Am I only one who dislikes leftover chicken ?

Skint_yet_Again

freyasmum wrote: »

There aren't enough of us for that, but it's the best idea

There are only 2 of us :rotfl:

*When I roast a whole chicken I have a leg to myself and DS has 1 breast. This is more meat than we normally have per meal and so is a bit of a treat for us. Then I strip the meat remaining and DS does eat leftovers without complaining, its just me that cant abide it

lostinrates wrote: »

Forgive me for suggesting it, but i find the left over meat unpalateable if the meat is slightly over cooked on the first outing.

:mad: howdare you suggest I overcook my food :rotfl:see below

hotcookie101 wrote: »

I cooked a roast chicken on Sunday, using a meat thermometer for the 1st time. It was set to go off when it reached 70 degrees. Chicken roasted in the oven at 180. It was cooked in an hour! Had to rest for 40 minutes (but was still warm) Took me totally by surprise, as by my normal timings a 2kg chicken would take 1.5 hours. It was cooked through, but a lot more moist than usual, and the leftover meat was yummy (used in enchiladas and laksa-yum)

I think I will get one of these...will be worth it if it makes leftovers palatable for me too

bupster

Hee hee, wish I could help but I'm the opposite - roast a chicken in our house growing up and you'd come down in the middle of the night to sneak the cold meat off the bird in the fridge only to find someone else already at it!

One poster on a different threat though used scraps of chicken in special fried rice, where it's almost supposed to be a bit stringy, if you see what I mean.

adelight

bupster wrote: »

Hee hee, wish I could help but I'm the opposite - roast a chicken in our house growing up and you'd come down in the middle of the night to sneak the cold meat off the bird in the fridge only to find someone else already at it!

Haha same here! I like lots of foods more as leftovers but I know a lot of people cna't stand leftovers

freyasmum

I always cook my meat with a thermometer, btw. So there's never any overcooking.

And I love leftovers - lots of things taste a million times better when all the flavours have had a chance to interact properly. It's just reheated chicken (love it cold!) that tastes different.

bunty109

I'm the same with cold lamb. Bleurgh!

lollipopsarah

aw bunty cold lamb is better than hot, yummy in a sarnie or with some bubble.
All a matter of taste though, one son loves it other is the the same - bleugh.
xx

ubamother

We had a couple of chickens to roast recently, and decided to roast one the way we would normally, and be brave enough to 'Heston' roast the second one. (not quite brave enough to go for the 60 degrees C temp though! The second one was much moister, but its leftovers were much better too - chunks rather than strings of meat. I find FR chicken leftovers better than non-FR as well even if they're not Hestoned.

rozmister

I don't slice all the chicken up when I carve it because I don't like it being stringy. I pull the breasts off in one massive chunk and put them away and then use the bits picked off the bone and underside for the roast and I cut the big lump into cubes which I find not too bad. But it's just me and I can't imagine a bloke being too impressed with stringy bits for their sunday roast!!

kitschkitty

I'm happy to use any parts of a roast chicken reheated for other dishes apart from the breasts, but then I'm not a fan of roast chicken breasts in the first place and recooked/heated I don't like the texture. I will eat them cold in a sandwich or salad though.

Luckily my hubby prefers breast to drumsticks etc anyway so when we have a roast he has them and I have the legs to myself!

kitschkitty

bunty109 wrote: »

I'm the same with cold lamb. Bleurgh!

Cold lamb is always horrid - I think it's because it's such a fatty meat, and the flavour is always so much better when it is warm (and really tender)!