Comments on: Why I Love Roast Chicken

By: Money Infant

Money Infant — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:28:54 +0000

Wow, if you are doing 3-4 at a time and there are still no leftovers you must have a very large family! The rub is sounding pretty good to me…any chance you’ll share the recipe

By: Ashley @ TheCCI

Ashley @ TheCCI — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:09:44 +0000

We roast chicken regularly around here. I usually do a dry spice rub that I mix up called Sticky Chicken. You let it marinate overnight, then bake it on 250 for 5-6 hours uncovered. It’s always perfect.

I usually roast 3-4 at a time. We eat one, then I take the meat off of the bones of the other 3 and put the meat from each into a freezer bag along with the pan juices.

Because the dry rub is spicy it always makes a great base for mexican, or just chicken over rice with the pan juices.

We have a large family, so there are never any leftovers, but I do use the carcass to make stock, so we do get “free” chicken stock for soup the next day.

By: Money Infant

Money Infant — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:50:42 +0000

Maybe not as frugal as say vegetarian chili, but yes it is quite cheap (can I say cheap?). It is also versatile which is great.

By: Ella

Ella — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:34:48 +0000

I don’t eat meat but I know people tend to have food for days so it seesm to be a very frugal dish

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:47:10 +0000

It’s all good. I’ll probably lose some weight but not really because of the diet (french fries are generally OK, for example). I started up at Crossfit yesterday, so that’s where the weight loss will probably come from.

I’ve been wondering why olive oil, too, but haven’t figured it out yet. (It’s my first year doing it… I guess I have a few extra sins to cleanse this year…haha). Once I figure it out I’ll let you know though.

By: Money Infant

Money Infant — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:43:34 +0000

Roast chicken FTW! And adding the veggies under there keeps the chicken moist and adds serious flavor to the gravy.

By: Money Infant

Money Infant — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:42:46 +0000

Sorry Nick, didn’t mean to undermine your Lenten attempts. With a diet like that for the next 40 days you will also be losing some weight I think. I get the rest, but why no olive oil?

By: Money Infant

Money Infant — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:41:23 +0000

Now you’ve made ME hungry. Chicken and dumplings with homemade biscuits sounds like heaven. Country fried chicken is awesome too, but the Thais do fried chicken pretty good so no cravings there.

By: Money Infant

Money Infant — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:39:44 +0000

Hope the chicken was delicious

By: SB @ One Cent At A Time

SB @ One Cent At A Time — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:23:21 +0000

I am feeling hungry now, set my find roasted chicken in the dinner.