How much of a chicken do you waste

I'm horrified .
Can't even write my reply.

Don't by whole chickens for that reason - we only eat the breast. I don't buy wings or thighs either.

I don’t waste any of a chicken (or turkey). Amazed at people who do. Sometimes if I buy a whole chicken, I take all the meat off the bone dice up and freeze in small bags to be stir fried later. Then I’ll make stock with the bones. I’ll even collect bones off people’s plates sometimes to make stock!

What a waste of a life. It’s bad enough some of the conditions these birds are kept in, but then for their meat to be wasted.

If I’m having chicken it does 2-3 meals and I boil the bones up for soup stock.

dont waste any of it,I strip the meat off it and use the carcass for stock.Any bits of meat my OH might otherwise not eat end up as part of chicken and sweetcorn or chicken and mushroom soup .
I dont eat fowl ..ever ,so any chicken bought is eaten by him or the kids when they appear for a fridge raid.I prefer to buy a whole chicken even if I only need breasts as I can always use whats there for freezer stockups.The price of breasts is usually around the same a sthe whole bird .

PS and the dogs get any leftovers

I usually make stock or soup with the carcass when the chicken has been picked over for the last scraps.
We had family to stay recently and we had sausages. Next day I went to the fridge to get one of the sausages to go crabbing with and couldn’t find them. nephew had thrown them in the bin! Needless to say I rummaged till I found one. I did leave the rest in there tho!

What a waste !! There's usually only 2 of us so we'll roast one on a sunday for roast dinner, we';; have cold chicken sandwiches for lunch on the Monday . I'll dice any remaining white meat and freeze for a stir fry. Grampy will have the chicken legs with a crusty roll and salad for another lunch. Sam the dog will dine royally on the scraps and skin.

And finally , in the winter , Ill boil the carcass and strain to make chicken stock for soup.

Job done .

All for £4.50 for the meat - a bargain!!

We have it roast, eating a leg and some breast meat. The rest I may pick off and make a pie or curry. Or the other breast will make a couple sandwiches and I use the bones and the other leg to make stock/ soup.

Goodness me what a waste of food,I buy 2 x chickens a week one for cooking for the dog & cat small ones from Aldi at £2.09 and hubby strips it bare and freezes it for during the week.
The other is used for a main meal/salad/curry/soup all of which are frozen if not used on the day of cooking.

But the thighs are so much more tasty than the breasts!!

"What a waste of a life. It’s bad enough some of the conditions these birds are kept in, but then for their meat to be wasted. "
That was my first reaction, OldMeg.
We used to keep (and eat) our own chickens. Never wasted a bit.

I'm only buying chicken breasts at the moment because we're weight watching but when I buy a whole chicken nothing gets wasted. I make stock in the pressure cooker because the very last of the meat is easy to scrape off the carcase once it has all cooled down.

It's a doggy feast!

We eat all the chicken but I dont boil the carcass for soup anymore as its always too fatty for us.

Were they cheap, low-welfare chickens?

I buy only organic or at least free-range chickens which are relatively expensive and try not to waste any of it.

I think breast to be the least tasty cut, compared to leg and wing.

I’m horrified too! I waste nothing but the extremities on a chicken. All the meat is used and the carcass goes for stock or soup. DD even saves her chicken carcasses for me!!

I buy whole chicken just for me, I roast it and have all the veggies to go with it, although in this weather I'll have it with salad. I then carve the whole thing up and put in a container in the fridge and either eat with salad, vegetables or have in a sandwich. Anything I don't eat I will give to the dogs after making sure there are no bone splinters in it. The dogs even eat the skin so none of it goes in the bin except the carcass.

Like most of you, I don't waste any of a chicken. I roast it for dinner, what's left we eat cold with salad, or I make a curry. I pick the carcass clean. I hate wasting meat.

I only buy breast of chicken at this time of year.
Will buy chicken or turkey in autumn/winter and use every morsel.
As my gran did.

Loaves and fishes pales in to significance when my gran cooked a chicken.
She could feed a big family and any visitors who happened to call by.

Bones were for soup and sauce.

I much prefer legs and thighs to breast meat (chicken) Nothing wasted here either as we have three dogs and a cat. I can't believe how wasteful some people are. I must admit though I am not keen on eating food which has been kept for a while. My husband has no problem with it.

Wow what a waste !
There are three carnivors in this house.
Sorry veggies, I do respect your principles. and yes, I am an animal love.
I roasted a whole large chicken yesterday H and DS had thigh and drum stick I had one side of breast and H and I have just eaten the other breast sliced in sandwiches.
I never have enough left for a meal the next day and certainly couldn't make it last 3 meals.
I often buy chinese flavoured thighs and drumstick portions from Asda whch we all love.
I agree kitty thigh is the tastiest part

I use every piece of the chicken.
Roasted for a meal, then sandwiches etc.

I need some tips about making stock and soup. I've tried it just the once when I was thirteen!
Vey fatty and did not go down at all well with brave samplers.

Any fool proof methods out there?

Apparently there are many competitive threads on Mumsnet about how many meals they can make from a chicken.
Remember that this will involve feeding children too.

It is a bit of a standing joke amongst those not involved in the threads.
I've not looked but maybe there are some inventive ideas.

I use all of a roast chicken, and usually, but not always, boil up the carcase for stock. Alternatively, especially in winter, I will boil it in a large saucepan, whole, with carrots, leeks, etc, and when all the meat has been used up (for friccassee, thick soups with dumplings or pasta, chicken salads, sandwiches etc) I still boil the bones again for a thinner stock to freeze to start off the next chicken.

And if it has giblets, the liver on toast for breakfast is a special treat!

As for the problem with fat, there are gadgets for removing the fat, but I'd have scraped that from the bottom of the roasting tin and had dripping on toast before boiling up the bones.