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Just realized I can stretch one rotisserie chicken into 4 full meals
I used to buy raw chicken breasts every week and got so tired of the same dry baked chicken for dinner. Last month I picked up a $6 rotisserie chicken from the grocery store in Columbus and decided to break it down myself. I got about 3 cups of meat from it, which gave me tacos one night, a big pot of chicken and rice soup, and then two lunches worth of chicken salad sandwiches. The bones went into a slow cooker with some onion scraps and celery ends for 8 hours, and that broth made a whole other batch of soup. Total cost per meal came out to around $1.50 each, which beats the $12 I was spending on chicken breasts alone. Anyone else doing the rotisserie chicken thing, or do you have a better way to use the leftover bones?
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juliaa6514d ago
Rotisserie chickens are the cheat code of home cooking. Bone broth from the carcass feels like free money, especially with soup weather coming. Taco night plus sandwich lunches beats dry chicken breasts every single time. That $6 bird is doing more work than most of my kitchen gadgets.
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kevinw9414d ago
Right? Once you realize how much meat is actually on those things it's hard to go back. I did the same thing last week and was shocked I got like four solid meals out of it too. The broth part is where it really shines though, I tossed the carcass in with some garlic and a bay leaf and it made the whole house smell amazing. Honestly, I haven't bought raw chicken breasts in months now. The only downside is I gotta fight my cat off the bones every time I'm pulling the meat off, haha.
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