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Smug alert - 14 + meals out of 1 large organic chicken.

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tuppy · 28/07/2007 15:59

No, I'm not Hugh Fearnley Whatsit extolling the virtues of going organic, but I do agree with him about the great value to be had out of what is initially an expensive product (2 kilos/4+lbs for nearly £20).
Day one: roast chicken for dh and me.
Day 2: Lunch: pick off and cut into small chunks most of the left over meat. Add Basmati rice, some spices and a handful of frozen peas - chicken pillau for 6 people.
Day 2 evening: put carcass into lage pot and simmer with a carrot and anonion to make stock. Strain stock, pick off remaining flesh when carcass is cool. Most of the stock goes to make soup for 6 (add some veg and lentils), the rest into the freezer as the base for another meal.

The added ingredients aren't more than an extra £1 or2, so there you have it !

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wildwoman · 28/07/2007 16:00

God how smug are you?

wildwoman · 28/07/2007 16:01
Wink
portonovo · 29/07/2007 15:45

Agree totally. There are 5 of us and we never get fewer than 3 meals out of one chicken. Sometimes it's as many as 5 meals, so 25 portions from one chicken.

Even smugger alert - we 'grow' our own chickens!

NKF · 29/07/2007 15:46

Blimey. That's practically wartime it's so efficient!

Charlottesweb · 29/07/2007 15:54

We always do this when we have a chicken.

Sunday: Roast chicken dinner

Monday: Chicken curry

Tuesday: Soup

Not the same as roast beef

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