Leftovers to Lunch: Chicken 5 Days, 5 Ways
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3 Rivers Natural Grocery Co-op & Deli Currents September 2017 September 2017 (quick-pickled) daikon radish mixture and add it to your sandwich just before eating. Pan Bagnat The classic French pan bagnat is a tuna salad sandwich, but this version, made with chicken, is equally delicious. Take a baguette, slice it in half, and pluck out some of the center to make room for the filling. In a bowl, mix shredded Leftovers to Lunch: chicken, some of your favorite vinaigrette, a handful of sliced olives, sliced roasted red peppers, chopped fresh Chicken 5 Days, 5 Ways parsley or basil and slivered red onion. Stuff the baguette (Continued on page 3) Simple Roast Chicken A roasted 4-pound chicken yields about 2½ cups of pulled meat. If by Robin Isbell, Co+op Stronger Together you want more, look for a bigger chicken, or roast two. Salting the skin makes it crisp and tasty, and stuffing fresh herbs in the cavity A juicy roasted chicken is full of delicious potential for five quick and perfumes the flesh. easy lunches for the week. Roast your own chicken at home; it's easy to do, and once you've done it a few times, it will become second nature. Ingredients Buying a whole chicken is also great for your budget, since you are not 1 4-lb Roasting Chicken paying for someone else to cut and package it for you. Cooking the 1 T Kosher Salt chicken on the bone will give it the most flavor and keep the meat moist. 1 handful Fresh Thyme and Rosemary Pulling the cooked meat from the bones requires no knife skills, just 5 Celery Ribs (if you don’t have a roasting rack for your pan) fingers. You can even do it while carrying on an important after-school conversation with the kids! Equipment You’ll need about 2½ cups for five days of lunches, divided it into five Kitchen string Roasting rack portions (a good rule of thumb is that for every pound of bone-in whole chicken, you’ll get approximately 1 cup of pulled meat). Preparation Preheat the oven to 450°. Place a rack or five celery ribs Banh Mi in the bottom of a large roasting pan, to hold the chicken Banh mi sandwiches have taken the food scene by storm, with sprightly above the bottom of the pan and allow it to brown. Vietnamese flavors stuffed into a crispy baguette. For an easy take, Pat the chicken dry, inside and out, with paper towels. The toss pulled chicken with a few sprinkles of fish sauce or soy sauce and drier the skin, the more crisp it will become. Place the some five spice powder, if you have it. Shred about a thumb-sized thyme and rosemary into the cavity, tie the drumsticks piece of daikon radish and a carrot, mix the two and sprinkle with rice together across the bottom of the breast with kitchen string, vinegar, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt. Pack this radish carrot and fold the wing tips under the body. Sprinkle with salt mixture separately in a small jar. To make the sandwich, slice a small and roast for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes. Use an baguette in half lengthwise, and pull out a bit of the soft bread. instant-read thermometer to test the meat of the thigh at Spread with mayo and sriracha sauce to taste, add a few leaves of the thickest part; it should be at 160⁰F when fully cooked. lettuce, some sliced jalapenos and cilantro and the shredded chicken. (Cook larger birds for longer—a 5 pound chicken should Wrap in foil or plastic wrap and keep cold until lunchtime. Drain the roast for an hour and a half.) Transfer the chicken to a cutting board to rest for at least 20 minutes before carving. To deglaze the roasting pan, OPEN pour in a half cup of chicken stock and place the warm pan We are Labor Day over a burner on the stove, scraping the pan to lift up all the browned bits. There may only be a small amount of concentrated pan drippings, but this can be the basis of a 8 am-6 pm delicious sauce. © Robin Asbell, Co+op , Stronger Together 1612 Sherman Blvd Fort Wayne IN 46808 (260) 424-8812 Hours: Sunday 10-8, Mon-Sat 8am-9pm 2 3 Rivers Natural Grocery Co-op & Deli Currents September 2017 Mine. Yours. Ours: Owner News You Can Use News from the Board: Upcoming Board Elections Cycle A Sales: Our slate for the 2017 Board of Directors election will be August 30-September 19 presented in next month’s Special orders due September 16 Currents. Your first opportunity to Cycle B Sales: meet the directors and to cast September 20-October 3 your ballot is our annual owner Special orders due September 30 appreciation event on the very first day of October (which just Quick meals might be on the menu list happens to be our 41st this month with school underway but birthday!). We’ve moved the warm weather still in the forecast. Sales party up to land close (or on!) Cycle A brings you ingredients just for this endeavor. Cascadian Farms our birthday and provide you a chance to vote. It’s always a great time veggies, Pacific Organic Broth, and to mingle, eat some “handmade here” goodies including a choice of 2 Native Forest Coconut Milk could bring kinds of soup, several dessert options, and beverages (coffee, tea, a quick curry or soup to the table cider). Options are available vegans and gluten free eaters. Another (recipes on page 5). Upton’s Thai meal perk of our owner meeting? Signature items that only attendees receive! kits (new) are a fast means to dinner-- Last year “swag” bags were stuffed with coffee cozies, a bag of our protein included! You’ll also find curated coffee from Old Crown, a mini kombucha bottle from Crossroads Bionaturae pasta and tomatoes and Kombucha, and our “chip dust” (Broadway throwback) to add to Lotus Foods rice ramen on this round of popcorn. All this just for owners who attend the party! Who knows what Deals. this year’s bag will contain? Not even us (yet)! Breakfast is up on the sales in Cycle B. You may also vote in the store anytime in October. This year’s slate Look for bulk organic rolled oats; features several current members up for re-election as well as those who cereals from Cascadian Farm, Peace, have been serving as appointees who wish to become “official.” Have Mom’s Best, and Nature’s Path; yogurt your say and vote! from Stonyfield, The Greek Gods, and So Delicious (coconut). This round of Deals also brings you snacks (sweet MINE. YOURS. OURS. and salty) and drinks. As always, owners save an extra 10% products ordered by the case, even those on Co+op Deals or Owner Bonus Buys. Cases are most often in quantities of 6 or 12. Go Co-op! In the mail to you is an owner voucher worth up to SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 8-10 pm 20% off! See a Co+op Deal you’d like to get 15% or 20% savings on? Get your order in for items on sale in the MEET ·· EAT · MINGLE · MUSIC first round of sales--your voucher is It’s easy to become an owner and you will valid thru September 15th. own an equity share of a local business! Own it! We are Co+op, Stronger Together! And check your mailboxes--your Interested in how quarterly coupon books should be Current Co-op Membership arriving any day. These are exclusive being a co-op to owners for the first few weeks in Total Owner Households-1,815 September. Look for the tear off pads owner works? Ask a Total Fully Invested Households-759 near products featuring coupons mid- cashier for more New Households-3 (July 19-Aug 26) month. information! *These numbers include Active & Inactive Owners 3 3 Rivers Natural Grocery Co-op & Deli Currents September 2017 (Continued from page 1) and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. The vinaigrette marinates the Chicken Quesadillas with ingredients and soaks into the bread, melding the sandwich into Salad and Chipotle-Lime Dressing a delicious whole. Ingredients Fruity Chicken Lettuce Cups Salad The seasonal fruit is a perfect complement to chicken; use 1 head Leaf Lettuce, washed and dried strawberries in spring, peaches in summer, apples in fall. First, 1 clove Garlic, crushed wash a head of butter lettuce and separate the leaves. Spin 1/4 c Fresh Lime Juice dry. In a large bowl, combine pulled chicken, chopped or sliced 1/4 c Extra Virgin Olive Oil fruit, chopped celery and scallions and just enough mayo or 1/2 tsp Chipotle Pepper Powder yogurt to moisten. Pack the lettuce, loosely wrapped with a 1/2 tsp Salt paper towel, in a large zip-top bag for later use. To serve, Quesadillas spoon the chicken mixture into the lettuce cups. Top with a 2 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil handful of walnuts, if desired. 1 medium Onion, chopped 1 small Red Bell Pepper, chopped Curry Chicken Salad 8 oz Chicken, chopped Combining your new friend, pulled chicken, with a lush, curry 1 large Jalapeno, chopped yogurt dressing, makes for another great lunch without much 2 small Scallion, chopped effort at all. Just put a few tablespoons of plain yogurt in a 8 oz Jack Cheese, shredded bowl, add a few pinches of curry powder, salt and a spoonful 8 9-inch Tortillas of your choosing of your favorite jam (apricot is nice).