Rotisserie chicken poll

DanniB423
DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Random poll for no purpose other than my curiosity. When I buy a rotisserie chicken I:
1) Leave it whole and pick off what I need.
2) Debone the entire chicken and store pieces.
3) I don’t buy rotisserie chickens.
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  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    Option 2: shred it and store in containers depending on what I'm using it for. Discard the bones and skin.
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    2) debone the entire chicken and keep the pieces
  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    1.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    DanniB423 wrote: »
    Random poll for no purpose other than my curiosity. When I buy a rotisserie chicken I:
    1) Leave it whole and pick off what I need.
    2) Debone the entire chicken and store pieces.
    3) I don’t buy rotisserie chickens.

    Closest to 2.. I carve, pick apart the whole thing and baggie the pieces, preferably while still warm and easiest. I sometimes leave the thigh/drumstick portions intact with bone since ~a single serving each.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    I cut off one portion for me and my husband eats the rest for dinner (he loves rotisserie chicken). Then I toss the carcass in a pot and make broth out of it.
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    2 but start as a meal first then debone after
  • junodog1
    junodog1 Posts: 4,792 Member
    4
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    #1 for the first meal... anything left over falls into #2.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    CatchMom13 wrote: »
    4 - Don't buy it at all... it's slimy and icky and triggers my gag reflex just thinking about touching it. It should trigger yours too toots! :s

    Do you only have access to the cold ones? They can get a little... gelatinous from the hot fat solidifying as it cools. I have never gotten a hot rotisserie chicken that was slimy or icky or triggering.

    Agreed.

    Hot rotisserie is how I meal prep!
  • abirdintherain
    abirdintherain Posts: 73 Member
    3. I just cannot bring myself to carve or eat meat off all those bones.
  • Ghostofachance
    Ghostofachance Posts: 305 Member
    Option 2 Thank goodness so many stores carry rotisserie chicken for those days when I don't have a clue as to what I'm having for dinner.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited February 2018
    DX2JX2 wrote: »
    4.) carve it up like a normal chicken for the first meal. Pick off leftovers as I need it afterwards.

    Yup. Was Sunday's dinner. And Mondays dinner as well.
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    I like to attack the breast first. That's good for 2 meals. Then I put the bird in the fridge. Next day I reheat it in the oven. I then pull apart the thighs, and this is good for 2 meals. Then it's time to get my fingers greasy and rip out every shred of meat left. I will store that in tupperware for the next day. Rotisserie chickens are quite a bargain.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    #2...but usually nothing gets stored. It will typically feed the four of us for dinner if it's a Costco one and rarely any leftovers. I buy them most often though to put in soups and whatnot.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    None of the above.

    This is what I do:

    1) break the chicken down into it's major parts.(legs, breasts and wings) w/o deboning.

    2) inmediately eat whatever I feel like eating and then vacuum seal/freeze the rest (which could be the entire bird if I don't eat any right away), and then

    3) make stock out the carcass and any bones saved after eating the bird.
  • shandy82165
    shandy82165 Posts: 184 Member
    #3

    I don't really like dark meat so it's a waste for me to buy them.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Option #1 for me.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Cut it into servable pieces and serve it for dinner, unless I have a specific need for a cooked chicken that I don't want to cook .

    When I lived by myself, I would cut it into servable pieces and then eat or use acvording to my mood and general laziness.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    CatchMom13 wrote: »
    4 - Don't buy it at all... it's slimy and icky and triggers my gag reflex just thinking about touching it. It should trigger yours too toots! :s

    Do you only have access to the cold ones? They can get a little... gelatinous from the hot fat solidifying as it cools. I have never gotten a hot rotisserie chicken that was slimy or icky or triggering.

    They can be a bit over greasy and salty. I used to love them, now I pretty much tolerate if I really don't want to cook.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    3
  • Ebony_Kitty
    Ebony_Kitty Posts: 41 Member
    3
  • remoore23
    remoore23 Posts: 63 Member
    1
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    edited February 2018
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    Option 2: shred it and store in containers depending on what I'm using it for. Discard the bones and skin.

    I just go to the deli counter and ask them to give me a pound of shredded rotisserie chicken. They take some of the same rotisserie chicken that's out there whole, shred it themselves, and store it in the cooler. But you have to ask for it and I'm not sure if it's just my store that does it. It costs the same amount as buying the whole thing per pound, but it's already processed and ready to go into my dinner. I like to make enchiladas with it or add it to salads. I found out about it by accident one day when they were all sold out of whole chickens and I was giving a sad face to the deli lady. She hooked me up! B)
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    2

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