Cooking With Cybermyk - Things To Do With a Whole Chicken - For Students and Recession Sufferers

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:30

So I was in a supermarket last week looking for something to last me a few days and I noticed a whole chicken for £4.77. Then I got to thinking, that'll last a few days if I work it into a few meals...

So I got one and cut it into portions.

First I made stock with the Carcass.

It's just 2l water, carrots, onions, peppercorns, garlic and salt simmered for an hour and a half. I'll come to what I did with it in due course.

I used one of the breasts for my first meal.

First I fried the seasoned chicken and onions in butter and olive oil

Then I put the onions to one side and fried the mushrooms

I made the couscous with a little stock from the Chicken carcass and mixed in the onions and a knob of butter. Add a little salad and the mushrooms and fifteen minutes later, meal one is ready

J-FRO · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:32

continue....

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:35

Next meal was a Balti Curry made from the two thighs.

Follow the link for the recipe

cheechm · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:36

Looks promising! Still some drum sticks to go

Danthus · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:39

When it is brown it is cook, when it is black it is..............

Greenlizard0 · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:39

Nicely done. Could do another curry with the drumsticks (whole) or coat them and oven bake.

J-FRO · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:41

Nah I'm hoping the drumsticks and wings he covered in jerk chicken seasoning or some piri piri seasoning....

Lets wait and see!

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:46

The next meal my youngest turned up, I was going to make a Parmo but I needed two meals out of one breast.

I fried the chicken with some mushrooms and a chopped bell pepper and boiled some rice. I then got a couple of eggs and mixed them up with a fork.

When the rice was done (10 minutes), I rinsed it in cold water and drained as best I could in a sieve.
Then I fried the egg for a few seconds until it starts to cook and threw in the rice and some spring onion and garlic.
After a few minutes I sprinkled on some soy sauce and added the other ingredients. Chicken fried rice for two

Beren · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:51

Glad someone else is in on this... I normally buy a medium sized chicken and it does a minimum of six portions ( There are three of us!) though I do roast chicken on a Sunday and then spend 10 minutes stripping all the remaining chicken off the carcass after the meal. The Cooked roast chicken then makes at least one more meal and some lunches or two more meals depending on the size of the bird.

Ahleckz · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:52

I approve of this thread. It's good, easy, healthy, cheap food. People who don't cook should take heed of this and realize that cooking isn't a expensive, time consuming, difficult activity.

Though, one chicken breast wouldn't be enough for me for a dinner.

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:53

Greenlizard0 was nearest

Chopped veg and the legs and wings roasted with rosemary and thyme.

The ingredients are kind of easy to pic out from the pictures.

The result after roasting 190c for an hour.

This meal uses just one cooking tray and a plate

J-FRO · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:55

Simples.

Well played Cyber

Beren · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:58

Ahleckz said:
I approve of this thread. It's good, easy, healthy, cheap food. People who don't cook should take heed of this and realize that cooking isn't a expensive, time consuming, difficult activity.

Though, one chicken breast wouldn't be enough for me for a dinner.

Unless you are going heavy on protein for muscle gain or something a chicken breast should be plenty surely? As long as it also contains a reasonable quantity of carbs and plenty of vegies.

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 00:59

I expect you're wondering what I did with the carcass and stock

I pulled all the meat off the bones and made a thick soup with potato, carrots, leeks, celery, onion, garlic and a teaspoon of mixed herbs. It was simmered for an hour.

I made it on the first day and froze it. Me and my youngest ate it for supper today

-Exodus- · 28 Mar 2011 at 01:05

those are some great suggestions, might have to try this over easter once uni work calms down a bit.

Ahleckz · 28 Mar 2011 at 01:08

Beren said:
Unless you are going heavy on protein for muscle gain or something a chicken breast should be plenty surely? As long as it also contains a reasonable quantity of carbs and plenty of vegies.

CALLING ME FAT? WANT TO STAND AND BANG?!?!?

Seriously though, when having chicken for dinner I'll usually have a breast and a half/two breasts per meal and I'm not a chubber. I'll generally make batches of food and cook 4 breasts at once (chopped, in the form of a curry or chilli; something like that) which will do me a dinner and a couple of lunches. Though if I was panfrying chicken breast for dinner I would always do at least 1 and a half, if not two. I like eating.

Beren · 28 Mar 2011 at 01:12

I guess it depends on the size of the breasts

*Sigh* Since turning 30 and basically sitting on my arse all day most days I've had to cut down the intake a bit unfortunately.

DB_SamX · 28 Mar 2011 at 01:19

Beren said:
Unless you are going heavy on protein for muscle gain or something a chicken breast should be plenty surely? As long as it also contains a reasonable quantity of carbs and plenty of vegies.

1 breast is never enough for me either for a main meal. 1.5 or 2 usually hits the spot, depending on what I have with it.

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 01:26

DB_SamX said:
1 breast is never enough for me either for a main meal. 1.5 or 2 usually hits the spot, depending on what I have with it.

One breast should be enough for one person. Maybe you should just eat a bit more veg with it

Cybermyk · 28 Mar 2011 at 01:28

OldCoals said:
When it is brown it is cook, when it is black it is..............

Only the skin was blackened, It was really crunchy and sweet from the butter and garlic