I had to butcher 4 five month old roosters and decided to make soup and cold ginger chicken.
I chopped the chicken into pieces, threw it in a pot filled with water and brought it to a boil. Took out the foam and reduced heat to simmer. I used 1 TBS chicken bullion, 1 TBS mushroom seasoning (from asian market), and 1 TBS salt. It took about two hours on simmer for the rooster meat to soften and fall of the bone. I let it cool and put the meat on a plate and threw away the bones. I put half cup peanut oil in a pan and while it was heating up, I put in about a 2 inch piece of minced ginger, 1 bundle of chopped green onion, and 1 Tbs of salt. I let it sizzle for about a minute on high heat and poured the sauce on the chicken.
For the soup I decided to use a young long green squash. I just thinly cut the amount needed for two servings which is about 10 ladles of broth. I had to add 2 tea spoon of salt to balance the taste. Served it with white rice, very easy.