When I buy a whole chicken, I usually get three meal out of it. Here's how.
First time, I roast it in the oven or crock pot with veggies.
If it's a large chicken, I can cut some of the meat off the bones, and make casserole for a second dinner.
The third meal is probably my favorite.
Chicken Noodle Soup.
I put the entire chicken, bones and veggies and any juices, in a regular sized dutch oven and fill it with water.
Sometimes, I try to get the majority of the skin off first.
I set the heat to low and simmer/boil it for a good two hrs if it was roasted in the oven. 30-60 mins if it was crock pot chicken.
I check it occasionally to see how easily the meat is to separate from the bones, it should fall right off with minimal effort.
Once it does, I get out a bowl, two forks, and a strainer. One of the bowls, i put the strainer in, and pour whatever is in the pot into it. this will allow you to save that amazing stock!
Now, I take two forks, and begin pulling meat from bone. I pull apart any of the larger chunks of meat. I take out any skin, and mash up any carrots/celery/potatoes that happened to be in there and are now too mushy to actually eat.
This is a bit tedious, but once you do it a few times, it goes rather quickly. Make sure you get all those little vertebra!
Once I have the meat on one side of the strainer and the bones on the other, I put all the meat back into the pot of broth, and throw the bones out.
I add
1 1/2 cups chopped carrots
1 small onion, diced
2 TBS minced garlic
2 stalks of celery, chopped
1 tsp black pepper
1 TBS parsley
1/2 tsp rubbed sage
1/2 tsp basil leaves
2 bay leaves
enough water/broth to fill the pot
I boil this until the vegetables are soft.
I then add 12 oz egg noodles
Once those are done...it's chow time!!!!
If it's a large chicken, I can cut some of the meat off the bones, and make casserole for a second dinner.
The third meal is probably my favorite.
Chicken Noodle Soup.
I put the entire chicken, bones and veggies and any juices, in a regular sized dutch oven and fill it with water.
Sometimes, I try to get the majority of the skin off first.
I set the heat to low and simmer/boil it for a good two hrs if it was roasted in the oven. 30-60 mins if it was crock pot chicken.
I check it occasionally to see how easily the meat is to separate from the bones, it should fall right off with minimal effort.
Once it does, I get out a bowl, two forks, and a strainer. One of the bowls, i put the strainer in, and pour whatever is in the pot into it. this will allow you to save that amazing stock!
Now, I take two forks, and begin pulling meat from bone. I pull apart any of the larger chunks of meat. I take out any skin, and mash up any carrots/celery/potatoes that happened to be in there and are now too mushy to actually eat.
This is a bit tedious, but once you do it a few times, it goes rather quickly. Make sure you get all those little vertebra!
Once I have the meat on one side of the strainer and the bones on the other, I put all the meat back into the pot of broth, and throw the bones out.
I add
1 1/2 cups chopped carrots
1 small onion, diced
2 TBS minced garlic
2 stalks of celery, chopped
1 tsp black pepper
1 TBS parsley
1/2 tsp rubbed sage
1/2 tsp basil leaves
2 bay leaves
enough water/broth to fill the pot
I boil this until the vegetables are soft.
I then add 12 oz egg noodles
Once those are done...it's chow time!!!!
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