ivan82•1d ago

Shoutout to mastering the art of repurposing leftover roast chicken

I recently figured out how to stretch a single roast chicken into MULTIPLE meals, and it has SLASHED my weekly food costs. After we enjoy the initial dinner, I immediately pick the carcass clean and save every bit of meat. Those scraps get transformed into things like hearty chicken salad for lunches or a quick fried rice for another dinner. The real magic is simmering the bones with some onion and celery ends to make a rich, homemade broth. I use that broth as a base for a giant pot of soup, which easily provides two more meals. Learning this systematic approach has made me feel like a kitchen NINJA, and it eliminates so much waste. Honestly, investing that extra hour on a Sunday sets up my whole week for delicious and AFFORDABLE eating.

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the_lee1d ago

Simmering the bones for broth is a technique I learned from an old Julia Child episode. She called it the foundation of avoiding waste and building flavor.

christopher6611d ago

Dismissed simmering bones as fussy until I tried it. Ryan_rodriguez47's meditation angle got me curious. Now I'm simmering everything in sight, flavor's incredible.

vera_thompson181d ago

Roasting bones first made my broth way richer.

ryan_rodriguez471d ago

@the_lee, the slow simmering process is meditative, not just culinary.