Chicken: You don't need to do any pre-cooking or cutting. Just buy the individually frozen chicken breasts from Costco (abt $2.19 per pound - not bad!) and throw them in the ziplock freezer bags along with the other ingredients. Label and freeze bags for up to 3 months. When you're ready to eat, simply thaw and cook. Cooking time will depend on how thawed your chicken is - but will be at least 40 minutes at 350. The chicken will marinate itself as it thaws.
For those of you who have our Bodell Bistro cookbook, the chicken recipes are already in there! Look in the index under "Freezer Meals" (for some odd reason they are in the "beef" section).
Ceasar Chicken
4-6 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 bottle (16 oz) Creamy Ceasar salad dressing
2-3 cloves freshly pressed garlic
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
(serve over noodles)
Mandarin Orange Chicken
4-6 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 pkg fresh mushrooms (8 0z)
2 T flour
6 oz orange juice concentrate, thawed
1/2 c green onions, thinly sliced
2 chicken bouillon cubes, crushed
11 oz can mandarin orange sections, undrained
(serve with rice)
Mexican Chicken
4-6 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts
16 oz jar salsa
2-3 cloves freshly pressed garlic
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 can of sliced black olives, drained
1 small can of diced chilies
1/2 cup grated Jack cheese (don't put this in the ziplock bag - save it for serving)
(serve with corn and beans)
Mushroom Chicken
4-6 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 cup milk
8 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup bacon bits
2-3 cloves freshly pressed garlic
2 T Worcestershire sauce
2 T lemon juice
1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
(serve over noodles or rice)
Teriyaki Chicken
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp red wine vinegar
2 tsp vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, freshly pressed
3/4 tsp crushed ginger (fresh is best - and worth it!)
(serve over rice)
2 comments:
Liz, you seriously just throw everything in a bag and freeze it altogether? Neil wants me to do freezer meals (aka, 30 meals in a day), but they take so long and don't always taste as good when you thaw them out. But just having already frozen chicken and throwing stuff in a ziplock doesn't seem bad. Seriously, how do they taste?
ok, i've never left a comment on my own blog...but here goes...
they taste FABULOUS! I've done the chicken ones several times and have never been disappointed. I tried the beef recipes for the first time last week and have liked them all so far. I think I'll change up the chili recipe a bit more to my family's style, but ya IT WORKS!
Happy to hear from you LaNae!
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