Whole Chicken

[John Solak]

Cooked a couple of whole chickens on the WSM using peach wood and just some sea salt for seasoning. Shredded them both and will use for future meals.


Added the skin and bones into my Instant Pot pressure cooker and made bone broth (right) then added the bones into a blender and blended it plus the giblets I had boiled earlier to make a "soup" for the dogs (left). So I ended up using 100% of both of these chicken.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Chicken looks awesome. I love homemade stock. I've got a bunch of carcasses in the freezer ready to go.

 

[Robert-R]

Chicken looks great. Bet you have some happy dogs!

 

[JimK]

Nothing beats homemade stock. Great color on those birds - I bet they taste wonderful.

Blending bones? I had no idea that was even possible? Is your blender gas powered?

 

[Pat G]

Great looking chicken John. Way to use the whole bird. If I could do that I wouldn't have to wash out my big trashcans every month.

 

[Rich G]

Nice, John. I've done this same cook many times (minus the bone soup....no dogs.) I love my Instant Pot for stock. So easy!

R

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Wow John, way to use up those birds. Interesting post.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Never heard of grinding up the bones, bet your pups are happy campers with that. Great use of the whole bird.
As I type this Barb is at the local Frys (Kroger) as they have whole chickens for .97 a pound. We get three or four and throw them in the freezer for salads and stews, enchiladas, etc. We also use some of the meat off the legs and wings as treats for our SRD (Spoiled Rotten Dog) Whitney which she just loves .

 

[Matt Rector]

Great looking chicken.

 

[Barb D]

WOW!!! John you nailed those birds, they look delicious. Never heard of grinding up the bones but a great idea and I'm sure you made those pups very happy.