Roast It Once, Serve It 3 Times: Part 1 of 3

This roasted chicken dinner can easily become three meals. The trick? Using a whole chicken and keeping the chicken portions smaller. Stay tuned, this is part one of three!(Pssssst! Scroll to the bottom for a recipe for broth made from the carcass).

Roasted Chicken and Potato Dinner

Roasting is always an easy way to make a dinner. In this recipe, we roast the chicken once and then serve it a few nights in different ways.

  • 8 ounces chicken whole (roasted)

  • 2 cups yukon gold potatoes

  • 2 cups broccoli (steamed)

  1. Place the chicken in a large roasting pan. Season it with salt, pepper, paprika, and rub with a little olive oil. Place the potatoes in the pan next to the chicken. Roast all together for about 1-1/2 hours or until the internal temperature of the chicken (measured in the thigh) is 160 degrees.

  2. Steam the broccoli when ready to serve dinner.

  3. Serve each person 3 ounces of the chicken, potatoes, and broccoli.

  4. Reserve the rest of the chicken for later use. It is best to remove the meat from the carcass and freeze in 1-cup servings in bags. Keep the bones to make chicken broth.

Main Course

American

Roasted Chicken Broth

This broth is made using the leftover carcass from a roasted chicken.

  • 8 ounces chicken bones (leftover from roasted chicken)

  • 8 cups water (cold)

  • 2 each bay leaves

  • 1/2 each onion (peeled and chopped)

  • 1 each celery stalk (chopped)

  • 1 each carrot (chopped)

  1. Place all the ingredients in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, and lower heat to simmer. Cook for 1-2 hours on very low heat.

  2. Drain the liquid into a large bowl or container. Refrigerate overnight. Remove the fat. Freeze in 1-2 cup servings in freezer containers until ready to use.

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy’s passion for cooking began with helping her grandmother make raisin oatmeal for breakfast. From there, she earned her first food service job at 15, was accepted to the world-famous Culinary Institute of America at 18 (where she graduated second in her class), and went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland, where she focused on pastry arts and baking. After a decade in food service for Hyatt Hotels, Judy launched Food and Health Communications to focus on flavor and health. She graduated with Summa Cum Laude distinction from Johnson and Wales University with a BS in Culinary Arts, holds a master’s degree in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and runs a food photography & motion studio where her love is creating fun recipes and content.

Judy received The Culinary Institute of America’s Pro Chef II certification, the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year. Her enthusiasm for eating nutritiously and deliciously leads her to constantly innovate and use the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to guide her creativity, from putting new twists on fajitas to adapting Italian brownies to include ingredients like toasted nuts and cooked honey. Judy’s publishing company, Food and Health Communications, is dedicated to her vision that everyone can make food that tastes as good as it is for you.

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