Freezer Friendz: Rerun: So You Forgot to Defrost Chicken! by Jen

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Rerun: So You Forgot to Defrost Chicken! by Jen

The original recipe is from Fix-it and Forget-It Cookbook and was written by Mary Seislstad. I have made slight adjustments for freezing.

Ingredients:
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (original recipe calls for frozen chicken)
2 10 3/4oz. cans cream of chicken soup
4 oz. can sliced mushrooms, or 1/2c. sliced fresh mushrooms
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Egg Noodles or Rice

Assembly:
Place chicken in gallon Ziploc bag. Mix remaining ingredients in separate bowl and pour over chicken. Freeze standing up, so it will fit in the crock pot when you are ready to cook.

Serving Day:
Cook from frozen. Remove plastic bag from frozen meal. Place meal in crock pot. Cook on low 10-12 hours. Serve over cooked egg noodles or rice.

Freezer Friendz: I included egg noodles.

7 comments:

JCDesigns02February 21, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Yummy! Everyone loved this! I loved that you could put it in frozen.
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Christine S.February 23, 2012 at 7:15 PM
This was DELICIOUS! :) Thank you for a great (quick and easy) meal!

I did however have a question-when preparing the cream of chicken soup (the condensed was the right can size) do you add water to the condensed soup? I did and it seems a bit runny! (Although still super tasty!!)
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AnonymousFebruary 26, 2012 at 9:07 PM
Hi there! Thank you for the question. You only use the typical (~10oz.) cream of chicken condensed soup, you don't add any milk or water to the recipe.
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AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 1:41 AM
this is a repeat... is there a way to view all meals that are "cooked from frozen"??
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JCDesigns02March 12, 2012 at 11:19 AM
There is not currently a way to see things that cook from frozen, but I like that idea. We could start adding that label to recipes. Thanks for the idea!
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EricaMarch 19, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Yum! We loved it.
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AnonymousApril 10, 2012 at 12:00 PM
This was very delicious, however, I think I overcooked it and wished I had more soup to go with it. Maybe I'll add another can of soup next time.
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Freezer Cooking Quick Tips

When wrapping meals for freezer: make sure to double wrap to prevent freezer burn. Using one layer of plastic wrap and a top layer of foil is best.

Freezer Bags: Use GOOD freezer bags! Don't skimp on cheapo freezer bags or your food will taste like plastic!

Meat in Freezer Meals: Thawed meat must be cooked before it can be refrozen. Frozen cooked meat can not be refrozen once thawed.

Freezing Soup: Pour soup into gallon size Ziploc bag. Lay bag of soup flat on a cookie sheet in the freezer until frozen, then remove cookie sheet. Doing this allows soup to freeze flat, so it can stack easily with other meals in your freezer.

Flash Marinade: Put raw chicken or beef in a ziploc baggie, pour in your marinade, then freeze. In the thawing process, your meat will be infused with the marinade and ready to cook!

Cooking Noodles: Cook noodles only 3 minutes, drain and immediately run under cold water to stop the cooking process. Noodles will freeze well and not turn to mush if done this way. Tip from freezerchicks blog site!

Slow-Cooking Chicken for the Freezer: You can fill crock pot with chicken breasts and pour a can of chicken broth over meat. Cook on high for 4 hours. Another method that gives the meat more flavor is to layer 1 sliced onion in the bottom of slow cooker. Top with chicken. Sprinkle with seasoned salt, pepper and garlic powder. Cook on low for 4 hours or until done. With either of these methods, you need to keep an eye on your meat to make sure you do not overcook. Shred or dice and freeze in 2 cup portions for use in casseroles, tacos, etc...

Freezing Cooked Ground Beef: You can boil ground beef, then freeze it - it will be easy to thaw and use for tacos or something similar! To do this, add raw ground beef to large pot. Add onion, salt & pepper. Fill pot with water until water is 1" above the top of the meat. Boil, stirring occasionally to break up chunks. Meat is finished when no longer pink. Drain off the water (which drains off the fat).

1lb. raw ground beef=12 oz. cooked ground beef=2 - 2.5

Freezing Sandwiches: You can make lunchmeat sandwiches ahead of time and freeze them. Just assemble the meat and cheese on bread and place in ziploc sandwich bags. Place all bagged sandwiches into a large ziploc freezer bag. I did this once with cheap sandwich bags and the sandwiches tasted like plastic; however, they taste fine if you use Ziploc bags. **PBJ works too, if bread is a higher quality wheat bread.

Freezer Efficiency: If your freezer isn't full, fill empty milk jugs 3/4 full with water and place in freezer. This helps your freezer not have to work so hard to stay cold, saving you money.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Rerun: So You Forgot to Defrost Chicken! by Jen

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