Once the chicken is completely cooled (you may need to spread it out on a cookie sheet to help it cool faster), put it in freezer bags.

It’s fun, so there’s a real temptation to keep on shreddin’, but you’ll end up with chicken dust if you’re not careful. You’ll have to hold on to the bowl so the handmixer doesn’t get away from you (and to keep chicken from flying everywhere), but just keep moving to an unshredded piece until you’re satisfied with the Level of Shred. While the chicken is still hot, press the handmixer’s beaters onto one of the boneless skinless chicken breasts and turn on the lowest setting. Hot chicken juice flies everywhere and will burn you. The liquid is the reason you can’t shred the chicken inside the slow cooker. With the water from the just-rinsed chicken and natural juices, it just happens. I don’t intentionally add liquid when cooking the chicken. Remove the chicken from the hot liquid of the CrockPot. But my stand mixer is inconveniently placed and I’m not hauling 25 hot chickens across the kitchen to use it. I’ve mentioned this before, but thought it deserved its own post (and video) because it’s just so stinking cool. I cook the chicken on low for 5-6 hours or until cooked through and falling apart easily. How I Cook a Who’ Lotta Chicken at Once to Freeze (And Shred It Super-Fast Without Carpal Tunnel Pain)Īfter I trim all the nastiness off of the boneless skinless chicken breasts, I place them straight into my CrockPot(s). If you can’t see it, watch it on youtube here. of Zaycon chicken because that’s what I turn to again and again for super-fast home-cooked meals. There are definitely some meals that need the meat to NOT be pre-cooked, but so many recipes work great! And as life gets busier as the kids get older (ummm, out of town basketball games?), I pre-cook more and more of my 40 lbs. Thawing it, trimming it, cooking it, draining it, cleaning up the mess. The biggest time-factor in preparing most meals (even the easiest ones) is the meat. That’s kind of dramatic-sounding, but true. If you really want to cook regularly, but feel overwhelmed at the thought, cooking some basic meats ahead of time will change your life. I can’t declare loudly enough how much I love pre-cooking chicken and ground beef.

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