Chicken family packs are easiest when you plan around cooking methods: roast a whole bird, bake thighs or drumsticks, sear breasts or tenders, simmer bones for broth, and use ground chicken for quick skillet meals.

Ingredients

• Whole chicken, fryer, or roaster
• Chicken breasts, tenders, thighs, drumsticks, or wings
• Ground chicken or chicken sausage
• Chicken bones, necks, feet, tails, or broth
• Vegetables such as carrots, celery, greens, onions, and peppers
• Olive oil, avocado oil, chicken fat, or butter
• Sea salt, black pepper, garlic, herbs, paprika, cumin, and lemon

Directions

1. Thaw one whole bird or slow-cook item, one quick-cook item, and one ground or sausage item for the week.
2. Roast or slow-cook the whole bird and save the carcass for broth.
3. Bake thighs, drumsticks, or wings with simple seasoning.
4. Use breasts, tenders, ground chicken, or sausage for quick skillet meals.
5. Turn leftovers into salads, soups, bowls, or lunch plates.