Roast chicken meals

Tink_04

Evening im just looking for a bit inspiration - I got a whoops chicken today so it's in the oven now , I'm hoping to stretch it out over a couple of meals & was wondering what people's favorite / easiest meals to make with different parts of chicken are. We are a family of 4 & eat most things & have a good store cupboard. Don't know if I can freeze it in some thing after its cooked ect either.

Thanks

Islandmaid

Have a search for the 'Rubber Chicken' thread, loads of idea,s.

In general, we would have

Day 1 - roast chicken
Day 2 - chicken pie
Day 3 - chicken risotto
Day 4 - chicken soup

I wouldn't necessarily serve it one after the other - you,d be clucking

freezspirit

As Islandmaid has said Rubber chicken thread.

Other ideas: chicken curry with rice, chicken stirfry with noodles, chicken and pasta. If any left chicken sandwich or the cat gets it.

Tink_04

Thanks - I can't find the rubber chicken thread? I was think curry and maybe a pasta bake - might chuck some roast veg in tonight and have a dinner with a bit gravy too .... wonder if there will be enough for a sandwich tomorrow. I'll pick it dry tonight and see what I have left xx

Islandmaid

Found it!!!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3375668

meritaten

you need a surprisingly small amount of chicken to do a 'chicken stir fry' - just a lot of veg! and I often use the 'pickings' off the chicken to do this. might not stretch to four servings - but will certainly do two!

HOWMUCH

I bought an Aldee chicken not YS but it was 2.5kg for £4.49 so far it did 4 portions of roast dinner, 2 portions of chicken curry, 4 portions of chicken lasagna plus a full breast was returned to the freezer which will do a further 4 portions of roast dinner and I got chicken stock for soup. I was lucky I got there early and got the largest the range was 1.9 - 2.25kg for e price so I was lucky and got 2.5kg for the same price.
You are safe to re freeze cooked meats.

pollyanna24

How do people make a chicken last so many meals?!

We eat it as a roast the first night (me, mum, maybe my dad, my two girls) and then i dismantle it to make into sarnies for the next two days. Maybe I'm just a glutton.

pollyanna24

HOWMUCH wrote: »

I bought an Aldee chicken not YS but it was 2.5kg for £4.49 so far it did 4 portions of roast dinner, 2 portions of chicken curry, 4 portions of chicken lasagna plus a full breast was returned to the freezer which will do a further 4 portions of roast dinner and I got chicken stock for soup. I was lucky I got there early and got the largest the range was 1.9 - 2.25kg for e price so I was lucky and got 2.5kg for the same price.
You are safe to re freeze cooked meats.

One breast will do four portions?

Al1x

When we do a roast chicken I do an roast one day (2 adults and 2 children) then I'll do fajitas (for 2 adults) and maybe a chicken and veg curry with the last few bits (2 adults with maybe enough left for my husband to take a portion for work for lunch) I will chop up the skin and pick anything left from the bones and give them to the dog over a few days.

pigpen

pollyanna24 wrote: »

How do people make a chicken last so many meals?!

We eat it as a roast the first night (me, mum, maybe my dad, my two girls) and then i dismantle it to make into sarnies for the next two days. Maybe I'm just a glutton.

I cook 2 chickens.. large ones.. for 9 of us and the bones are licked clean.. I think other people buy ostriches thinking they are chickens lol