Never thought of doing some research about the topic: how to boil/prepare chicken for best results, tho my mom makes it the best! Me....ughh, 70% :))
I grew up with chickens myself, mostly for meat and eggs. I wasnt involved in petting them or something, I am still afraid of them: .
I didnt know that we should let the chicken in the fridge to rest (up to 3days) if we want the best we can get from it. Do you know if it's the same with frozen ones? :-?? (maybe you've read this too)
My mom still have chicks, around 30. And she continues to give us to cook them. I've never had soup/stock from bought chicken...ever in 30 years. :)) and I'm not going to change this:D So I might look it this myself:d especially now that I have an instant pot ultra. It's much easier than cooking soup on the stove.
With most chicken it shouldn't matter about resting it, because they are still young, so the meat is tender. I only did this extra step because it was an older chicken. Usually we prepare the roosters when they are much younger, then we can cook them in the usual way.
I see. Well, it happens sometimes to have older chickens:) so I must take a look into that.