Every time we have whole roasted poultry in the house I make soup afterwards. Soup is a great thing to have in your freezer for days when you’re feeling lazy, and making soup from leftover chicken or turkey ensures that you can get every scrap of meat from that bird.
I saved the carcass and the wings from the tarragon chicken we had the other night. If you’re not prepared to make soup right away you can always wrap up the carcass and freeze it for a later date. Just don’t forget about it, otherwise you’ll be pulling bird bones out of your freezer for months.
Anyway, take your carcass, including wing bones or leftover thighs or whatever, plus all your skin and whatever you used to season the bird (in this case I stuffed it with lemons) and chuck it in a large pot. Add enough water to just cover the whole thing, and drop in a spoonful or so of powdered chicken stock.
Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and let that sucker simmer for about an hour or so.
Remove from the heat and strain your broth. I set a large colander inside a large bowl and pour the whole pot contents into that.
Then I can just lift the colander and all the broth drains out, leaving me with the bits still in the colander.
Return the broth to the pot and let the boiled carcass cool enough to handle.
Here’s where you get to play your favourite carrion bird, and you can go over that carcass and remove every last scrap of meat from every part of it. 
There’s always a lot more meat on the chicken’s back (which is usually the underside if you roast it breast-up) than you think, especially around the ribs. Get all those little tidbits out and drop them into the broth. 
You can now discard your picked-over carcass, flabby skin, gristle, and whatever else was in the pot that isn’t meat.
Return the pot with the broth and chicken bits to the heat and bring to a boil. At this point I like to add a bit of oregano.
Then you can pour in the noodle of your choice. This time I used macaroni.
Boil for 10-15 minutes or until the pasta is cooked, then serve. As I said, this stuff freezes well and it keeps in the fridge for about a week.
Ali Does It Herself 