Thursday, January 7, 2010

How to shred chicken for dinner tonight

There are a few ways to shred a lot of chicken in a hurry.

First method involves a rotisserie chicken bought from any grocery store.
Just, ya know, take it apart. It should basically shred on its own, as you disassemble it. Get quart freezer bags to save the meat in serving portions to suit your family's needs. The average family should be able to make at least 3 meals from a whole chicken out of the deli.
1. Roasted chicken with potatoes and green beans
2. Shredded Chicken Quesadillas with broccoli and black beans
3. Taco Soup (will post recipe asap)
All of these can be made with very little preparation and in less than 30 minutes.

The second method would be to use a pressure cooker. I have a fancy new digital or electronic pressure cooker but I used to use an older style pressure cooker. Either way will work to cook in a hurry.
I hate to send you away, but the best method for cooking a whole chicken in a pressure cooker is found here
If you plan to use your pressure cooker to cook one of those bags of chicken breasts found in most grocery stores then you'll:
place the roasting rack in your cooker
empty the bag of breasts into your pressure cooker
add 1/2 cup water or stock
cook on High (let pressure regulator rock on high) about 15 minutes
allow pressure to drop naturally
shred with a fork and freeze in quart bags, portions according to your family size

You can then use your shredded chicken for SO many recipes. Enchiladas (recipe to follow asap), quesadillas, taco soup, stir fry, alfredo pizza, chicken scampi,chicken chili, thai pizza....

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