Rotisserie Chicken

[OldRoads]

I’m not a fan of prepared foods, but they do have their place.

In my area a rotisserie chicken sells for 4 or 5 bucks.
They are convenient and a lot of stores sell them.

So, the first meal you can feed four people, adding a starch and a vegetable (fresh or frozen or cooked).
Then you take all of the bones and scrap, boil that for an hour, strain it, de-bone the rest of the meat, add some pasta or rice and vegetables and you get another 10 servings.

So a bunch of easy, health meals for about 50 cents a serving. And no oven or microwave.

[nodmicks]

I think this chicken makes the absolute best chicken salad!

[McD]

I usually roast a chicken for our Christmas dinner or on New Year's Eve. Once all the meat is picked off the bone, I use it to make chicken tortilla soup.

[OOwl]

I love the convenience of those grocery store cooked chickens. HOWEVER, a friend that used to work at a local chain said that they often roasted about to go out of freshness date chickens, which I'm sure doesn't render them unsafe or anything, just something I probably wouldn't of chosen to cook when fresher birds were available. Also, I can't partake of them because they often use MSG in the flavorings of them (delicious but so dangerous to me). I often yearn to grab one to make quick work of my recipe that calls for "cooked chicken," but those two issues keep me roasting my own.

[FrabjousDay]

After having worked in a grocery store, there is an ick factor that goes with rotisserie chickens for me. I saw too many questionable food safety practices. Bleh. Besides, roasting a chicken at home is easy peasy.

[frugalwarrior2]

OOwl-good to know although I'm not suprised. If you made the second thing and then froze it until consumption that should be safer too.

[OldRoads]

[QUOTE=FrabjousDay;1588800]After having worked in a grocery store, there is an ick factor that goes with rotisserie chickens for me. I saw too many questionable food safety practices. Bleh. [QUOTE]

And I just picked up one last night. Oy...

[OldRoads]

After having worked in a grocery store, there is an ick factor that goes with rotisserie chickens for me. I saw too many questionable food safety practices. Bleh.

And I just picked up one last night. Oy...