AIBU to cook a 1KG chicken for 5 people at Christmas?

[ChickenChristmasDinner]

Our family have voted to have chicken at Christmas this year. We normally have a 1KG chicken for 4 people. Two people have a breast and the other two have a leg each.

However, at Christmas, there will be 5 of us at the table. I was thinking that as there will be starters, sides and a pudding at the feast , then our usual 1KG chicken might stretch to 5 people?

Am I being over optimistic?

Are three of your guests under the age of 2?!?? My teen boy could polish off 1kg of chicken in a day between main meal and leftover sandwiches no problem.

Stop being so tight and buy a decent sized one!

Well of course you're being unreasonable. This is such an easy fix - just buy more food. Sorted.

For goodness sake, it's just chicken. Cook two. It's going to cost less than a tenner. to do a second one Why skimp at Christmas? If budget is an issue I'd rather forego the starter knowing that there will definitely be enough chicken to go around.

Come on! If you can afford dessert and starters you can afford 2 chickens

With all the OP’s mentions of Sainsbury’s, it reads a bit like the woman from old obsessed with M&S!!

The cat gets the breast in my house. No-one else wants it.

It’s easy you carve the chicken instead of portioning it so people get slices of white and brown meat, and you add a couple of chicken breasts to make it easier to divide. I often do this with duck because roast duck is always too small.

Don’t be stingy.

This cannot be about money as a bigger uncooked chicken would be cheaper – a lot cheaper if @ChickenChristmasDinner is not bothered about free range. And even the cooking time would not be that much longer – I reckon a 2kg chicken will roast in about 90 mins and the OP is roasting this pre-cooked one for an hour.

I agree the OP can cook what they and their family want for Christmas dinner but I am still staggered at the idea of a 1kg chicken, when a pack of two chicken breasts is usually about a third of that weight.

I find it hard to believe this chicken is the best you can find for your Christmas meal. It takes as long to reheat as to roast a fresh chicken the same weight! I also think it's a miserly size because I love Christmas dinner leftovers.

As long as you have 300 pigs in blankets the. I think your pigeon is fine.

A medium chicken (weight around 1kg) feeds 4, plus all the undersides etc feeds my dog for 2 nights. It could possibly stretch to 5. But it's Xmas and you don't want to skimp or be mean with the meat!

Ok, I clicked the link, I take it all back. It’s an entire pre cooked cold chicken that you re-heat, like a sandwich on,. I am agog OP! Speechless. It’s a crime against roast dinners. And chickens.
you have time to find real un manipulated meat before then! Go beef. I dare you!

The irony is strong in this one.

I'd cook 2 medium chickens.

Or one big fat bastard chicken (sorry, went a bit Fast Show there 😉)

We did 2 small chickens between 4 adults and 2 small children. We had leftovers, just enough for bubble and squeak on Boxing Day for 4+2.

A 1kg chicken is not a medium chicken tho surely. Here's what Sainsbury's calls a medium chicken:
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-whole-chicken-16kg

Note it is cheaper than the OP's much smaller one.

To each their own, but if I was buying ready-cooked bird to reheat for Xmas dinner, it would be something a bit more special, like confit duck.

OP's was already cooked. Really! A small rotisserie type chicken for a Christmas dinner for five! Priceless.

Plenty of time to get a big chicken with a yellow sticker from M&S and freeze it. Next bit about. Christmas dinner is the leftovers !

You were the one who started the Bisto discussion. I didn't even mention gravy.

@ChickenChristmasDinner
I know not everyone likes turkey but there are many other options.

1. 3 bird roast
2. A turkey crown- you can get nice stuffed ones as well.
3. A small whole turkey
4. A goose

It seems very odd to choose the cheapest and smallest option for what it a meal for guests. Unless that's your budget.

It's also a long long way from the cheapest option. The pre-cooked chicken is £6.50 which is more than a bigger uncooked chicken would cost.