In a couple of weeks I'm supposed to give a short cooking demonstration to some of the ladies in our church. It's supposed to be something eminently useful, like "Multiple Ways to Use a Whole Chicken" or some similar staple ingredient. I kind of like the chicken idea, but am open to other suggestions.
I want to show them how to do one simple thing, and then give them several more recipes to take home. Most of the women are fairly simple cooks, and the idea is to keep things as basic as possible.
If I go with a chicken, I have a couple ideas:
- Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken (emphasizing that you can use the leftover bones to make stock)
- Stewed Chicken (which you can turn into chicken soup/stew, chicken and dumplings, or some other dish using the chicken and storing the resulting stock)
Any other ideas for what to do with a whole chicken? Of course, there's always baking it in the oven, but I've only done that with a whole chicken a couple of times and would like to give them a surefire good way to bake it, if anyone has one.
Any ideas for other staple foods I could present on?
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Along the chicken lines, you could include a few recipes using leftover chicken. I'd also like to know what to do with those other chicken parts that you see in the stores - split breasts, leg quarters, etc. And practically speaking, what is the difference between a stewing hen, broiler fryer, etc?
HOw about then creating a chicken chili with some of the chicken?
Recipes for ground beef and/or turkey. I am ALWAYS looking for ground beef recipes..something different from spaghetti, tacos, and shepard's pie. :)
I cooked a full bone-in chicken breast (similar to a full chicken in the likelihood to overcook or undercook it) a couple of weeks ago, and I rediscovered the meat thermometer. I always struggle with cooking but not overcooking chicken, and this was perfect when I marinated it for a couple of hours (this particular time I used soy sauce and grainy mustard, but there are an endless array of marinades, such as my favorite of lime juice + cumin + a bit of olive oil) and then just stuck it in the oven covered with foil at 350 until the meat thermometer read about 170.
One thing you could do with leftover pieces is to make a simple chicken salad -- your base elements are cubed or shredded chicken and mayonnaise and maybe a bit of sour cream, and then you have lots of options, such as curry powder + celery + raisins, walnuts + apples, green onions + mandarin oranges, or use your imagination.
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