Roast It Once, Serve It 3 Times: Part 1 of 3
This roasted chicken dinner can easily become three meals. The trick? Using a whole chicken and keeping the chicken portions smaller. Stay tuned, this is part one of three!(Pssssst! Scroll to the bottom for a recipe for broth made from the carcass).
Roasted Chicken and Potato Dinner
Roasting is always an easy way to make a dinner. In this recipe, we roast the chicken once and then serve it a few nights in different ways.
8 ounces chicken whole (roasted)
2 cups yukon gold potatoes
2 cups broccoli (steamed)
Place the chicken in a large roasting pan. Season it with salt, pepper, paprika, and rub with a little olive oil. Place the potatoes in the pan next to the chicken. Roast all together for about 1-1/2 hours or until the internal temperature of the chicken (measured in the thigh) is 160 degrees.
Steam the broccoli when ready to serve dinner.
Serve each person 3 ounces of the chicken, potatoes, and broccoli.
Reserve the rest of the chicken for later use. It is best to remove the meat from the carcass and freeze in 1-cup servings in bags. Keep the bones to make chicken broth.
Main Course
American
Roasted Chicken Broth
This broth is made using the leftover carcass from a roasted chicken.
8 ounces chicken bones (leftover from roasted chicken)
8 cups water (cold)
2 each bay leaves
1/2 each onion (peeled and chopped)
1 each celery stalk (chopped)
1 each carrot (chopped)
Place all the ingredients in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, and lower heat to simmer. Cook for 1-2 hours on very low heat.
Drain the liquid into a large bowl or container. Refrigerate overnight. Remove the fat. Freeze in 1-2 cup servings in freezer containers until ready to use.