Economical Chicken 3-Ways

The best way to stretch your grocery dollar is to make multiple meals out of a single meat. For example...my grocery store had packages of bone-in chicken breasts on special for $.98/pound.
So...I bought several and stocked up the freezer. The real stretch comes from how I prepared the chicken...I cooked 1 package of 4 breasts in the Pressure cooker until tender. When cooled, I put the breasts in the fridge. I saved the stock made from cooking the chicken and put in the fridge.

Dinner number 1: Pasta w/Santa Fe Style Chicken. I deboned and sliced 2 of the chicken breasts...made a quick sauce of olive oil, chili powder, cumin, can of chili style diced tomatoes, 1/4 of large onion diced into large pieces. I served over whole grain pasta and had a small mixed green salad. Delicious! Served 3 for dinner...and have left-overs for lunch tomorrow.

Dinner number 2: I will dice up the remaining chicken and make a nice chicken salad. I'll probably make a traditional chicken, apples and pecan salad.

Dinner number 3: Chicken and Dumplins or Chicken Soup. I'll make more broth by boiling the meat still on the 4 bones. Add whatever veggies/pasta/rice sounds good to me at the time.

For a 4 pound package of chicken that cost me roughly $4.00...you have to admit that making a meal that costs under $1 serving is outstanding budget stretching!