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Originally Posted by 107barney  Lol. I'm with Walter on wanting chicken salad. For a whole chicken, 90 mins is all you need. I like to take the chicken apart before I make soup. I flip the bird over and cut the back out using kitchen shears. Then I remove the legs and split the breasts. It makes shredding it later easier later. I personally would not eat any meat or veggies cooked for 4 hours because all the nutrients are in the stock at that point so I always go about an hour and a half when I plan to eat the meat.
Yes solid fat is better to skim off.
Your dilution sounds good. You'll have all the fat off so it will be fine. I give it to teddy diluted about 50/50 and he loves it.
If you want to make better chicken salad, you could roast the chicken first then use the carcass for a bone broth for Bella after. If you do that, you'll need to boil down the bones and skin for longer (3-4 hr). |
Thanks for the tips! I was planning to break down the chicken first before boiling it. Walter knows the trick about cutting out the back with the shears. Since I'm lazy (and Bella needs her water sooner than later), I'll go for the hour and a half boiling technique instead of roasting the chicken first and then boiling the skin and bones for 3-4 hours. Walter is a chicken salad whiz and will be able to jazz the bland chicken up with appropriate spices, seasoned salt, onions, peppers, celery, and mayonnaise.