A couple weeks ago, Hedgehog Guy found this great blog entry about turning one chicken into 5+ tasty meals for less than, drum-stick roll please, $25. So we had to try it.
First, Canadian chickens are not as large as the American chickens. Now get your mind out of the gutter and realize that they are also cheaper! To make all the recipes, we bought two chickens (Henriettas I and II), each about 3.25lbs (1.5kgs), each was less than $8.
This translated into twice the yummy roasted chicken goodness. I dressed mine up with fresh sage and thyme on the inside and outside. I even made one on a week night. Despite the terror of cutting out necks and salting naked chickens (I winced and closed my eyes), we had fun snapping a wishbone and now have the fixings for chicken stock in the freezer. We absolutley demolished both chickens - not a scrap left. But it was easy! The roasting means you can de-bone with just a fork.
My favorite leftover was the Seasame Noodles with Chicken. I love rich sauces. Hedgehog Guy votes for the Chicken Picadillo - we had ours over warm kidney beans and lettuce with shredded Monterey Jack cheese on top. Cleaned up three leftovers with that one (chicken, lettuce, cheese). Who knew you could put shredded chicken in the blender and 3 minutes later have ground chicken? We had the Chicken Curry in a Hurry by candlelight during Earth Hour on Saturday with a bottle of wine. Very romantic.
All in all, our two chickens gave us 7 meals for two. And we had big helpings each night because they were so good.
Oh yes, and each leftover recipe only took about 20 minutes to make. A big A+ in my book. Good eating!
I love this idea. Lamar and I do something similar here. We cook our chicken (usually boil), then we freeze it into servings. You get so much out of it, and then it makes meals that much easier.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to add that buying an equivalent amount to one whole chicken (3kgs) in chicken breasts would cost nearly $30 here.
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