How I Fed 12 People with One Sam’s/Costco Rotisserie Chicken

Here’s how I fed 12 people with one Sam’s/Costco Rotisserie Chicken…

Oh how we love us a Rotisserie Chicken from Costco or Sam’s! The cost just under $5.00 and can stretch a long way. Plus they taste really good. And the best part? They are hot and fresh and ready to pick up, take home, and eat right away.

Now, we have a large family. So people often ask how many of these chickens it takes to feed us all. If our entire family is getting together plus guests, I definitely grab two. But on a regular day? We can get by with just one. How??

How I Fed 12 People with One Sam’s/Costco Rotisserie Chicken

Here’s how this worked most recently when we had a grocery stock up day at Sam’s and we brought home a Rotisserie Chicken for lunch…

Who we fed that day: Six adults and six kids.

Auggie still can’t eat solids well enough so I didn’t count him as one of the 12. Our three little girls aren’t big eaters yet and didn’t eat a lot of chicken, so that’s worth noting for how we can stretch one chicken for this many people. Keith had a medium-sized portion. Brayden and Kiya ate as much as the adults.

How we stretched the chicken: We did what we do with almost every meal in that we ate our chicken along with lots of healthy side dish options.

• Some of the grown-ups used some of the chicken to make Chicken Wraps with tortillas.
• One adult ate a pile of chicken along with raw carrots and broccoli with ranch.
• The kids all ate their bites of chicken on a plate with grapes, blackberries, and pickles.
• Keith ate his along with fruit and some pieces of cheese.
• Some of the kids had a piece of bread and butter with their chicken and fruit.

Those chickens look small, but I’ve found that we can pull a lot of chicken off those bones.

Another day recently we came home from Costco and simply ate a Rotisserie Chicken with Smoothies. That’s it. We ate until we were satisfied (just 3 adults and 5 kids that day) and we had leftover chicken.

Best tip for stretching a rotisserie chicken:

Serve lots of side dishes with the chicken. Fruits and veggies taste great with a rotisserie chicken and they are inexpensive. Here’s a list of inexpensive side dish ideas to make Rotisserie Chicken a fast food that goes a long way:

• Grapes
• Strawberries
• Blackberries
• Raspberries
• Caesar Salad Kit
• Bread/Rolls and Butter
• Steamed Veggies
• Carrot Sticks
• Smoothies
• Cottage Cheese
• Canned Fruit
• Pickles
• Tortillas (to turn the chicken into a wrap)

How many Rotisserie Chickens does it take to feed your family?