Whole chicken 11/8/11

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Every time I buy a whole chicken I have lovely visions of a beautiful roast chicken straight out of the oven or even better off the grill, but I am cheap and grill-less so I boil the suckers most often instead.  It works out much better in the long run because instead of having, 'dinner and leftovers for sandwiches or whatever' I have pre-planned meals out of it.

My boiled chicken (not lovely)

Today's chicken weighed 4.52lbs and I paid 85¢/lb bringing the little bugger in at $3.84.  (The fact that this is the regular price at Aldi makes me so happy).  By boiling I created meat for 4.5 dinners and 1 lunch for the two of us.  That makes it roughly 70¢/meal or 35¢/person.  Plus nearly 16 cups of broth. Equivalent of about 9 cans of broth.  

ooo thrifty

Lunch: Chicken salad sandwiches (in the Tupperware)


Dinners: (freezer ready in labeled and dated Ziplocs)

• Stir-fry
• Fried Rice
• Pot Pie
• Tacos

Still wondering about that half? (in the metal bowl)


Super easy meal of orange chicken, orange shrimp and rice, using wok sauce from the store.