One roast chicken: what can you make from it?

Growing up 1 chicken would feed us 4 plus 2 👴 grandparent's. I always got a drum.stick..I HATE DRUMSTICK.
Now if we get a chicken we each have breast meat. I usually make a salad the following day with the thighs. Now I throw drums away. The rare time we get KFC I will give my wife the drum.
People will cringe that I threw drums out but I really hate them

Russ
 
rascal said:
I always got a drum.stick..I HATE DRUMSTICK.
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Here, little kids almost always get the drumstick, because it’s easier for them to hold and gnaw on.

MrsT prefers the drumstick, then the breast. The breast is my least favorite - I usually just leave it for her, and I get both thighs.
 
TastyReuben said:
Yes! Toasted bread, chicken, gravy, potatoes on the side. Had those been mashed potatoes, they’d have gone right on the sandwich.

What did you expect?
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Oh. Its just that an open sandwich here in the UK would simply mean a cold/ room temperature sandwich without a top. Sandwiches aren't hot here unless you say so in the name (as in toasted sandwich).

Its simply a language useage difference.
 
I often stop at Costco on my way home from work and buy one of their huge rotisserie chickens for $4.99, which are a loss leader for Costco to get people in the store. That makes an easy weeknight meal, plus it provides lots of leftovers. A couple of other things I use them for, not yet mentioned;

Buffalo chicken dip.
Chicken casserole.
I also chunk and pressure can it for later use.
And if it winds up in the fridge longer than I prefer, then it becomes dog food. Ol' Iron Guts #1 and #2 don't care.
 
I eat them cold, no need to make anything out of it except for the broth, I will make chicken soup.
 
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Morning Glory said:
Oh. Its just that an open sandwich here in the UK would simply mean a cold/ room temperature sandwich without a top. Sandwiches aren't hot here unless you say so in the name (as in toasted sandwich).

Its simply a language useage difference.
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It’ll be interesting to see what others in the US say, but in my area, cold open-faced sandwiches don’t really exist. “Open-faced sandwich” would mean you’re getting it hot.

I say this a lot, but hot open-faced sandwiches, made with either beef, turkey, chicken, or pork, on toast, mashed potatoes (either on the side or as a layer on the sandwich), topped with gravy, are classic diner and comfort food here. They were even regularly featured in school lunches. They’re sort of iconic here.

We have (or maybe had) boil-in-bag meat slices with gravy when I was a kid and young adult, and I’d make that for myself many times - boil the bag for something like three minutes, then dump it out on some toast. Quick lunch/supper.
 
TastyReuben said:
It’ll be interesting to see what others in the US say, but in my area, cold open-faced sandwiches don’t really exist. “Open-faced sandwich” would mean you’re getting it hot.

I say this a lot, but hot open-faced sandwiches, made with either beef, turkey, chicken, or pork, on toast, mashed potatoes (either on the side or as a layer on the sandwich), topped with gravy, are classic diner and comfort food here. They were even regularly featured in school lunches. They’re sort of iconic here.

We have (or maybe had) boil-in-bag meat slices with gravy when I was a kid and young adult, and I’d make that for myself many times - boil the bag for something like three minutes, then dump it out on some toast. Quick lunch/supper.
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We got boil in bag beef as well. About 20 years ago
I liked it

Russ
 
Just for fun, you can see what I googled and what the images that came back are:

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We always had a roast chicken for Sunday lunch, with roast potatoes and parsnips, carrots,Brussels sprouts and gravy.
My dad would use leftovers for sandwiches the following day. Just salt and pepper; no ketchup, no mayo (wasn't even known then), no hot sauce (same), no nothing.
Over here we use it as a filling for an arepa (Reina pepiada) or an empanada, mixed with tomatoes, sweet chiles, onions and peppers.
 
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