If chicken is for dinner, consider buying a whole one. Roast it and you’ll likely have enough for two meals, then keep the bones and make stock. I spent $7.00 – got two meals and now have three healthy portions of chicken stock in the freezer for soup later. So easy. So much cheaper.
Make the most of what you roast
I got 3 chickens at the grocery store for $19. I roasted all three today (at the same time). The boys will delight in the wings and drummettes, I’ll carve off the rest – part of it I’ll use in meals this week and the rest of the meat I’ll freeze for pie or pasta recipes. Plus I’ll keep the bones to make stock – which can be used for soup and sauces. A tasty use of time and money.
Cut to the bone.
Chicken that is. I don’t understand why we agree to pay the premium for purchasing boneless, skinless chicken parts. Where’s the fun in that?
Buy the whole chicken. Debone it (it’s not that difficult – even I can do it) and use it all. There are great how to video on youtube. And if that’s too daunting a task, just roast the whole thing. Make soup, make chicken salad, make chicken wings and thighs, make chicken fingers. Make as many meals as you can.
Sometimes I think we’re tricked into the illusion of convenience. It’s not convenient to spend that much money on parts when the whole is a much better, more practical and more sensible buy.
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