Crock Pot Shredded Chicken Breasts for Freezing - OAMC

From: Chef #587756

On Jul 17, 2008

Perfect! its amazing that such few ingredients could smell SO good while cooking! I used part of the chicken to make enchiladas and the rest of if to make chicken salad. This is so easy to make there is no reason for me not to have chicken on hand anymore.

From: Kim-mom-4--se-bg-gm

On Apr 1, 2008

This is a great recipe! This was so easy to make and is really versatile - tonight we had it with Super Easy Cheesy Enchiladas and it was a hit! Thanks for this time-saver!

From: MathMom.calif

On Apr 27, 2007

I made this the other night. Bought two whole, organic chickens (4.5 and 5 lbs respectively) and had the butcher cut them into quarters. I put them in the crockpot just before going to bed and cooked them 9.5 hours by the time I got my daughter off to school in the morning and got myself fed and dressed. The two chickens just barely fit into my 5.5 quart crockpot. I used two forks to shred the meat, and it was just falling off the bones and falling apart into bits when I barely touched it. So easy. I got 13.5 cups of shredded chicken and almost 3.5 cups of broth (after chilling and discarding the fat). I bundled them into 2 cup ziplock bags and put 5 in the freezer for later and 2 in the fridge for this week. This is a great idea and I will definitely do this again. Tonight I used 1 cup of the meat to make a half-recipe of Shortcut Chicken and Dumplings and I also used the broth, which gave it a wonderful flavor. The only thing I will do differently next time, is to sprinkle the seasonings over the chicken as I place each layer into the crockpot. Mixing it with the broth didn't work out that well, as a lot of it stayed in the measuring cup and didn't get mixed through to the chicken at the bottom.

From: appetizerqueen

On Jun 24, 2007

This worked out great. Thank you. I used 7 or 8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts and they cooked 5 1/2 hours. It made about 6 cups. Now I have the chicken i need for several recipes I have found on Zaar that call for shredded chicken. Oh, I also added some minced garlic (I'm a garlic lover)