Chicken Loaf
This is a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey or use purposely cooked chicken to make this. This is great for sandwiches that do not spill the contents on to your plate. You can make this plain or with what ever you wish to add. This is a must try for me as I love chicken sandwiches. No quantity is listed as to what this makes as the original instructions were quite unclear. I will make this and add step by step photos as well. This recipe is for purpose cooked chicken for this, but after you read through the instructions, it will be clear on how to use a leftover chicken or turkey.
Ingredients
Cooking the Chicken
- 6 chicken quarters, seperated for legs and thighs, skin on and bone in
- 1 cup celery, roughly chopped
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 bay leaves
Making the Loaf
- 1 cup red bell pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin, this is Agar powder, very common
Instructions
Cooking the Chicken
- Add the chicken to a large pot and fill with water to cover the chicken by an inch or so. Add the celery, onion, white pepper, salt and bay leaves. Bring to a boil then put on simmer until the chicken can be pulled from the bones with a fork. DO NOT cook this until the chicken is falling off the bone, just simmer until the chicken is done.
- Remove the chicken from the pot when cooked through and strain the liquid (see, you just made chicken stock). Reserve the stock. When the chicken as cooled enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones, save the bones and skin for your dog. Make sure you remove all cartilage, skin, and fat from the meat. Once it is all separated, chop the meat slightly for small pieces, like you would for a chicken sandwich.
- Mix the meat and bell pepper and parsley together. and pack into a loaf pan (this can be a non-stick metal pan or even a glass loaf pan).
Making the Loaf
- Mix the gelatin with 1/4 cup cold water and stir until the lumps have dissolved. In a small pot, add the gelatin mixture and add 2 cups of stock you made and heat this on low temp until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Pour this mixture into the loaf pan to completely cover the chicken, if you do not have enough liquid, make another batch of the gelatin/stock mixture.
- Once the liquid covers the chicken, allow to cool, then place in the refrigerator. Once the loaf has gelled solidly, it is ready to use. One option is to slice and serve as is on a bed of lettuce with chopped tomatoes, another option is to slice and simply make sandwiches using bread of your choice, a few lettuce leaves, and lots of mayo.
Notes
Chicken quarters run about 62 Baht/kilo, you might have 120 Baht invested in 6 quarters. At 120 Baht, this about 90 cents per meal assuming 4 meals from this. More accurate pricing when I make this.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
I’ve got to give this a try! 🙂
Interesting!