Who are these families with leftover rotisserie chicken??

[Anonymous]

I buy 2. We are a family of 3 - DD eats both legs, I eat a breast and DH eats wings and 1 or 2 thighs. So I have one breast leftover which I usually put over a salad for lunch the next day. If I want to make enchiladas or soup I use a whole other chicken.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We (3 adults with healthy appetites) prefer dark meat, so the first meal is the legs/thighs/wings, and the next day I saute the breast meat with jarred curry sauce and serve with rice, quinoa or rice noodles. There is usually enough curry for 2 meals.

What else are you serving that 2 legs, 2 thighs and 2 wings are enough for 3 people with healthy appetites? Unless you are getting some ridiculously large chickens this makes no sense to me. The wings on those chickens have like 2, maybe 3 bites at most!

NP. What are you talking about? A small serving of chicken as a *part of a complete meal* is totally normal. I can’t imagine eating a ton of roast chicken in one sitting—just a portion. Add a salad, some crusty bread—maybe a puréed soup or some fruit salad—how is that not a meal?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're a family of 3 but if I pick all the meat from a rotisserie (from Costco), I have enough for 3 meals at least.

I usually throw the skinned chicken in some water and boil til the meat starts coming off. Then I let it cool and pull it all off. I will typically do a chicken salad, enchiladas and soup.

I noticed if we eat the rotisserie before I pull the meat off, we end up wasting a lot of it. Whatever is left, dries out if I put in fridge so I end up throwing away anything that was left.

I'm sorry, but that sounds...yucky and a way to have dry, overcooked chicken.

Yeah, I don’t get it. Why would you boil an already fully cooked chicken?

Agree. I boil the carcass for stock but only after picking off the meat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With 2 teen boys, we sometimes get 3 chickens.

LOL! I had a chicken from costco cooling on the stove while i did some other crap, told my 12 yo and 15 yo boys to grab a snack because we had to leave in X minutes, ten minutes later I come downstairs and they are just ripping at the chicken like a pack of dogs. For their "snack".

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[Anonymous]

I get at least 3 meals out of 1 Costco chicken for 3 adults. First day is the leg quarters and some of the breast served with a pan of roasted vegetables, some homemade sauce (depends on what I have or in the mood for) and some rice. Next day maybe a chicken tortilla soup (or other type of soup) with beans and vegetables and a loaf of homemade crusty bread. Then a chicken fried rice or chicken pot pie or burrito or bowl. Meat is only a smaller part of the meal with vegetables a larger part and a carb to fill us up.

[Anonymous]

When our teen is off his ADHD meds, and his appetite is not suppressed, he can polish off a chicken with his father.

However most of the time the poor thing is on meds, and there's enough chicken for all 4 of us. And sometimes my husband buys a chicken for a particular recipe and insists we don't touch it for something else.

[Anonymous]

I get 2.5 meals out of a Costco chicken. Meal 1 is mostly chicken + salad + a starch. Meal 2 will be quesadillas or soup w/noodles and veg with the leftover scraps. The 0.5 is any good remaining breast pieces, I'll cut up for school lunch.

We have 3 in the family that fully participate in eating, and a 6 year old who only eats 50% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Because it sounds like a HACK. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We (3 adults with healthy appetites) prefer dark meat, so the first meal is the legs/thighs/wings, and the next day I saute the breast meat with jarred curry sauce and serve with rice, quinoa or rice noodles. There is usually enough curry for 2 meals.

What else are you serving that 2 legs, 2 thighs and 2 wings are enough for 3 people with healthy appetites? Unless you are getting some ridiculously large chickens this makes no sense to me. The wings on those chickens have like 2, maybe 3 bites at most!

NP. What are you talking about? A small serving of chicken as a *part of a complete meal* is totally normal. I can’t imagine eating a ton of roast chicken in one sitting—just a portion. Add a salad, some crusty bread—maybe a puréed soup or some fruit salad—how is that not a meal?

I'm with you, but don't pretend to be so wide-eyed wondering. DH and one kid can eat a ton of roast chicken in one sitting. It's not unusual, they enjoy it, and it's pretty healthy. I just like bits for soup.

"Crusty" bread. You know where to put the crusty bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get at least 3 meals out of 1 Costco chicken for 3 adults. First day is the leg quarters and some of the breast served with a pan of roasted vegetables, some homemade sauce (depends on what I have or in the mood for) and some rice. Next day maybe a chicken tortilla soup (or other type of soup) with beans and vegetables and a loaf of homemade crusty bread. Then a chicken fried rice or chicken pot pie or burrito or bowl. Meat is only a smaller part of the meal with vegetables a larger part and a carb to fill us up.

Eww to the carbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We (3 adults with healthy appetites) prefer dark meat, so the first meal is the legs/thighs/wings, and the next day I saute the breast meat with jarred curry sauce and serve with rice, quinoa or rice noodles. There is usually enough curry for 2 meals.

What else are you serving that 2 legs, 2 thighs and 2 wings are enough for 3 people with healthy appetites? Unless you are getting some ridiculously large chickens this makes no sense to me. The wings on those chickens have like 2, maybe 3 bites at most!

NP. What are you talking about? A small serving of chicken as a *part of a complete meal* is totally normal. I can’t imagine eating a ton of roast chicken in one sitting—just a portion. Add a salad, some crusty bread—maybe a puréed soup or some fruit salad—how is that not a meal?

I'm with you, but don't pretend to be so wide-eyed wondering. DH and one kid can eat a ton of roast chicken in one sitting. It's not unusual, they enjoy it, and it's pretty healthy. I just like bits for soup.

"Crusty" bread. You know where to put the crusty bread.

OK, I mean if you want to do Pillsbury crescent rolls instead, enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get at least 3 meals out of 1 Costco chicken for 3 adults. First day is the leg quarters and some of the breast served with a pan of roasted vegetables, some homemade sauce (depends on what I have or in the mood for) and some rice. Next day maybe a chicken tortilla soup (or other type of soup) with beans and vegetables and a loaf of homemade crusty bread. Then a chicken fried rice or chicken pot pie or burrito or bowl. Meat is only a smaller part of the meal with vegetables a larger part and a carb to fill us up.

Eww to the carbs.

Yum to the carbs! I challenge you to look up menus of well-renowned chefs and see what they serve with chicken. Please do show me a carb-less chicken menu that isn’t from some pathetic South Beach Diet cookbook.

[Anonymous]

We are a family of four, and I get three meals out of one chicken. I also make bone broth from it. Meat isn't usually the main part of our meal though, and we also have leftovers from one X-large pizza on pizza night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a family of three, and I absolutely get two meals out of a chicken, especially if one of them is stretching the chicken (a soup, salad, enchilada filling, etc.).

Same, but can’t get three meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With 2 teen boys, we sometimes get 3 chickens.

We have two teen boys (one who swims 2 hours a day) and have left overs from one chicken.