unwanted chicken fat-what do you do?

[womanofdulwich]

What does everyone do with the leftover fat from cooking your chicken? in the winter I soak up old bits of bread and put out for the birds. but when the weather is warmer they dont need it. i cant compost it so wonder what everyone else does? ( I use olive oil to cook it in).

Not the most exciting thread I know,but I have a jam jar of it in the kitchen.

[KidKruger]

i pour it down the drain with my used up washing-up water.

is that bad ?

[Jeremy]

Strain it and re-use it?

[BrandNewGuy]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> i pour it down the drain with my used up

> washing-up water.

> is that bad ?

Short answer? Yes... Never mind it'll clog up your pipes, meat fat is the scourge of the sewer system. If you've ever seen a poor bloke trying to dig out mounds of old congealed fat, you wouldn't do it :-)

As Jeremy says, strain it, refrigerate it and use it for frying.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Dripping on toast the following morning.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Dripping on toast the following morning.

More healthy option is to line a cup with silver foil, pour hot fat into. Cool down in fridge then throw foil package out.

[womanofdulwich]

yes i have just let it cool and thrown out in old yoghurt pot in bin, i have not refried with it.i suppose i could keep it at the back of the fridge for next time. I'll try it next week.

[david_carnell]

Cook roast potatoes in it. Not as good as goose/duck fat but not bad. Keeps forever.

[jumpinjackflash]

use as suntan oil in the summer. You'll get a lovely crispy golden tan!

[HonaloochieB]

Reusing chicken fat? What are you people, hobos?

[KidKruger]

OK I will try keepingthe fat to save the old bloke having to shovel it out of the sewer.

How long does it keep for in a fridge and is it healthy to fry stuff in compared to olive oil ?

[jumpinjackflash]

Chips fried in Olive Oil taste vile..tried that once..thought it would be a healthier for me.

[KidKruger]

Sorry I meant like, bacon, eggs, omelettes stirfry, as opposed to deep frying.

[ianr]

Would it be any use as a poor man's goose fat?

[ladyruskin]

Don't put it down the drains

[Guest]

Rub on your hands. Makes them lovely and soft.

[HonaloochieB]

And all the cats in the neighbourhood will follow when you hit the road to the next town.

[Guest]

I admit that's a bonus.

[Annette Curtain]

Like, I kinda agree with HonaloochieB

http://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/img/2009_08_17/hobo.jpg "I'm a gettin on the first train to RenderedHen "

Yee haw...

N(tu)

[HonaloochieB]

And just to make sure there are no misunderstandings, Boxcar Willie was the professional nom de song of country singer Lecil Travis Martin and not an STI.

Hope that clears that up, and without the use of penicillin.

[sheilarose]

Lakeland sell fat absorbing paper sachets filled with coconut fibre, which you put in the roasting pan to soak up the fat. Then you just bin the fatty sachets.

[Lying Toad]

G'day!

A number of years back I use to take a half bucket full of chicken fat, a fishing rod, and a line with 8 hooks on, each covered with foil.

Here's the best bit... then, at 6am I would walk to my local beach in Margaret River (S'W Auz), poor the fat in the sea and throw the line in. Within half an hour, I would have 20 huge fish to eat!

The Toad (tu)

[Dorothy]

Chicken fat is completely vile. Absolutely not worth saving for any purpose. Throw it away in an old yogurt pot, or scrape on to newspaper, wrap, and put in your food recycling bin.

[Annette Curtain]

"Yeah Dorothy, shoot that useless chicken fat"

 

[LadyDeliah]

I give it to my dog when it's cooled down. He loves it.