slo’s FRIDAY poll - Rotisserie Chicken (grocery store)

[evilmommie]

If I’m desperate and need roasted chicken, I will buy one. I don’t like how they are pumped full of sodium. It’s easy enough to roast my own chicken.

 

[tvguy]

Once or twice a year, maybe. At least here, they have gotten a lot smaller in recent years, and more expensive.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Ah, yes - my grocery store has the shredded meat too, in the Deli section. I presume it's from yesterday's rotisserie chickens that didn't sell. I have grabbed that several times to make hot chicken sandwiches or a pasta dish, and I like it a lot!

I had no idea about this until several people mentioned it here. I will have to see if my grocery store does it!

We tend to grab one on a busy night (I voted once or twice a month) and eat it as a main dish the first time, then use the leftovers shredded for another dish or on salads. But I hate "dissecting" it myself. I might try just skipping to the second meal!

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

We don't buy them too often, but we do like them. We go to Costco maybe twice a year and I will always pick up a rotisserie chicken when I'm there.

 

[Mousemom234]

Other: I used to buy one every few weeks - my local supermarkets had excellent ones.
Ate some of it as is, and set some aside for making sandwiches, then used the rest for cooking with, including making stock with the bones. Quick, convenient, cheap - and tasty.

Doesn't make much sense to buy one anymore. <sigh>
I'm only cooking for 1 now, and the prices are considerably higher than what I used to pay (along with almost everything else in the supermarkets here).

 

[Grand Koalafornian]

I don't eat chicken, but I've purchased a few to cook for others, esp when my DW is sick and I want to make her chicken soup. I also give some to the kitties.

 

[Diznotyzed]

We usually only get them when we're traveling and want something to eat where we're staying.

 

[OKW8297]

I voted other. We have t in a really long time. Not sure why.

 

[mumto3girls]

I still buy them every other month or so. Used to eat them much more often, but the kids don’t love them as much as they used to—one is vegetarian and the other 2 are out of the house with sports and work during mealtimes fairly often. They used to like the drumsticks and called them “chicken on the bone”.

We usually eat it once as the main meal and then another time I use up the rest of the meat in something (sandwiches, salads, enchiladas, tacos) and then I make stock with the rest of the carcass. Pretty good for $5.

 

[antmaril]

I voted “Other” because I have purchased rotisserie chicken, but not in a long time.

 

[tvguy]

I'm only cooking for 1 now, and the prices are considerably higher than what I used to pay (along with almost everything else in the supermarkets here).

My mom up to age 89 used to walk for exercise and knew that if she was at the store just before Noon, that the chickens that were cooked in the first batch of the day would be marked down $1. She could eat for days off one of those chickens.
Same with other food. She would take the bus to the casinos, always had a coupon for a free prime rib dinner. Kept a small tupperware container in her purse, and would have left over prime rib for several meals.
When she passed away, she had over $2,000 in free food coupons sitting in a drawer. She got those faster than she could use them.

 

[leebee]

I had no idea about this until several people mentioned it here. I will have to see if my grocery store does it!

We tend to grab one on a busy night (I voted once or twice a month) and eat it as a main dish the first time, then use the leftovers shredded for another dish or on salads. But I hate "dissecting" it myself. I might try just skipping to the second meal!

Sam's also sells the "leftover" chickens; they cut them in quarters, so you can buy 4 breasts or 4 leg quarters. It's usually $3-$4 for the 4 pieces. I think it's a pretty good deal, and they are great for making chicken salad, sliced chicken sandwiches, chicken pot pie, soup, stew, etc.

 

[disney4us2002]

I love them as they are tasty and so convenient but honestly, making a whole chicken is sooooo easy and so inexpensive. I usually buy a whole chicken twice a month. We like to spatchcock it and roast in the airfryer or oven. Turns out awesome and some much meat to pick on all week.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I've tried it before, but it's been a few years. It isn't bad.

 

[violina]

I'm not a fan, but my husband is. So whenever we get it, it's usually him tackling it. I don't care for the taste.

 

[AppleDumpling]

We like them. I buy them a couple times a month from BJ’s (Perdue chickens) or the local supermarket. The supermarket has several different flavors (classic, barbecue, Italian, lemon), and I often ask the deli clerk (if they’re not busy) to cut it for me into quarters or 8 pieces. Good for a quick meal, can be eaten hot or cold.

 

[nene0182]

Never. I find them too salty (at least the ones I’ve tried) I buy whole chickens a few times a month, cook them in the air fryer and then shred and freeze the meat for recipes.