So, from that statement
I assume you have never roasted a chicken? Its easy as fuck. Fire it in the oven for the specified time, open oven, take out, let sit for 10 mins then eat it with your hands, like a Viking.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 8:54, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Like a Viking?
Do you have to rape and pillage it first?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 8:57, Reply)

No problemo

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:01, Reply)

How long and on what gas mark do you do yours?
I live on my own so I've not really bothered cooking a whole chicken.
I go to my mum and dad's once a week and so I generally leave carcass-related stuff to them.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 8:58, Reply)

A whole chicken will last you a few days
in nibbles and sandwiches and salads. Fucking awesome. Or look up videos of how to bone and portion a chicken - I've done about twenty this past year and can do it in about four minutes now. Just freeze the bits you don't use straight away and boil the carcass with peppercorns and bay leaves for stock.
Edit: cooking times and temps are always printed on the packaging.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:01, Reply)

I'm sure me and the cat can make light work of it all in a few days.
I could make soup instead of stock and then freeze it too...
Yes. I'm going to do it next week.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:04, Reply)

If you don't eat the skin
the cat would dig it but it's pretty fatty. Also, you can freeze stock of course :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:05, Reply)

I recommend making soup
Home made chicken soup is the business.

Just make sure you do it the day before your bins are lifted though, otherwise the used carcass will likely be dragged out of your bin by a hungry fox/dog/cat/tramp.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Daughter and I made chicken noodle soup when it snowed
with home-made stock and chicken legs for the meat. I was AMAZED at how incredible it tasted and got my favourite compliment ever from my best friend about it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I make a nice chicken gravy using legs that my mum gives me...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I haz wheelie bin

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Even wheelie bins
aren't fox-proof!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:15, Reply)

Well, I say good luck to them then!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:18, Reply)

Don't worry about the times
Your butcher will know (even a Tesco one) and the times can be found in all sorts of recipe books. Hell it's even probably on the packaging depending on where you buy it.

Most important thing once you get the time though is making sure the juices run clear when you skewer it. Have it for Sunday roast and then 50% of your lunch for work is sorted for the rest of the week in sandwiches and pastas.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:04, Reply)

Haha.
Oddly I meant pastas but wrote salads.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:04, Reply)

Noel!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Pah Salads!
Who eats them!?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:07, Reply)

Iceberg lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber
red onion, cubed mature cheddar, chicken, bacon, salt, pepper and a dressing of olive oil and light malt vinegar. Yum.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:10, Reply)

I'm going to get it from M&S

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Depends on the size of the chicken
It tells you on the packaging anyway, there is no guesswork at all. If you cook it then take all the meat off, you can put it in the fridge and it will last a few days. I love cooked chicken in a curry, it goes all stringy and lovely, or on a buttered roll with a sprinkling of salt or even in a cheeky Ceasar salad.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Ohh the salt is a must. Myommymnymo
I like a good bit of home made Coronation Chicken for the old sandwiches though.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:07, Reply)

RIGHT FUCK IT!
I'm buying a huge chicken today and ain't noone gonna stop me.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:07, Reply)

Noooo!
*drags Noel away from the butchers*


If you must then try to get a free range one.
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:09, Reply)

It'll break the bank I'm afraid.
As much as I hate it I'm too poor to afford an extra 60% on the price of a chicken to feed the kid and I. I do wholeheartedly intend to buy only free-range when I'm a bit more flush. I only buy free-range eggs though.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 9:17, Reply)