Cooked roast chicken in fridge - how long until I have to bin it?

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I often end up with leftovers from Sunday roast, we sometimes have them in sandwiches, but was thinking of doing a curry with them next week. Am unsure how long I can leave chicken in the fridge though. Does anyone know? TIA

we usually stretch it as far as Wednesday but no longer

I would only leeve it for 3 days.

You could always strip the meat off and freeze it?

I would leave it 5 days.
Make the curry and freeze it.
Don;t waste good meat.

I think you are right - three days seems like plenty. Wouldn't have thought of freezing it, DP is a bit odd about freezing and defrosting of meat.

Thanks for your replies.

Moondog - you sound like me hate to see food go to waste!

Doesnt it also depend on the date? I would only keep it three days if the use by date was after that. Or would it be ok if it was cooked?

Gosh,no!
I don't think I have ever thrown food away.

Greedy Healthy appetites here.

Strip any decent meat off the carcass and boil up the bones to make stock. And then you can make a risotto or soup with the stock. You can add the bits of chicken to the risotto if you want, or use them for something else.

How do I make a soup then? I often toy with the idea of doing that and never get around to it.

Soup

Chop up onion and cook in butter and a little olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot. Add a stick of chopped celery and a clove of garlic. Sweat. Chop up vegetable of your choice into cubes (carrot is good to start off with), add to pot and sweat over a low heat, then add stock and cook until vegetables are tender. Adjust seasoning. Add herbs/spices (eg coriander leaves for carrot). Blend if you like smooth soup.

A chopped potato or two cooked with the other vegetables will lend creaminess to a blended soup but you shouldn't freeze soup with potatoes in.

Oooh thanks that sounds yummy, am gonna do that!
Think I will do that curry tonight with sunday's leftovers while I can!