14-02-2021, 07:46 PM
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You Have One Whole Fresh Chicken....
I think a chicken or a turkey are the most versatile meats.This is what l do with mine for myself. One whole chicken is too much for me.
First l cut it in half and freeze one of the breasts to use for another time. I cut off the legs, thighs and wings and freeze them.
I will use the chicken wings when l have enough. l put salt and black pepper on, then roast or grill them.
The thighs l use in a chicken stew or casserole and the legs in soups with vegetables.
I am having one of the breasts now, roasted with various roasted vegetables, carrots, sweet potatoes, mushrooms and parsnips. I have also steamed cabbage and peas.
I usually do roast but instead l have done mashed potatoes with onions and cheese on the top baked in a Pyrex dish and l will make some gravy.
This will do me for two days dinners, so l put it on two plates and warm one up tomorrow.
If there is any spare chicken, l will have a sandwich or make a little curry for another day..
Please tell me what you do with your one whole chicken?
14-02-2021, 08:06 PM
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Re: You Have One Whole Fresh Chicken....
Originally Posted by susan m
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Sounds nice Art , tell me do you do chicken soup with the leftover carcass , I always do . I'll cook it up and any left over veg or potatoes anything even the gravy goes in . Delicious
Chicken soup for the soul
I don’t like roasted legs or thighs but l can eat them in a soup or stew.
I just think, you can get so much out of one chicken. I prefer it hot rather than cold.
If l have cold chicken it’s usually with a salad or l make chicken fried rice wth battered chicken and sweet and sour sauce.
14-02-2021, 08:18 PM
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Re: You Have One Whole Fresh Chicken....
Originally Posted by Artangel
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That sounds nice too, d00d. What do you have with it?
A whole chicken should make 3 or 4 meals for two. It falls off the bone, get rid of that, freeze portions, can be served with anything, pasta, rice, mash, pastry....
14-02-2021, 10:54 PM
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Re: You Have One Whole Fresh Chicken....
In summer most of the chicken would be eaten cold with salad which is what I mostly live on in the warmer weather.Winter is the time for half of the chicken to make a roast plus some cold for a sandwich. The remainder is used in the slow-cooker for a tasty casserole, without too much preparation time. That with plenty of vegetables will usually make two meals for me so in total I get about three meals out of one whole chicken.
I started eating more chicken when changing my lifestyle after being diagnosed as almost Type 2 diabetic. Chicken, being a white meat without too much fat but lots of protein is reckoned to be good when undertaking such a change.
The lifestyle change worked I was no longer pre-diabetic and I lost 10kg in weight too!
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