Buy One Chicken… Eat Three Meals.
One pasture-raised whole chicken can cover three meals plus a pot of stock. Here is a simple plan, with cooking times and food safety notes.
If you are not sure a whole chicken fits a busy week, this plan helps. It uses one bird for three meals, with about an hour of active cooking on day one.
This plan assumes a 4 to 5 pound bird. Larger or smaller birds change the amount of leftover meat, not the method.