At first I was thinking..."SCORE" for the price. Then I picked it up and jammed all the packages into my fridge to await processing. Then I thought OMG! What was I thinking getting this much chicken?
I ended up roasting 2 packs of chicken, removed from bones and saved bones for later stock making. I did make some really awesome chicken salad with it. Wow, even my 12 year old who won't touch anything with mayo in it ate it up. Score one for mom!
On Sunday I finally bit the bullet and got busy making my chicken "stuff". I boned 6 packs of chicken breasts. Got 9 packs of chicken vacuum sealed, 2 breasts in each pack. I separated the tenders and they will get done in 1 pound packs. Still to be done.....
The rest went into the stock pots, yes pot(s), along with some veg and herbs from the garden and 12 hours later I ended up with 14 pints of chicken soup or in our house it could, well most likely will be, chicken and dumplings. Along with 6 quarts of stock and 1 pint of stock.
Here's a jar of the chicken soup/starter.
This quart jar contains 1/2 cup each of carrot, celery and onion and 1 extra full cup of chicken. The rest is filled with the stock.
It took a long time but I'm sure it will be worth it. You can see the stock is a deep amber color, full of flavor! Not like that watery looking stuff you get from the soup cans at the store.
Canning isn't hard, just time consuming. But what better way to know what your family is eating. I put the stuff in the jar myself, so I know what they are eating!
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