4 dinners, 4 – 5 lunches and some
chicken stock.
That’s what I can get out of just one
chicken, you could too all you need is a chicken and a few of your favourite
vegetables.
I’m not going to tell you what to use
that’s up to you, so there will be no ingredients list.
Make
the most of your Chicken
First of all roast your chicken as you
normally would, I like to do mine low and slow.
For instance:- with a chicken that would
normally be roasted at 180°c for 1 ½ hours I would roast for 2 ½ hours at about
110°c turning up the heat uncovered for the last 30 minutes, I find this method
makes for more succulent tender meat.
Now once I have roasted my chicken and
it has cooled I cut the four pieces off that I need for my 4 dinners, 2 legs
and 2 breasts.
I am now left with the carcass complete
with wings.
This goes into a pan and covered with
water and brought to the boil.
While that’s happening onions and celery
go in.
Once it is boiling turn the heat down
and simmer on a low heat for about 1 ½ hours.
Now gather up a selection of your
favourite vegetables and chop them to a suitable size.
Take the chicken complete with bones out
of the stock and place into a separate bowl.
Pour the stock into another pan then
melt some butter and add some herbs then simmer for a couple of minutes.
Now add the vegetables and sweat them
off for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes add a little of the
stock.
Then simmer for another 10 minutes.
Add the rest of the stock and bring to
the boil.
While that’s coming to the boil the carcass
should be cool enough to separate the chicken from the bones, discard the
carcass a drop the chicken into the stock and don't forget to season in fact at this point I normally drop in a couple of veg stock cubes
Simmer for about an hour and then
with a slotted spoon divide the vegetables and chicken into cartons for the
freezer.
Now cover with stock.
You should have some stock left over so
strain it through a sieve into cartons for the freezer.
The stew has no thickener in it so therefore
is in a very versatile state, I normally thaw it out a carton at a time and
have it for lunch with some crusty bread but you could also add some corn flour
to thicken, make some herby dumplings and put it in the oven for 20 minutes.
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