Thrifty mum whips up 23 meals from ONE chicken and the whole lot only cost her £8

A THRIFTY mum has revealed how she made a whopping 23 meals out of one chicken - and it was reduced too. 

The mum picked up the bird for £3.99 at her local supermarket, and managed to make 17 main meals and six lunches out of the meat - and bones. 

She whipped up classics such as pie, stew, soup and a classic roast chicken - as well some traditional recipes including rissoles. 

The mum shared her meal prep to Facebook group , revealing the total cost of the food shop - including the vegetables - was only £8.

She wrote: “I thought I would share what I’ve made out of a large reduced price chicken this week..

“First we had stuffed roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, squash, leek and gravy. This was 3 portions.

“Next we had it sliced cold with mash potatoes and pickles. 2 portions.

“I then made chicken and mushroom pie. Which we had with runner beans, cauliflower, artichokes and squash 4 portions.

“We had a chicken and stuffing sandwiches for lunch.

“I removed all the meat from the bones and stewed the bones up for stock.

“I made 4 portions of butternut squash soup from half the stock and from the other half I made 4 portions of chicken and bean stew.

For about £8 I made 17 main meals and 6 lunches

Mum

“With the remaining meat I made 8 rissoles ready for the freezer. Photo below.

“The chicken cost £3.99.

“The squash, leeks, runner beans, artichokes and butternut squash were all free as home grown. 

“The rest of the vegetables probably cost about £4, so for about £8 I made 17 main meals and 6 lunches.

“I thought it was a bargain.”

Her impressive cooking skills have racked up more than 400 "likes", as people called on her to make videos detailing her recipes. 

One mum said: “This is amazing. You should so do a youtube as you could help so many that are struggling.”

Another asked: “How do people manage to make so much out of 1 chicken?! Between my husband, my 10 year old son and 4 year old son, I'm lucky if 1 chicken does 1 meal.”

A third thought: “How the hell do u make a chicken go that far? Lol I make a dinner then a curry next day and that's it lol.” (sic)

This mum wrote: “Fabulous super scrimping.”

While someone else commented: “Well done, that all sounds fantastic. To me that is 'old fashioned' cooking at its best. 

“Not wasting anything and getting a lot out of what you’ve got. I think that type of cooking may be getting lost on current generations.”

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