Left-Over Chicken

A followup to my baked chicken recipe, here is a tip to save you some bacon.

So you baked that chicken & rice and now have a carcus to contend with. Take a fork and salvage any good meat you can, dice up bigger bits, and put the good stuff in a zip-lock for later.

Now stick the whole batch of bird bits in a pot, add some onion, carrots, and celery, then boil that bad boy, take it down to a simmer, and let it sit stewing for 1/2 a day, adding water as it boils down.

Before bed, strain the water into a pot, SAVING the water/broth, but throwing all the other stuff in the trash. All the flavor is now in the broth, and the bland vegi's and bones can go bye bye.

Throw the broth in the fridge, and the next day, peel of the grease cap that will float to the surface like a frozen lake of cholestorol and pitch it in the trash or save it for emergency energy bars.

Use the broth to make a quick soup, by throwing in a bag of frozen mixed vegis, that zip-lock bag of chicken scraps, and some seasoning. In chicken soup, I like some curry powder, some celery salt, and some garlic and pepper, but you can season to your taste. Make it a chicken noodle, by adding some egg noodles and boil till they noodles are done. The great thing about the leftover chicken soup, is you can freeze it for later, or just graze on it from the fridge for a couple days of lunches.