Roast a large chicken. Make the gravy. Slice off the amount you need, and serve it hot.
Refrigerate the whole leftover bird so the meat will set up.
Then slice off the rest of the pretty meat, white or dark, and store it to serve one meal.
Then get off most of the rest of the meat, in hunks as big as you can. Divide between two bowls. Most of the dark meat you dice up for chicken pot pie. The white meat pull with forks for chicken salad. The dribs and drabs save for soup.
For the soup stock, get off all the rest of the skin & boil the carcass in a little less water than would cover it. Break up the bones as it cooks. When it's simmered a long time, dip out & discard the bones, and refrigerate the rest. The next day, scrape off the inch of fat that collected on the top & discard it. Heat the stock not quite to boiling, and strain it.
Now cook the soup vegetables & etc. and at the end add in the leftover meat.
The meat you'll be using for pot pie can be frozen until you're ready, but sliced chicken will lose its nice texture in the freezer.
2007-10-22 12:26:38
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answered by noname 7
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I have a part time job, a 6 year old, an ever lasting fiancee and a full time PhD student. I know chicken recipes that will last forever and actually taste good.
Generally what I do is buy a family size pack of chicken, generally less than $10 (being a student I am still pretty budget concious). Depending on who you are feeding wrap your chicken breast individually into packages and season them appropriately. Bake at 250 for about half hour and leave on the counter until they are room temp.
Generally I will season them according them to regions, I like a nice mixture of food during the week. We're not big eaters so 2 chicken breast are more than enough for the three of us, generally with left overs. One example of what I might do is season one with dry italian dressing, then I when I am ready to eat I will top with fresh basil, tomato and mozz. I might serve this with pasta or on a roll. I also might season with cumin and chili powder and make tacos, burritos or quesadillas. Another option is to season with Chinese 5 spice. With this I might toss with some angel hair, soy sauce, veggies and sesame oil for a fake lo mein. Or toss is a green salad with mandarin oranges, almonds, sesame seeds and crispy noodles.
You can really go any way with these. Just lable your chicken flavors. I bake the chicken on Sunday and they work until Friday. Friday is left over and snack day. We don't have a real dinner and on Saturday we eat out. Sunday we start all over again.
2007-10-22 12:32:08
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answered by Tara C 5
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Chicken Scampi
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons basil
2 teaspoons parsley
4 cloves minced garlic
1 cup butter
1/4 cup olive oil
1. Cut chicken into stips about 1/2" thick In a skillet heat the butter and olive oil over medium high until the butter is melted.
2. Add the parsley, basil, oregano and garlic.
3. Saute for 3 minutes Add chicken and saute an additional three minutes or until white.
4. Lower heat and continue to cook for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked throughout.
5. If you like more sauce, additional butter can be added.
2007-10-22 12:27:53
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answered by Lilia 7
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I just made a chicken cattiatore pasta sauce.... chicken, onion, peppers, and spaghetti sauce. Simmer for several hours, the chicken will self shred and the vegetables will be softened.
Eat as a stew or over pasta. Make enough and it will last a long time, because of the salt in the tomato sauce.
2007-10-22 12:29:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Chicken and noodles are good for this. You could do a soup or stew or dumplings. If you just cook the chicken, you could use it all week, adding it to salads or pasta. Be certain if oyu cook a whole chicken, you keep the carcass and boil it in water with carrots and onion and celery to make a stock you can use for anything.
Enjoy!
2007-10-22 12:15:32
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answered by Euphorickc 3
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You can download this entire chicken cookbook for free, and you have a choice of 300 recipes, am sure you will find something that can last - actually you just need to put in the fridge / freezer.
2007-10-22 14:47:45
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answered by Anonymous
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I even have an extremely frugal pal who does dahl in 5 techniques. it relatively is a good healthy recipe and incredibly much less costly. Vegetarian is especially much less costly. you additionally could make up a bean and veggie curry and have it with rice. Recipes that use staples like dried beans, rice, pasta and so on are all incredibly much less costly. you may make up some and freeze guy or woman element sizes so which you have some type.
2016-12-18 14:49:43
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answered by ? 4
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For a week-long, it would be best to freeze your extra portions.
Chicken & Rice
Chicken & Noodles
Chicken Casseroles
Chicken Picatta
Grilled Chicken Breasts
2007-10-22 12:13:36
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answered by Sugar Pie 7
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chicken soup
chicken and noodles
add chicken soup base to chicken broth and a bag of frozen mixed veggies,chopped parsley and some pasta
2007-10-22 12:17:45
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answered by raindovewmn41 6
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chicken currys and any meat marinated and cooked will keep for 3 to4 days in your fridge.
2007-10-22 12:20:46
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answered by lees 5
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