Chicken Carcase

[Tilly2]

I have been cooking a chicken carcase and assorted veg in my slow cooker all day. I now have a lovely looking stew thing but there's not enough to make soup with.
Can I cool it and freeze it and use it at a later date as a base for another chicken dish? The chicken has now been cooked twice, yesterday and today, and I seem to have it in the back of my mid that you must not cook things more than twice. Will it be o.k. to cook it one more time after it's been frozen?

[woofgang]

yes, make sure that you cool and freeze it quickly and boil it well when you next use it.

[humbersloop]

well I would tilly -

and the last time I looked, I hadn't killed anyone

[factor-fiction]

Yes, I think so- I do it occasionally. It's amazing how much you can get from a chicken carcass. I wish I'd done it with the turkey I threw away this year- does that make a good soup?

[Tilly2]

Thank you both. I'll go and plunge it into some cold water and cool it quickly.
I think it was when I did my food hygiene certificate that we were told about cooking food too many times. I can't be sure though.

[Tilly2]

Sorry factor, I didn't see you there. I'm sure that you could do the same with turkey.

[Psybbo]

Tilly, we had roast chicken Saturday, curry chicken today, the remainder of which I have frozen for another day. All from the same chicken and I've done that quite a few times. I'll come round and help you eat it xx

[vakayu]

Yes factor you can certainly do the same thing with a turkey it makes excellent stock,there's always this christmas eh!!

[woofgang]

food hygiene rules have to be extra strict...you can do stuff at home that they tell you not to.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, everyone. I feel better about freezing it now.

Sibton, you've got it wrong I'm afraid. I'm coming to yours, next Sunday.

[shoota]

You may find that the stock is sufficiently concentrated to stand dilution, in which case you may have enough for soup.
Give it a taste.....

[factor-fiction]

Can I come too?

[Psybbo]

Thought you'd forgotten, Tilly :-)

[humbersloop]

tilly, I'm told by a couple of people I know who've sailed solo long ocean passages you can keep the same pot going for between a week and ten days, provided a) you keep the lid on it until strictly necessary and b) bring it to a boil for ten minutes a day.

Neither of them picky eaters, granted...

[Psybbo]

Of course Factor

[Tilly2]

I've roasted a ham now, shoota. We are not having soup. Thank you though. for the suggestion.

[shoota]

Welcome Tilly.
If you set out to make stock use loads of water, certainly cover the carcase completely, because you can always boil it down to concentrate it if it turns out a touch watery.

[Tilly2]

That's what I did, shoota. I didn't put enough water in. I'll know next time.

[Tilly2]

Sloopy, I could not eat stuff that's been cooking for more than two days, let alone ten.
Do you remember the cabbage soup diet? Apparently that's what you did with that. Just kept it on the go for days. Not that I ever tried it.

[humbersloop]

cabbage soup diet???

presumably worked by its emetic effects :)