What do you do with a whole chicken?

[Debbi in Texas]

I got a whole chicken for 69 cents per pound, and now I don't know what to do with it. I usually boil it, take the meat off the bones, and make chicken spaghetti, but I really don't want to make that right now.

 

Any ideas?

[purplejackmama]

Ina's roasted chicken is a staple around here. So good!!

[TammyinTN]

We buy whole chickens and smoke them...they're super yummy and we use the meat for other dishes and salads after the first main meal.  

[Tess in the Burbs]

I have a ceramic roaster I cook it in with spices and veggies

[Jaybee]

http://momspark.net/the-easiest-slow-cooker-crock-pot-whole-chicken-recipe/

 

Can do the same thing with different herbs and spices, or just garlic and lemon juice. Easy-peasy.

[mamiof5]

Eat them. Lol! Sorry, that's the first thing that came to mind.

 

We don't get those very often, so I don't have many suggestions:P

[gardenmom5]

I used to always cut them up and fry them. 

 

I've also got a great hawaiian style sauce recipe (given to me by a woman whose husband is hawaiian, and lived in the islands for a number of years) that she'll just put on already fried chicken.  even  my won't eat chicken kid will  eat it.

[Amira]

I dump it in the crockpot, then I shred the meat and freeze it and use the carcass for broth.

[fraidycat]

Spatchcock, season, and grill or roast it.

 

Then use the leftovers for chicken soup.

 

Then use the carcass for bone broth.

Edited August 5, 2016 by fraidycat

[frugalmamatx]

I normally cook them in my set it and forget it rotisserie oven. Love that thing for doing whole chickens!

[purplejackmama]

Spatchcock, season, and grill or roast it.

 

Then use the leftovers for chicken soup.

 

Then use the carcass for bone broth.

I want to try the Spatchcock but I'm intimidated by cutting it. Got any tips? Edited August 5, 2016 by purplejackmama

[kubiac]

This article was a breakthrough for me:

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/roast-chicken-rules

[fraidycat]

I want to try the Spatchcock but I'm intimidated by cutting it. Got any tips?

Good kitchen shears. That's my one tip. :) It looks more intimidating than it is.

Edited August 5, 2016 by fraidycat

[Eagle]

Chef Michael Smith's roast chicken with spinach recipe is awesome.

 

http://chefmichaelsmith.com/recipe/oven-baked-chicken-with-spinach-tomatoes/

[Slache]

Red Chicken Soup (IP)

 

Chipotle BBQ Chicken (hot)

 

Roast Chicken and Gravy (Crock Pot)

 

Easy Roast Chicken

[Excelsior! Academy]

DH does chicken noodle soup. I can't tell you exactly how he does it. But I know that after he boils it and takes it apart, I stick the carcass in the crockpot with some seasonings and the vegetable ends and cover it all with water. Cook it on low overnight, strain it, and that's my own chicken stock.

 

This.  

 

We like white chicken chili.  Around here we need a whole chicken or two for a meal, so no leftovers it all goes back into the broth.

[Arctic Bunny]

Roast it, then make chicken stock.

[chocolate-chip chooky]

Hug it  :001_wub:

[Laura Corin]

Roast it with garlic, lemon and herbs

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1494939/Simon-Hopkinsons-perfect-roast-chicken.html

[Debbi in Texas]

I love all the ideas. The chicken is thawing and I will be making roast chicken of some kind tomorrow.

[madteaparty]

Roasted chicken w potatoes is an easy dinner. I cut the chicken in half for quicker baking (also cook only half of just me and kids).

Soup opportunities are endless too :)

[Alice]

I love roasted chicken. But in the summer I would do it on the grill so as not to heat up the house. 

[bettyandbob]

Roast it in the oven or dump it in the crock pot.

[need2read]

Throw it in the oven and roast it and use it for sandwiches and snacks.

 

 

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[trulycrabby]

A whole chicken? You make it dance, of course! Chicken mummy is fun, too. :zombie:

 

Oh, food? I cook a whole chicken in the crock pot with rosemary, lemon pepper, and potatoes, onions, and carrots.

Edited August 5, 2016 by trulycrabby

[SparklyUnicorn]

I roast it.

 

Then use the bones for broth.

 

 

[barnwife]

The options are many.

I cook them in the crockpot. You can do lemon pepper chicken, garlic chicken, honey soy sauce chicken, salsa chicken,....and much much more.

(We have laying hens. When they get butchered, we eat them. The only thing they'd be good for is chicken soup...unless they are cooked in the crockpot. Throw a stewing hen in there on low on day and the meat falls off the bones. Therefore, I have adapted many recipes to use in the crockpot.)

[Rachel]

Day one is roasted chicken. Day two the meat goes into white chili or something along those lines.

[Debbi in Texas]

Now I need to buy more whole chicken to use in these recipes.

[umsami]

Spatchcock it....use kitchen shears....it makes it super easy to get the backbone out.

 

Then either roast or grill it and enjoy.

[La Condessa]

Roasted chicken for dinner, but cut off some good portions to save for another night. Those go into something that has chicken as a more minor ingredient (I like to put it in a cilantro/lime/black bean salad). The carcass goes into the crock pot, all the meat falls off and it makes broth. I use those for a chicken noodle soup.

 

So one chicken=three meals for the family.

[happypamama]

I often boil them, then shred the meat and turn it into Chicken Tuscan Stew from the South Your Mouth site. SO delicious!

[ktgrok]

I roast it. Rub with olive oil, season with salt and pepper. I put carrots and potatoes in the pan too (baby carrots and chunks of red potatoes), so that the chicken drippings end up all over them..yum!

 

And, now I want chicken. 

[Rosie_0801]

Smear with soy sauce, wrap in several layers of foil, then a layer of salt dough and bake for a few hours.