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5 Meals You Can Create With One Chicken

11-Jan-2011 by Bheja fry

I first thought about the number of meals you can create with ONE WHOLE chicken last week. My husband had gone shopping for once, and he returned with this huge 5 pound chicken (all intact) and a “100 meals to create with that chicken” recipe book. Sweet gesture don’t you think? I am sure he would have never asked me, “Are there any meals you can create with green vegetables?”… no!

So, I did what was called, the first step, that my mom had taught me when it came to working on the meals to create and discover... Push my hubby out of the kitchen! Phew!

Ok, on a serious note, once I got the chicken all cleaned and plucked, there were a hundred meals to create that came sautéing themselves in my brain. So, are there any meals you can create out of this one chicken which would be completely different? The answer is Yes.

Look at the Chicken as a hearty and delicious investment. Since, you can get this birdie in its raw form, or even semi-cooked, roasted, minced, and marinated, there is a yummy variety of meals you can create with it.

I like to be a little systematic, so, I like to divide the Chicken into the parts that are going to help me put in the meals to create with each of these parts. The meals you can create with each portion of the divided chicken can help you to think of its (the portions’) uses.

The Portions that will be used to finalize the meals you can create

#1 The Fleshiest White chunks- Like the Breast and Wings, By using these portions, you can create a sizzler with stuffed vegetables and even try oven roasted stuffing. Yum!

#2 The Leftover meat- The one stuck at the right places of the Thighs, Drumsticks and the other bones. This portion can be used in various dishes after it has been cut into cubes.

#3 Mince- If you like to put one of the Fleshy pieces to a different use, chop n’ mince!

#4 The Bones, Cartilages and Skin- The Collagen leaves the Bones right after boiling giving any broth the delicious chicken flavor.

The 5 Meals you can create with One Chicken

Pies- Once you have the chicken cubes ready, make nice salsa based gravy with maybe just about a dozen chopped Olives, cheese and Macaroni. Drop it all in with the cubes and bake the all-time favorite Chicken Cheese Macaroni Pie. To try out this meal, check out the Best Chicken Pie recipes.

Spaghetti/ Hot Dogs/Sandwiches- The same cubes can be put to good use for the kids snacks, just let your imagination go culinary!

Quesadillas/Dimsums- If you think of a light meal to create, choose the mince chicken and make some spicy sprinkled Chicken Quesadillas or stuff them and steam them as Dimsums.

Sizzlers/Gravy Chicken/ Stuffed Chicken- Once you have the white meat off the bones, one of the meals to create could be the Cordon Bleu Sizzlers which uses full roasted breasts and the Italian Sun-dried tomato gravies; which go wonderfully well with Split Breast and Wings.

What about the bones? Add that tasty zing to your Soup by boiling the bones, cartilages and skin Fat with Onions, Garlic, Celery and Spices . Strain it after boiling, remove the pieces and heat again to drink one of the easiest meals you can create with One Chicken.

And, now I am going to call my Chicken ala King, my Husband, there is a hearty meal ready and there is no fowl play here!!!