What to Do With a Rotisserie Hen, Based on America’s Greatest Cooks

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A rotisserie rooster in your fridge means you’ve bought meals for a complete week. Shred the meat to bulk up salads and grain bowls, add it to noodles and sandwiches, make tacos with it, dip it in sauce for a snack. Yangban chef-owner Katianna Hong will season her shredded rooster earlier than storing it within the fridge. “Whenever you season your rooster with sesame oil and soy or fish sauce earlier than you place it away, it helps it not style refrigerator-y. It’s only a good base seasoning — after which you are able to do no matter you need with it.”

Whenever you’ve picked the body of the rooster clear, don’t throw the bones away. “I feel the true worth in a grocery retailer rotisserie comes from saving all of the bones and jus and making a scrumptious broth out of it,” says Golden Diner chef-owner Sam Yoo. The essential approach is easy: Throw the complete carcass and any juices right into a Dutch oven, add some aromatics (assume garlic, onions, carrots), some peppercorns, and herbs (bay leaf and parsley are typical). Cowl with water, convey it to a boil, after which cut back the warmth and canopy it. Simmer for about two hours, or do the entire thing in an Prompt Pot, skim it, and retailer it within the fridge or freezer.

Between the shredded meat and the broth, you now have two base elements for numerous meals. Listed here are just some methods cooks use rotisserie (or leftover roasted or boiled) chickens.

Serve up curried rooster lettuce wraps by combining curry powder and mayonnaise and stirring it into your chopped rooster. Use iceberg lettuce to make the wraps, and if you happen to’re capable of, pair it with some type of slaw like a inexperienced papaya salad. (We’ve bought a recipe for an important one from Portland chef Earl Ninsom within the cookbook!).
Really helpful by: Toro chef-owner Jamie Bissonnette

Make rooster empanadas with premade pizza dough: Season shredded rooster with garlic and any spices you’d like and add some peppers, onions, and spicy relish. Form the dough into small, flat circles, fold it over the rooster combination to create half-moons, and shut with a fork. Bake or fry and serve with extra relish and avocado.
Really helpful by: Fritai chef-owner Charly Pierre

Attempt a cheater rooster shawarma by warming the rooster in your pan with a shawarma spice mix (don’t overlook premade spice blends, or try the recipe we’ve bought for one from Zahav within the cookbook) and eat it with good pita, lavash, or any flatbread, tahini, and a chopped salad of cucumber, tomato, lemon, and olive oil.
Really helpful by: Zoe Meals Celebration chef Zoë Komarin

When you’ve bought a primary rooster broth, add veggies, herbs, noodles, and shredded rooster for rooster noodle soup.
Really helpful by: My Abuelas Meals chef Luis Martinez

Make a homey jab chai soup: In a big pot, stir-fry some garlic, after which add carrots, napa and inexperienced cabbage, daikon, shiitake, bok choy, Chinese language celery, Chinese language broccoli, and every other greens you’d like. Season it with soy sauce, a pinch of brown sugar, and a few black pepper. Add rotisserie rooster meat and the bones, cowl with water, and simmer for at the very least an hour. (Take away the bones to serve!)
Really helpful by: Luv2Eat Thai chef-owners Noree Pla and Fern Kaewtathip

Make congee utilizing rooster broth and rice (you may even toast the rice in rooster fats first in order for you), then shred the rooster and add it in when it’s nearly finished.
Really helpful by: 886 chef-owner Eric Sze

Take your rooster congee, pour it right into a baking dish, and prime it with Pillsbury biscuits. Pop it into the oven and bake for a Yangban-style congee pot pie.
Really helpful by: Yangban chef-owner Katianna Hong

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