Stock Up on Whole Chickens

By

T&T Grandma

I also do this with Turkeys on sale at Thanks giving time. I partial thaw, then cut them up like chickens, store the parts together in the freezer. When I make soup, I call my friends who await a small container of fresh soup. I hate frozen soup so they bring back when they make too. I will cook the meat off the bones, sort the broth separately, then freeze ready to make fresh.

By

ThriftyFun

When whole chickens are very cheap, I buy several, and freeze them. I also always make soup-put the whole chicken (remove the inside package), 1 onion, peeled but not cut up, a couple of scrubbed carrots, celery, and garlic cloves in a stock pot or crockpot or dutch oven. Let cook for several hours.. I bone the chicken, putting meat into the strained stock, then I freeze soup in either plastic bags or containers. When I thaw it, then I season it to taste, adding veggies, noodles, rice, whatever I have on hand and want to use.

By Linda