If you can go into Costco and not buy a rotisserie chicken then you are my hero. I can not do such a thing. It feels like I’m losing money if I don’t buy one. For only $5 you can have an amazing chicken with leftovers.
My whole family loves “Rot chicken” as we lovingly call it. I realize it’s not the best name but it has kind of just stuck what can I say? Even Rory (my corgi) knows the second I bring home rotisserie chicken. I think it’s because we made the mistake of giving her some of her the chicken when we were trying to get her to take her meds when she had her back injury. She remembers the chicken and when I bring one home her and Nathan are both so excited.
So what do you do with the Rotisserie chicken carcass? Waste I shred have Nathan shred it and take as much meat off the carcass as possible. At this point I toss it in my stock pot or dutch oven throw some veggies and flavoring in there, add water and simmer for about an hour, sometimes 2 if I’m feeling generous. I’m left with a flavorful broth that is such an inexpensive rotisserie chicken hack. I usually freeze the rest of the chicken meat that we didn’t eat and then I use the broth for some delicious
The thing is you would have just thrown out the chicken carcass. By using it to make another meal you are saving money and also wasting less.
I’m a big believer in getting the most out of your ingredients. Sometimes I like to splurge some and buy exciting ingredients that might cost more than I generally spend but I make a point to use up the ingredients in a few meals. Not just one.
Rotisserie Chicken Broth
Ingredients
- 1 Rotisserie chicken carcass
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped onion
- 3 celery stalks roughly chopped
- 2 carrots
- 1 tsp salt
- dash pepper
- 8 cups water
Instructions
- Shred rotisserie chicken and set aside the rest of your chicken meat (you won’t need it for this recipe but it does freeze well).
- Add chicken carcass, onion, celery, carrots, salt and pepper to dutch oven or stock pot. Add the water. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer, covered, and simmer for about an hour.
- Drain the broth through a colander and throw out the solids. What is remaining is your broth. Taste test and add more salt as needed.