My Awesomely Amazing Cooking Chicken Trick
February 8th, 2010
For far too long I did chicken all wrong. Once I came up with this awesomeness I will never go back or probably try anything new.
Buy a large family pack of fresh boneless skinless chicken breast when it is on sale ($1.69-$1.99 I feel is a good deal or of course lower, but I haven’t seen it lower in a long time, except in super bulk. So if you do, you better let me know). Buy two or more packs if you want. When you get home from the store just slice open your meat packages and slide it right into your crock pot. Fill the crock pot with enough water to cover all your chicken.

(I prefer chicken breasts, but the tenders were a better deal, so that's what is pictured here.)
Cook for about 4-6 hours. When it’s done, take some of your meat out and put into a strainer, you can work in batches so it’s easier.

Take your strainer to the sink and work with one chicken piece at a time. Hold your chicken breast under running water and wipe away all the gunk and goo or ligament/vein pieces that might be left. (The awesome thing about cooking it slow in a crock pot is that most of the fat and grossness has melted away and it’s easy to get the rest off. Plus the chicken is tender, juicy, and fall-apart yummy.) After you have cleaned the chicken, simply cut into cubes and… wahlah! You have perfectly awesome chicken ready to use right away or store in plastic zipper freezer bags. I like to store my chicken in portion sizes that I will most likely use all at once for a recipe.

Stow your chicken bags away in the freezer and then when you are in the mood for… chicken salad sandwiches, chicken in your favorite pasta dish, chicken in curry or rice dishes, chicken noodle soup, your favorite chicken and something casserole, chicken in a green or pasta salad, or chicken almost anything just grab a bag out of the freezer, either let it thaw in your fridge for later use or pop it right into the microwave and thaw just enough to loosen or warm for what you need.
I love this, because it is easy, I don’t have to work with nasty raw meat, it makes super yummy, tender chicken and makes for quick meals later on.
I was going to post my homemade chicken noodle soup, but thought you all needed to know this first! If I plan on doing a soup or something where I need broth, I strain the water the chicken cooked in from my crock pot through a mesh strainer and store or use with some extra added seasonings.
How do you usually cook chicken? Will you be trying this? Let me know what you think.



