3 Meals with Rotisserie Chicken

3 Meal Rotisserie Chicken  This is one of the things I like to do for the two of us.  Buy 2 chickens for 4 to 6 people.Meal #1- Fresh Rotisserie chicken.  Our dinner was wings for me, leg n thigh for hubby, along with a salad and honey mustard potato chips 😉

Make Broth After dinner or the next day 

• Removed meat from the bones and store in the refrigerator
• Place bones and skin in an Instant Pot
• Add: 8 cups of water
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar (this helps disperse the minerals and cartilage from the chicken into the broth)
•  1 or 2 bay leaves
• 7 peppercorns
• Any of these (celery, celery seed, greens, carrots, squash, onion, almost any vegetable, but I don’t add cabbage or any of the brassica family.  They can be strong.)
• Adjust and increase time to 90 minutes.  When it’s finished, repeat the 90 minutes two more times.   You don’t have to do this, but if I am at home I like to.  That way we are getting the most out of the chicken and a richer broth.  Or start with 90 minutes of pressure then slow-cook on high for 12 hours
• Strain broth and make rice, or cool and store in the refrigerator for 3 days or freeze

Meal #2 – Chicken and Rice Serve this delicious comfort food with a salad and vegetables.  You can adjust the amount of rice you are making by doubling this.

• 4 cups chicken bone broth
• 2 cups brown rice or your favorite rice
• Herbal seasoning salt, garlic, sea salt to taste
• Cook in Instant Pot on rice setting.  I find that I need to do it twice or double the time for brown rice.
• Coarsely chop the desired amount of deboned chicken
• Stir chicken into the hot rice and enjoy!

Meal #3 – Peruvian Bowls This is one of my “EnJoy It Your Way” meals*. So fun for each person to layer their bowls according to their preference.

• Preheat oven to 400′
• Peel and cube 2 sweet potatoes and 1 onion
• Place into greased baking pan
• Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Season with 2 teaspoons ground cumin, herbal seasoning salt, garlic, etc
• Roast for 30  minutes
• Drain and rinse 1 can black beans
• Place black beans into the pan of hot roasted veggies and place back in oven while you heat chicken and rice

To Serve:

• Per person place chicken and rice in a pasta bowl or plate
• Top with roasted veggies and black bean mixture
• Layer as desired; shredded lettuce, peach salsa, cheese, sour cream, olives, cilantro, and guacamole.

*More “EnJoy It Your Way” meals are coming.  Easy, healthy, and fun to serve any size group.