The best meal round 2

Ok, wasn't that chicken delicious?
What about all the leftovers?

Grab your biggest pot and get ready.

I like the pot I have with the big colander inside it. This makes throwing out the end good easier.

Take the carcass and all the vegetable peelings you left out along with the "veggie rack" that you roasted the bird on. All that stuff. Toss it in the pot. Add cold water and salt to cover, turn on the heat and bring to an almost boil. Once it is bubbly, turn down the heat to low and let it go for about 3 hours.

Take it off heat and cool down. Pull out the colander full of totally spent carcass and veggie bits and throw it away. There is nothing left to do with that mess. Put the hot stock in the fridge.
The next morning skim off the fat and put the stock in some sort of container that you can freeze. Seriously, freeze this stuff and use it later. Maybe when you are sick or feeling lazy.

I like to use it in a Thai inspired noodle soup.

Saute' some garlic, ginger, and onion in a big soup pot with some oil.

Then toss in the chicken broth you just made/have/froze a few months back.
Get out the fish sauce. Yes, that funky smelling stuff that adds amazing saltiness. Shake in a bunch until the broth tastes amazing.

Add shredded chicken to the mix. I personally save the leg meat from the roast chicken because DH and I never eat them and they would go to waste.

10ish minutes before serving, add chopped bok choy (I like the baby bok choy better than the big stuff)  also put in about 2 oz. or bean thread noodles or rice noodles.

Put 2 TBS lime juice and a pinch of salt in a small bowl, add basil leaves  and cilantro and let them marinate a few minutes.  Right before you serve, put in the basil cilantro mix.

Eat and feel loved.