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To throw away the chicken every week?

716 replies

Fluffyhood · 04/02/2021 20:41

I know IABU but I need to be shamed so I start doing something about it!
Family of 4, we have a roast chicken every week, we eat the breast meat and then I throw away the rest every week, I hate doing it but I'm too lazy and unimaginative to think of what to do with the rest of it!
Please shame me and tell me what you do with yours, I'd love to make it stretch to another meal!

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OkOkWhatsNext · 04/02/2021 23:05

Cold chicken, chips and salad with all the condiments is obligatory the day after a roast !

iklboo · 04/02/2021 23:05

Chicken & sweetcorn soup!

StillGoingToWork · 04/02/2021 23:06

Day 1: roast chicken
Day 2: Curry or soup
Day 3: break up the bones, put in a huge pot, add celery, onions, carrots, bay, salt, pepper, and thyme, boil up, you have stock. Freeze for the following week.

Only 3 of us so we can make a big chicken go a bit further.

katiemumma20 · 04/02/2021 23:10

Sweet and sour chicken with rice. That’s what my mum often did with the leftovers and we all loved it!

grannyinapram · 04/02/2021 23:11

we just buy chicken breasts and roast them sometimes. could you do that?

ZenNudist · 04/02/2021 23:11

Sunday dh forgot to put the prepared roast in the oven so I cooked it anyway and had meat and stuffing for myself but had already made the kids and dh a chicken pie with a tin of creamy chicken from the brexit supply and mushrooms topped with leftover puff pastry.

Monday we had a roast by reheating the chicken in the gravy I made the day before.

Tuesday I had a chicken sandwich for lunch with meat from the roast and stuffing. Then we had chicken curry for tea which id made with separare thighs while the roast was cooking.

Wednesday used leftover roast meat to make egg fried rice.

Thursday we had chicken bagels with the rest of the roast meat for lunch. I chopped it up and mixed it with mayo (Plus jalapenos for me) put lots of salad on. It was yum.

Then tonight I did more leftover curry and froze 2 last portions.

I have veggie Friday but my fridge has got chicken Kiev and stuffed chicken thighs in for the weekend.

At this rate its going to be chicken nearly every day. Clucking mad Wink.

I CBA to make stock but I do strip the carcass after roasting it then use all the meat up.

FrangipaniBlue · 04/02/2021 23:13

@littledrummergirl

This week we bought one large chicken for two teens and two adults. Sunday they had a roast so used one breast. Monday was fajitas so the other breadt was used. Tuesday we stripped the rest of the meat and they had chicken and veg curry. Wednesday I boiled the carcass and used the stock and remaining scrappy bits of meat in a stew.
I've found the mumsnet chicken!

Seriously, one breast between 4 people?????

mswales · 04/02/2021 23:14

Please remember the chicken was an actual animal which whose life was ended so you could eat it, and who suffered a lot in the process! I'm not a vegetarian - but I think it's so dystopian/barbarci how we just buy and eat meat without thinking and respecting that these were real life beings and without caring how they were raised. Please please eat the whole chicken! So many yummy things you can do with the leftovers. If I'm being really lazy or need to be quick I just heat up bits of the leftover chicken in readymade chicken stock, makes it all juicy and yummy. My 3 year old really likes that. Obviously there are lots of actual meals you can make with it too like risotto or curry or my personal favourite chicken pie. Here;s a super simple one from the Quick Roasting Tin cookbook: thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/quick-chicken-leek-and-chorizo-pie

PolytheneHam · 04/02/2021 23:17

Chicken and ham risotto works, surprisingly well

Sillybeagle · 04/02/2021 23:18

Personally..
I cook a roast chicken on Monday
Make it into risotto on Tuesday
Chicken noodle soup on Wednesday
Scraps on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
I chill on Sunday Wink

ChaToilLeam · 04/02/2021 23:19

Roast chicken Sunday, curry on Monday, carcass boiled for soup on Tuesday. We don’t waste a bit.

Knackeredmommy · 04/02/2021 23:19

Just buy chicken portions and roast them. That's so wasteful

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 04/02/2021 23:19

Oh, I already commented with what we do, but when I was a kid we always used to have leftover chicken or roast beef in fresh crusty bread, loads of butter and salt, and the meat warmed through a wee bit so the butter melted.

I know this is not at all groundbreaking, I just feel s bit nostalgic.

Mowly75 · 04/02/2021 23:20

Troll or like the other posters say ... an animal died so you could throw it in the bin. Yes, be ashamed.

GabsAlot · 04/02/2021 23:24

i usually have the rest for sandwiches or chicken and salad

Doyouavocado · 04/02/2021 23:27

Urgh! An animal has had to die for you to just throw in the bin. Find something to do with it, it’s really not that hard.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 04/02/2021 23:28

@TheMNChernobylChicken

I have nine breasts and I can confirm that I am sufficient to provide seven healthy tasty meals for a family of 24.
Isn't that a cannibalism 😂
suzy2b · 04/02/2021 23:30

3 adults 2 children roast chicken meal no chicken left can't see how one large chicken feeds 2 adults and 2 teenagers with only 1 breast

S111n20 · 04/02/2021 23:32

@Fluffyhood I’m with you on this one.

longtompot · 04/02/2021 23:36

Try doing this with the leftovers. It's really nice fyf20quid.co.uk/recipes/takeaway-style-chicken-chow-mein/

After your dinner, try and get into the habit of stripping the meat off the carcass. If you are unlikely to use it, freeze it. After a few weeks you have plenty for a curry, or the recipe above. Actually, after one week you'd have enough to tbh.

purplebagladylovesgin · 04/02/2021 23:39

My secret is to serve the breast meat as a roast and then pick the meat off the carcass whist it's still hot. It falls away easily and i put it in a container in the fridge.

I find if I leave it until the next day it's so difficult to pick clean that I'm tempted to not bother.

It's then easy to then use the picked chicken for a stir fry, a curry, soups, chicken and bacon pasta in creamy sauce, chicken sandwiches.

Yellownotblue · 04/02/2021 23:39

Here’s one of the easiest recipes to do with cooked chicken: tomato, rice and chicken soup.

All other ingredients are from the cupboard/pantry, and everyone from your baby/toddler to your teen/DH will love it. This is what my mum used to cook when we were sick with flu. Comfort food par excellence, and precious little effort.

All you need is:

1 chicken oxo cube
1 cup uncooked rice
1 400 ml tin tomato soup (eg Heinz cream of tomato, or equivalent)
1 cooked chicken breast (or 2 legs) cut into small chunks (optional)
Salt, pepper, bay leaf (optional)

Rinse the rice under cold water a few times.

Boil kettle and make 300-400ml chicken stock with oxo cube.

In a pan, put cream of tomato, chicken stock and rice. Season and add bay leaf if using.

Set to gentle simmer, uncovered, until rice is nearly cooked (10-15 minutes). Stir often so it doesn’t stick. If it gets too thick, add water.

Meanwhile, chop chicken into small chunks, then add to soup.

Serve with croutons or crusty bread.

Also tastes yummy reheated - the rice will absorb the liquid and turn into a sort of paella. Kids will love it even more.

Don’t throw the chicken away!

WhatToDo82 · 04/02/2021 23:40

Chicken sandwiches with the pulled chicken from the legs wings thighs etc. Or I pull the chicken and put it in a stir fry with loads of veg and noodles.

TheTeenageYears · 04/02/2021 23:45

@littledrummergirl everyone needs more protein than 1 breast between 4, particularly growing teens.

Whitecup4 · 04/02/2021 23:46

The legs are the best bit!! Especially for sandwiches the next day