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Meal Planning · May 6, 2026 · 7 min read

A Week of Dinners From One Roast Chicken

One bird, a pot of stock, and three completely different dinners. Here is the plan.

By Dana Musell

A Week of Dinners From One Roast Chicken

A roast chicken is the gift that keeps giving if you plan for the leftovers before you even cook it.

Night one: the roast

Roast it simply, carve the breasts, and save everything else.

Night two: the remix

Shred the leg meat into tacos, a salad or a quick fried rice.

Night three: the stock

Simmer the carcass into a golden stock, then turn it into soup or risotto.

Written in the Stewart & Musell test kitchen.

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