About the Recipe
Ingredients
Sunday — Classic Chicken Dinner
Serve
Chicken thighs
Creamy mashed potatoes
Roasted carrots
Homemade gravy using the chicken drippings
This is your main Sunday dinner while also helping prepare meals for the rest of the week.
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Potatoes
Butter
Milk or cream
Salt & pepper
Roasted Carrots
Toss carrots with:
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Roast until tender and caramelized.
Easy Homemade Gravy
Use the chicken drippings from roasting.
Pour drippings into a pan.
Whisk in a little flour to make a roux.
Slowly add broth or water.
Simmer until thickened.
Season to taste.
After Dinner Prep
Once dinner is over:
Pull the remaining meat from the chicken.
Organize it into containers for the week ahead.
After the chicken cools, the meat should pull apart easily by hand — no knife needed.
Separate Into
Breasts
Wings
Thighs
Carcass
Drumsticks
Tenders