Chicken Suggestion For Gastric Sleeve Newbies

[Indymom 132]

I've seen a lot of people post that they have difficulty with chicken because it's too dry. I found this early on, but started buying rotisserie chickens from costco (most grocery stores sell them as well) - be sure to take the fattening skin off, but the chicken is very moist and I find it really easy to eat, and chicken is an AWESOME Protein source.

The best thing about it is that it will last for many meals, even if you're feeding a family. We usually have ours the first night as a "chicken dinner" with salad and some sort of side dish (like some sort of potato - if you're not a militant low-carber) - or cooked veggies. Then I pull all the good meat off the bones and use it later in the week for lunches, I make chicken salad, use it on salads, etc. The costco chickens are only $4.99 and I find I can get at least 4-5 meals from it before I get tired of it.

Another option is to slow-cook a whole small chicken in the crock pot (add lots of veggies like carrots, celery, onions for flavor) - it will be really moist because it will cook all day in its own juices, and you can use it many of the same ways as above.

Feel free to add any other chicken suggestions you have!

[illgeturhairdid 176]

I will have to try a rotisserie chicken. Heaven knows chicken is about the only thing my sleeve doesn't like.

[UXgrrl 29]

We purchased a Cuisinart pressure cooker and have been cooking whole chickens in that, it produces very moist meat in record time, like 30 minutes! My partner found a recipe for a rub/seasoning blend that makes it taste just like rotisserie chicken, I kept raving about it to her afterwards. We also have a small chest freezer in our garage so we stock up when the organic whole chickens go on sale at our local supermarket.

The pressure cooker is a little tricky to get the hang of but now I prefer it to the slow cooker, and you can't argue with how fast stuff gets done. We have a bad habit of starting the "what do we want for dinner?" discussion when we notice we're hungry, so if a trip to the store is required, we're usually STARVING by the time dinner is done. The pressure cooker helps a lot with that. It's also awesome with Beans, no soaking is required.

[illgeturhairdid 176]

We purchased a Cuisinart pressure cooker and have been cooking whole chickens in that, it produces very moist meat in record time, like 30 minutes! My partner found a recipe for a rub/seasoning blend that makes it taste just like rotisserie chicken, I kept raving about it to her afterwards. We also have a small chest freezer in our garage so we stock up when the organic whole chickens go on sale at our local supermarket.

The pressure cooker is a little tricky to get the hang of but now I prefer it to the slow cooker, and you can't argue with how fast stuff gets done. We have a bad habit of starting the "what do we want for dinner?" discussion when we notice we're hungry, so if a trip to the store is required, we're usually STARVING by the time dinner is done. The pressure cooker helps a lot with that. It's also awesome with Beans, no soaking is required.

Love my pressure cooker! It's a life saver!! I need to find a mini one tho... Seems silly to use the big one if I'm just cooking for Mr. Josh... (That's what I named my tummy- don't ask)