One chicken - 17 meals...now how the hell is that possible?
Quite frankly: it's not. Well, maybe it is, but you'd for sure have to eat some pretty small portions. The whole
17 meals thing - I just thought it might be a good way to get your attention.
In any event. lemme show you how many dishes I recently stretched a single, high-quality bird into, using some pantry and fridge items I always have around...
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| Roasted chicken |
First, I roasted the chicken on a vertical roaster, while a bunch of cut up potatoes cooked in the drippings below. The next day, I pulled the remaining meat off the bird...
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| Salad and stock |
Which I made into a chicken salad. The bones (along with a few chicken scraps saved in the freezer) made a quart and a half of a
nice, rich stock. Once you've got stock...
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| Making risotto |
You can use it to
make risotto; in this case, mushroom risotto, with both fresh and dried mushrooms (the soaking liquid from the reconstituted dried 'shrooms also goes into the making of the risotto)...
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| Mushroom risotto |
The mushroom risotto was a big hit with Significant Eater. I always make a little more risotto than the 2 of us can eat in one sitting, because...
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| Frying risotto pancakes |
With the leftover risotto, I make risotto "pancakes." And who doesn't like a nice, crispy rice pancake...
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| Risotto "pancakes" |
Served alongside a tart, peppery arugula salad?
Not quite 17 meals, but that one bird sure made for some nice eating. Next up, going to the source (almost) for a real chicken.
