Found a way to stretch a single chicken into three dinners

Last Tuesday I roasted a whole chicken I got on sale for $5. That night we had roast chicken with potatoes. The next day I picked the carcass clean and used the meat for chicken fried rice. Finally, I boiled the bones with an old onion and some carrot ends for stock, which became a big pot of soup with the last handful of pasta from the box. Has anyone else tried this kind of three-meal plan with one cheap protein?

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rowanwells6mo ago

Exactly. Once you start seeing it that way, you can't go back. The stock is the real prize. I freeze mine in old yogurt containers. That homemade base makes any soup taste like it cooked all day. My go-to is a simple chicken noodle, but with a spoonful of leftover rice and a squeeze of lemon at the end. It beats any canned stuff by a mile.

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patkelly6mo ago

Honestly, I used to just toss the bones after a roast. Seemed like the work wasn't worth it. But last winter I tried making stock with a turkey carcass, and the soup was so much better than anything from a can. It felt like free food. Now I look at a whole chicken as a week's worth of meals, not just one. What's your favorite soup to make with the stock?

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