(06-26-2015, 02:45 PM)Aya Wrote:(06-26-2015, 02:43 PM)Thorgar Wrote: now for store hunting if your store has a deli compare its rotisseri chicken with uncooked chicken. if like here its cheaper to buy a whole cooked bird than a frozen one, you can use it as your protein and supplement with cheap mac and cheese, spiced to your liking and more filling than raman.ÂYou can also boil the bones down to make broth which is nutritious and delicious for preparing soup, making better ramen, or pretty much anything else.
The power of broth.
Roast a whole chicken, feed off of it for several meals. Pick the carcass apart, saving any remnants of meat that you couldn't reach before. Make a stock out of the bones (I put in bones, cartilage, the chicken juice, and a little skin, but not all. I try to include some of the fatty parts to make the soup a little ... fattier, but too much will make it too fatty. Depends on your taste).
With said stock, I'll usually crockpot a soup with whatever vegetables I have and the remnants of chicken I picked out from the carcass. Rice can be a nice additive to this as well. There are plenty of good stock and soup recipes online.