Whole organic chicken - What to do with it ?

[timetochange]

Hello I have a whole organic chicken ready to use.

 

What would be your best use out of the whole bird?

 

Ideas and receipes would be great !

 

Thank you

 

Love and Light

[Mary Carmosino Beougher]

I cook a whole chicken in the crockpot at least once a week and it gets shredded up. I made a big bowl of chicken salad today that was heavy on the veggies with homemade mayo. I also like to mix up taco seasoning (I like the one on the marks daily apple blog) and make a chicken fajita sans tortilla of course. Makes a great topping on a sweet potato. I'll also just throw some on top of veggies with dressing for a regular salad. You could make chicken soup too.

When I'm not Whole30, I like to do BBQ with it.

Endless possibilities.

[timetochange]

woohoo and I just read with the bones I could make a bone broth too! 

[praxisproject]

My favourite is this one: http://nomnompaleo.com/post/26079656034/julia-childs-classic-roast-chicken

 

I've done it with ghee, duck fat and a mixture of the two. The bones make great broth

Once you've done it, it's also easy to roast two at once

[littleg]

Spatchcock it  Like this.

 

I just made one last night.  I think it was about 4 lbs.  I just put ghee, salt and pepper on it.  Preheated my cast iron skillet in a 400 degree oven.  Put the chicken on it (careful - I've burned my palm before... :/ ).  50 minutes or until internal temp is correct.  I stuck it back under the broiler on low to crisp up the skin a bit.  

 

Nomnompaleo also just posted a new easy weeknight roast chicken recipe last week.  

 

Make broth from the bones!