Pro Chef Turns 2 Rotisserie Chickens Into 4 Meals For Under $12 | The Smart Cook | Epicurious

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@@danielgiusti6731 you were already my favorite my guy! I love rotisserie too

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Dude was literally the executive chef at Noma, and is telling you how to make $2 meals with rotisserie chicken. We need more people like Daniel in the industry.

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LITERALLY just bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco yesterday, timing couldn't be more perfect Dan

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Get after it!!!! :)

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I love fat, but they are too fatty for me. Yuk.

[@hfj00]

mmmm maybe that's why you got the recommendation for the video haha

[@sacura605]

@@kathleennorton6108 u dont have to use all that oil or chicken skin. He is a restaurant classical trained chef and so is educated on using lots of fats, oils, salt to bring out flavor in a dish. When you cook at home you can control how much fats u use.

[@kathleennorton6108]

@@sacura605 Thank you for your thoughtful reply, but I actually enjoy fat, and think it much healthier than animal fat is given credit for. Even so, I find Costco's chicken to be too fatty, so as to be gross. I've tried it several times.

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9:23 in Indonesia, we have something similar called Rujak. Mostly local fruits with dark sweet spicy and savory peanut sauce. In some sellers, they'll also put fried tofu as well. The sauce is also good for any other dish without fruits. Fruits and savory stuff definitely can go well together. I'm just typing this whole comment in case there'll be someone saying "fruits and chicken salad? Nah."

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Somehow I have never heard of a slab salad but I can tell it's about to become a new favorite. It checks every box of what I like in a salad - the dressing can be in every bite without having to mix it all the way through, the other parts are in big slices, and having the lettuce in a slab will make it super crunchy.

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Exactly! Slab is much better than wedge.

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Your time is valuable as well. Have to choose our economies.

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I love buying the Costco rotisserie chickens and making homemade chicken pot pies with it. The dough and filling recipes from America's Test Kitchen are soooooo good (it's on a video on KZbin)

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[@tzisorey]

Get leftover skin from your rotisserie chicken, crisp it up in the oven/under the grill, and break it up into tiny pieces (not like, blended, or anything - just break it) - do the same with some bacon or pork crackling, and add them to some flaky salt. Sprinkle on top of fresh popcorn.

[@OtterThunder]

Chilaquiles are also a good use for left over rotisserie chicken. Also Chicken Sweet Corn soup(egg drop soup) is what my mom and I do, Classic Chinese mama move.

[@jonlera7585]

I second you. If you wanna get vulgar but save time the next time you're hungover just buy your favorite corn chips from grocery store. Then go to the isle that has your favorite processed tomatillo salsa (I recommend Hernandez / La Costeña). I'm definitely thinking of throwing some rotisserie chicken shreds on there.

[@toddhadfield]

Very happy to see you post a new video! Yours are my favorite cooking videos on KZbin. You treat a rotisserie chicken with as much care and respect as Thomas Keller treats an expensive piece of salmon, and I think that's awesome!

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Why not

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HeII, I've been doing that for years, only with 79 cent Tuna Fish.

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Hardly the same..

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@Nunyu Biznez.....79 cent tuna, not anymore ! Now I'm see the "no name" brands selling for more than double that price ! The popular brands are now going for well over 3 $ a can !!! WTF !??

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[@scottstark5528]

Excellent video, all four of these recipes are worth making at home. Best piece of advice he gave was in the introduction. The rotisserie chicken is a loss leader at every grocery chain across the U S A. Try buying a fresh or frozen 4-5 lbs fryer and it 2-3 times more expensive. Most stores even pull the unsold cooked chickens after a certain time, decontruct snd sell it in the deli for more per pound as shredded chicken or make in house chicken salad.

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[@suslady3906]

Thank you Dan! Your video inspired me to cook just now. I made a similar version of your chicken cacciatore, along with some rotisserie taco meat, some chicken tikka masala, and bone broth with the carcass and scraps I accumulated along the way, all thanks to your video. I used 100% of my rotisserie chicken and made delicious meals for the week off one 5 dollar bird.

[@lee02jepson]

Wow where are you living that rotisserie chicken is $5. I'm in Canada, here its $9.00 on the sale day, regular $11 to 12. I'm jealous. And this guy is soooo good.

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I imagine if a rotisserie chicken is worth more than 12 dollars, youre either at a real bougie Whole Foods or inflation has already off set your income

[@JRiddelle]

I live in California, and my Costco chicken is still five bucks. I thought we were supposed to be crazy expensive! Where are people finding these gourmet priced chickens?

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@@JRiddelle Most likely in countries that don't have a lot of land to raise chickens so they import it. This affects spices and fresh fruits and vegetables too, especially out of season.

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The cost of ingredients is confusing in this video. For example I don't understand putting $0.01 for salt and pepper. Nobody going out to buy $0.24 of honey, like why not put the just measurement

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@@Δύναμις-λ6χ It's per serving. You can't exactly use the grocery bill because you aren't putting $5 worth of salt in the food. It also helps make illustrate that cooking in almost every single case should be cheaper for more nutrition as well. Not only that but unless you're wasting the food and throwing it away you should still be getting your money's worth. So while I understand your point and it's a good one, it would make less sense to use the grocery bill rather than the cost per amount. I guess they could add it to show but it would be out of context because, again, you aren't using all of it so it's inaccurate.

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As a retired chef I love good meals plus cheapness. Out of two Costco rotisserie chickens I get 8 main meals and a good chicken soup from the carcasses.

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I love rotisserie chicken & use every bit of it. I use it for many different recipes & always finish using the carcass for stock/broth in my Instant Pot.

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Everything looks incredible. That salad has given me so many ideas and I can't wait to try it. I despise store bought bleu cheese dressing and yours looks easy and like it will work. That chicken and biscuits... oh my. For some reason I've never been able to eat eggs and chicken together. It's a mental thing and I don't know where it came from. The dish still looked incredible and I may tweak it so I can eat it. Thank you for all the great ideas.

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The first thing I do is break down my rotisserie chicken and make a noodle soup with water, salt, pepper, the bones, skin and cartilage and whatever meat is attached. Add veg and broken spaghetti if I don’t have a more appropriate pasta. Hit with sriracha and cilantro at the end and enjoy picking the meat off the bones.

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Sriracha and cilantro? Hmm...

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I feel like breakfast could even be easier with some of that chicken skin/scrap meat seared and onto avocado toast, fried egg too. I still love all the recipes!

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Always, always, always love your stuff dude. Keep it coming ! Maybe a squash or kale one next, or something equally fall/winter veggie based !

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[@Starreeway]

For the breakfast I would’ve done a rice congee, lunch a green salad with chicken and crispy potato croutons, a snack would be spring rolls, and dinner chicken Alfredo pasta

[@johnb7046]

Chicken alfredo sounds really good with this actually.. great idea! Add broccoli and peas and boom.

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@@johnb7046 thank you!

[@Pammellam]

All of these dishes are wonderful! I’d eat all of these for dinner! Thank you so much!

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Now this my kind of chef. He does all the things I did in my young bachelor days to eat affordably. 👍👍👍👍

[@DanteYewToob]

Some of my fast and yummy rotisserie chicken dishes are: Chicken cheese crusted quesadilla. You can use extra Taco Bell sauce packets or whatever you like… toss your shredded chicken in some sauce (I typically use one packet of mild and one Hot per dilla.) add Mexican cheese and cook on medium. Once it’s almost finished, lift up the dilla and sprinkle some extra cheese in the pan and drop the dilla on top. Don’t touch it, just watch the edges and once it’s crisp shake it loose and repeat for the second side. You get a crispy cheesy outside, gooey yummy inside. So good and cheap and fast. Best snack for leftover chicken and use up old taco packets, taco seasoning, Sazon, whatever you got! Chickey salad. Chopped chicken, one hard boiled egg, and Mayo and seasoning.. add some finely chopped celery, onion or even cucumber. Super versatile and fits a bunch of different moods. Made a spicy Buffalo style salad with Mayo, hot sauce and a touch of ranch or blue cheese.. or make a sweet mustard style with some honey mustard and diced apple and make a wrap out of it.. Rotisserie chicken is something I always have on my counter because it’s amazing and so useful!

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I was screaming at the video I watched before this to hurry up and end so I could click on DAN! Woooo!

[@msmaupin]

Daniel, your tips have been amazing. You are really onto something more single households need. Cheers, Mike

[@walterkerr6906]

Thank you for thebreakfast option. Just made it over Garlic & Cheddar Biscuits and it was amazing. This recipe is exactly what I needed!

[@awphooey2u519]

Me: takes one chicken, debones it, uses the bones in a stock and let's it seep overnight. Uses half the meat shreds in a chicken salad and the rest in a soup the next night with the stock. The second chicken, I de bone and make more stock but freeze it for later in the winter. Use the meat from that bird in a jambalaya. Jambalaya is versatile but it feeds many and can stretch to different meals, as can soup and gumbo. With winter coming up, I do make larger meals that are good for freezing that are hearty and fill you up aswell as warm you up.

[@masoncampbell971]

Same, I can make one small chicken feed 2 people for a week, with only around $3-4 of added ingredients. 4 meals with two chickens at $12 wasn't very impressive. After Christmas last year we were eating turkey soup for weeks, and that was after freezing some of the meat. 😂

[@joellewatkins5528]

@@masoncampbell971 I do the same here. Our Costco chickens are large. I could get those 4 meals out of one chicken.

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[@calebshort2169]

Supermarket rotisserie chicken is one of my favorite things to buy. Past putting it on a sandwich I have just been eating. I’m going to try three of these for sure.

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Another creative video with Dan! Can't wait to see what ingredient he will do next time!

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I made this Chicken and biscuit dinner recipe and it was perfect. Sending much love for Chef Dan…

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2 days ago I was like, man they need to bring Dan back. Here we are now with a new video!! Dan, can you make biweekly videos!?

[@hangry_panda]

Damn, I was waiting to see the dessert chicken meal! 🤣

[@danasandlin2435]

The slab salad looks delicious...I would put the apples/pears in a bit of lemon juice and water to keep them from turning while they sit on the plate...dts/usa

[@aa3nk]

Dan, you need to spend a little time in SW Louisiana or East Texas and you'll be in love with how we do things. Love your energy and enthusiasm, this is part of what makes life good! Absolutely right about rotisserie chickens being a bargain.

[@AndreaShink]

I am an accomplished home cook. I learned several useful tips in this video. Thank you, Daniel!

[@JamesGoldblood]

The rotisserie chicken at my supermarket is actually very popular during Fall/Winter months and usually sells out a lot. But they used to take whatever didn't sell and make chicken salad out of it. It taste AMAZING. And is now the only way I will make chicken salad. According to my butcher, the chicken salad became so popular they make rotisserie chickens solely for it now all year round. So if you ever have leftover rotisserie chicken, try it!

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"Go ahead and crush this thing with my hands... Just cause I'm an animal." 😂😂

[@RS-gl9ht]

Thanks so much for these great meal ideas! I’m off to the supermarket!

[@SaranyaMano]

This was a great set of recipes. I don’t think rotisserie chicken is cheap where I live, but I can still buy a whole chicken and roast it myself. While the thighs taste great on their own, I’ve always struggled to eat the breasts because it’s so bland and meh. So I love the salad recipes you’ve shared and am super excited to try them out. It also works out healthy for my low-glycemic diet so thank you!

[@TreasonsBeta]

Really? They are as low as $5 at the Costcos in the midwest. Where are you at? Alaska? Hawaii? 😆

[@Britgirl58]

Brilliant video - thank you for all of your delicious ideas and tips! Looking forward to trying each course!

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why am i watching this when i’m a vegetarian? i love his creativity

[@supernova622]

Same

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I love the way Dan says salt. "SawLT" an amazing accent and some fantastic meal ideas!

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[@grimwest1222]

Direct and informative - awesome set of dishes using that fantastic bird! Also for whatever reason I like the fridge cam.

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That was so simple to follow and the recipes look incredible. Great job.

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[@SandraHoyt]

I wonder how these would work using an Air fryer. Thanks for the expert information about the ingredients.

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