MAKING MORE MEALS
One of my favorite cooking tricks is to make a large amount of something that can be used for several meals during the week or frozen for use later in the month.
SHREDDED CHICKEN:
Did you know you can shred chicken with your mixer???!!!! It has revolutionized my life. All you need to do is cook some boneless chicken breasts however you want, thrown them in the mixer with the bread paddle attachment, and turn it on for about a minute or so. BAM, shredded chicken.
So here is what I do. When boneless skinless chicken breasts are on sale I will buy several family size packs. I usually marinate half of them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. The other half I marinate with taco seasoning. Sometimes I will do a few in teriyaki or other Asian flavoring. Once they have all marinated I will like a baking sheet with foil (one for each "flavor") and bake for about 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Put about 6-8 chicken breasts in your mixer with the bread paddle and let it mix for 45 seconds to a minute. You can keep the shredded chicken in a Ziploc bag. Feel free to freeze it at this point or leave a portion out for a meal during that week.
Once you have the chicken, what can you do with it:
Chicken Caesar Sandwiches: Place shredded Chicken in a slow cooker with a bottle of Caesar dressing and shredded parmesan cheese. Leave it for a few hours and scoop onto buns.
Creamed Chicken sandwiches: Place shredded Chicken and can of condensed cream of chicken soup and pack of crushed buttered crackers in slow cooker. Leave it for a few hours and scoop onto buns.
Chicken burritos, quesadillas, tacos: Use shredded chicken in all your Mexican dishes!
Use it to top your Salads or Pizza.
What are some of your favorite recipes with shredded chicken?
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