#rotisserie-chicken

#rotisserie-chicken

"It felt really good to be the chef at Daytrip," says chef and co-owner Finn Stern. In 2022, Bon Appétit named the vibrant Oakland wine bar and restaurant - known for its ambitious experiments with fermentation - one of the year's best newcomers. In 2024, the James Beard Foundation nominated Stern as a Best Chef semifinalist. "But we just couldn't turn a profit," he says. He, along with wife and co-owner Stella Dennig, announced Daytrip's closure last November.

All it takes is some shredded chicken, a quick cream sauce made from a good can of condensed soup (like Campbell's Cream of Chicken) plus a bit of sour cream, and of course, poppy seeds, and you've got a comforting classic that can bring everyone to the table, then send them off satisfied. But rather than making it from scratch, if you've got a rotisserie chicken leftover from the other night's dinner, the good news is you can have

Grocery store rotisserie chickens are a dinner cheat code - convenient, affordable, and enough to feed a family. Getting a rotisserie can save you time and lighten your workload, but the fastest way to turn rotisserie chicken into a full meal? Use it in a salad, which means no cooking, minimal cleanup. It doesn't even matter if your chicken cools on the drive home.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, rotisserie chicken was one of the hottest commodities at grocery stores across the country. They were selling out everywhere and the demand continues. With a Prime discount, a plain rotisserie chicken at Whole Foods cost only $5.99. With whole, raw chickens at Whole Foods costing about $3 per pound this might sound like a good deal. But these bland, unseasoned birds are probably not what you want

"It's the meat of the people, it's great because you can get it for $5," Noah Rinsky, the organizer, stated, highlighting the popularity of rotisserie chickens.

In order to turn your party snack into a meal in itself, you can't go wrong by loading it up with extra protein - and that's where the chicken comes in.