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

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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?

I agree.
The famous MN chicken - raw, no added nasties - feeds a family of 5 for a week.

What else do you have? I have a tiny bit of turkey on a plate with roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, pigs in. Blankets, couliflower cheese, gammon, red cabbage. Etc etc.. I don’t need a massive amount of the turkey.

And tell the guests that it was a 3-legged chicken!

Just buy 5 chicken breasts;easier to cook,no pissing about carving a chicken and messing with the carcass and probably less mess in the roasting tin.

You could even make a slit in them and pop in the stuffing then wrap them in bacon 😋

I find this such a random question! If in doubt just get two.. it’s Christmas, treat yourself!! It sounds measly for me on Xmas day… unless your sides are a side of gammon?!

Please sir ..can I have some more🍗

Jesus, a chicken breast, that would be my Christmas ruined. Not everyone likes a chicken breast, I never eat the breast.

It’s Christmas - push the boat out and get a 2kg chicken!

i cook on average a 1.5-1.6kg chicken most weeks, that does a roast for 3 or 4 of us, and then a full meal the next day.
how you serve the met makes a huge difference, i only use 1.5 of the breasts between us all (4people) for the roast then the rest of the meat gets pulled off for the second meal

shredding the chicken makes a smaller weight look like a much larger amount of food, rather than slices.

we always have between 1/4-1/3 of a dinner plate of meat just by shredding.

The ones full of steroids?
(As chickens are not normally these sizes...)

What will the rest of your Christmas dinner consist of?

I love a chicken leg! Chicken thighs are my favourite meat. It's more moist

I am in the US. I assumed that meant one chicken for each person.

And we had a 32lb turkey for 6 of us, admittedly to have enough for another day…😂but we’d have a 28 pounder for New Year as well

a kg chicken would be gone before it was out of the oven 5 minutes. DH could never resist picking in advance

The chicken with stuffing and pigs probably ok but 1kg is quite small for a chicken and there would unlikely be left overs and not much feeling of special

Can you pad it out with salad? 🥗

How fucking miserable would Christmas be to have to “stock up” on sides rather than having the amount of main meal meat that you want? Grim.

Unless completely in poverty, just buy a big enough bird to feed everyone properly with enough for seconds/sandwiches fgs. Christmas is not the time to be short or stinting on portions!

OP you will have nothing left over to eat later or next day. Get a turkey crown or two chickens

OP, I'd get 2 chickens and make a big pan of stuffing. A basket of dinner rolls. Extra spuds and some veggies. Cranberry sauce and gravy. Use tins if cooking space is limited. Maybe a small heat and serve ham if budget allows.

It won't be enough. That would be a stretch for us with 3 boys me and my husband although it would and does do on a Sunday with a boatload of trimmings - it's a bit stingy. It only works for us as I have had weight loss surgery so eat like a small child haha x

It won't be enough. That would be a stretch for us with 3 boys me and my husband although it would and does do on a Sunday with a boatload of trimmings - it's a bit stingy. It only works for us as I have had weight loss surgery so eat like a small child haha x

YABU, having read your post OP I assumed you were having chicken sandwiches.
I would double the size of the chicken.

Are they just 2 adults and 3 weaning babies?

A large FROZEN chichen will cost less than a medium-large fresh one.
You will get 8 portions plus the wings.
Divide the leg portions into wing, thigh and drumstick. 0
Divide each breast portion into two.
If you do stuffing balls and maybe c
hipotatas - that's plenty !

A 1kg chicken between 5!!Just buy 2 chickens. The fact you are even asking shows you know it is realky not enough. What if someone wants a sandwich later?