get when my GF cooks.....

Hahahahaha :rotfl:
More reason for you to cook instead then!

tigerfeet2006

We are having rubber chicken this week.

I bunged a whole chicken in the slow cooker (SC) ground salt and pepper over it, then covered it in dried coriander leaves and put 6 or so crushed garlic cloves on it. Went on high for and hour or so and then down to low, was in the SC for around 6 hours. Served it with boiled potaoes, tossed in butter with a grinding of salt and papper, carrots and french beans and gravy made from the juice and the carrot water.

Next meal will be a chicken and leek pie, with the rest of the gravy as the liquid.

Then I will either do a curry or a rissotto with what is left.

The carcass will be bunged in the freezer and when I have a couple I will do a soup.

The chicken was a 3kg one that was reduced to £2, managed to grab two in the scrum. We are a family of five so it is a very cheap meal. I find putting any meat in the SC means that you get more off it.

Riversong

Hey all!

We are about to go through two very lean months due to nursery expenses, can anyone suggest how to stretch a chicken over three or four meals? (Preferably but not necessarily toddler friendly) and is it more worthwhile buying a full chicken or thighs etc?

River xx