Get the most out of your Sunday lunch part 2

Chicken Soup

There are loads of really easy recipes floating around on Pinterest. This is my version.
You will need:
Plain flour
Oil
Onion
Chicken stock
Optional:
Bacon
Chicken
Mushrooms

I fried up half a diced onion in some oil until translucent, then l sprinkled over a couple of tablespoons of flour and stired to coat the onions. Gradually add your chicken stock a ladle at a time and stir it in well to get rid of any lumps. I use about a pint of stock. Season well and add a splash of milk to give it that 'cream of' look. In the first version I made I fried some bacon with the onion along with some mushrooms too. And of course you can throw in a handfull of your roast chicken as well.

One of these day I'll get these apps working properly. I can only apologise for the lack of photos. Aparently the format isnt supported. Grrr. These things are sent to try us I guess.

As for the other two batches of chicken, well this week, Monday saw us with a chicken and brocolli stirfry and on Tuesday I used it with some mushrooms and pasta in a Philadelphia sauce. Of course curry is also a firm favourite, or chicken pie, chicken and mushroom risotto.. the list goes on.
So that how you get more out of your chicken for the money!

Get the most out of your Sunday lunch

Sunday lunch, for us, is an intrinsic part of the weekend and the chicken is probably the most expensive single item on the shopping bill. So it makes sense to make the most of it. I have always stripped the carcas off and made a curry with the left overs the following day, but after delving into Jamie Olivers latest book, I have been able to take it further. My daughter aren't big meat eaters, so because of this I can stretch out a large chicken, but it won't exactly work for a large family of four.
I roast my chicken at a low temperature after soaking it in a brine overnight. I was intregued by seeing it on Heston Blumenthal,  I didn't think that you would cook a chicken at 100ºc for 90 minutes and it would cook in that time, but it does and more to the point it is incredibly moist and tasty. After the meal has been demolished by my family, I strip off every last bit of chicken. Its so much easier done when its still warm. From todays 1.6kg bird, I ended up with 500g of meat which I split into two containers and put in the fridgewhen cool.
With the carcass, I boil it up to make stock. Stick all the bones in a pan with 1.5 litres of water, half a carrot, half an onion , a few peppercorns and a bay leaf, bring to the boil and simmer for an hour or so.
So thats Sundays installment. I'll post a recipe for a really simple soup tomorrow.