To throw away the chicken every week?

[Fluffyhood]

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!

but the rest will be thrown away buy him as there's nothing he can do with it.

That's pretty weird that a butcher can't sell legs either whole or portioned into drumsticks and thighs...

That's pretty weird that a butcher can't sell legs either whole or portioned into drumsticks and thighs...
If you read the post I said I'd buy the legs too

@Kotbullar

That's pretty weird that a butcher can't sell legs either whole or portioned into drumsticks and thighs... If you read the post I said I'd buy the legs too

Ah. I misread. Apologies. I took it as "I buy the legs separately or he would throw them away". My bad!

I wish butchers had bags of "rubbish" like bones and bits (they do where I grew up, even supermarket butcher counters). It's a pain to find stuff for bone broths.

It's ok.
Two of my DC will eat the leg and thigh meat with their roast and everyone else eats the breast meat. It's the rest that nobody wants even in a curry/pie/stew etc.
I do always make stock though.

@SchrodingersImmigrant

I wish butchers had bags of "rubbish" like bones and bits (they do where I grew up, even supermarket butcher counters). It's a pain to find stuff for bone broths.

They do - lots of butchers will do you a bag of bones, especially if you ring ahead. In terms of supermarkets I find that Morrison's tend to have really good butchers working on the counters there and I have had marrow bones from them before.

My butcher does bags of bones for £1.50 but people usually buy them for dogs, this is why he doesn't include chicken bones apparently.

@JohnMiddleNameRedactedSwanson I went through 3 butchers in my area and all were " no". I think it depends on the area and demand. If there is no demand, they won't keep it. I found that foreign shop butchers are more ready in this because it looks like their customers use these more. They sell feet too😁 I now get smashing lamb, chicken and beef bones😁
But trying to get marrow bones from standard butchers around last year (before lockdown) was such a bloody pain in the arse.
I will remember the morissons. Thanks!

That's shocking!!!! I was bought up to use every last bit and I don't think I would physically be able to bring myself to throw away so much meat. I would have child meat the next day and Delia's creamy chicken curry the day after that if there's enough. It is delicious and it's just as nice if you don't add the cream at the end to make it healthier.

Cant you just chuck it into a pot with some stock, veg and new potatoes?!
My DH would never allow me to just throw it away!

I am sure I am not the only one that now has roast chicken tomorrow? (And chicken & mushroom risotto Monday!)

Roast chicken here tonight and stuffed chicken pancakes tomorrow on the back of this thread!

We generally have a risotto the second night with whatever meat I can get off the carcass then on the third night I boil the carcass for soup. Plenty of veg and bread with the soup and it does us for our dinner just fine.
Three nights dinner from one chicken, the second and third are veg heavy though.

Please don't throw any meat away, show some respect for the animal.

Chicken mayo sandwichs/baguettes
Chicken
Mayo
Salt/ pepper (tiny bit)
Good squeeze of lemon
Put in the sandwich with salad .

Or you could blend it in soup

Or cesar salad
Or chicken carbanara pasta

Chicken, cheese, mayo and avocado toasties for lunch the next day. Yummmmm.

Thanks to this thread we are eating fajitas tonight

YABU, but then you knew that. Food waste will be greatly increasing your carbon footprint especially as it's meat which in itself has a high carbon footprint. I am vegetarian, but growing up we used to use the left over chicken in egg foo young. Cook whatever vegetables you want in a frying pan (we have garlic, onion, mushroom, peas and sweetcorn), add your left over chicken and pour over whisked eggs. Let it cook into almost like a large omelette (although I don't try and keep it in one piece, I turn in chunks as it will be broken up for different people anyway). Serve with rice and soy sauce to taste. We still have it now just without the chicken. Everyone in my family likes it and it's a quick and easy meal.

I just put a whole chicken in the oven to roast, this thread made me hungry. The left overs will be turned into a chicken pie, biryaani & stir fry this week.

Just to add, you don't even need to be that imaginative. Often, I just reheat leftover chicken in a gravy made with stock cubes & eat it with mashed potato and veg.

@Courgetteandbeans

That's shocking!!!! I was bought up to use every last bit and I don't think I would physically be able to bring myself to throw away so much meat. I would have child meat the next day and Delia's creamy chicken curry the day after that if there's enough. It is delicious and it's just as nice if you don't add the cream at the end to make it healthier.

Gosh! Which bit of the child do you carve up?

Sorry, could not resist.

There are families in the UK who are living from day to day and families worldwide who are starving and you are throwing away good, healthy nutritious food! Lazy doesn’t even come close! Are you too lazy to access the internet for recipes for leftover chicken? Do you possess a recipe book? Apart from wasting food you are wasting money.

@Courgetteandbeans I think that's illegal here😂