Monday, October 1, 2007
Baked, Boiled or Fried??
I use flash-frozen chicken breasts for almost everything. It's cheaper and so easy! I've had several friends who are so surprised that it comes out tender. I just bake it in a glass pan, covered at 375 for a half hour or til juices are clear. All of them seem surprised by that. How do YOU cook chicken? Am I weird?
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I'm not sure if I have heard of that exact term: flash frozen. Is that just like frozen chicken breasts that come in a bag? Do you bake them straight from being frozen?
I bake chicken breasts that same way, 375-400 for 300 minutes, usually in some kind of marinade. For shredded chicken in casseroles or pasta, I usually boil. For stir-fry or enchiladas, I fry.
300 minutes???? wow! j/k :) Yeah, i don't know if flash-frozen is a real term, but yes it's the ones in the bags that are frozen really quickly and no, i defrost them first. but I bake them for casseroles, enchiladas, you name it!
I'm all about frozen chicken! Actually, until reading your post, I'd completely forgotten that they came any other way. :) I just defrost them, dice, and cook them in a skillet for almost everything! However, I do have a great crock pot recipe where you put the bag (or however many will fit) of frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot (still frozen), dump in 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, cover (don't add water), and cook on high for 4-5 hours. Serve over rice. I love this as a Sunday meal, since I barely have to do anything to make it!
The Foreman grill does a great job on these too! FYI Salmon steaks come flash-frozen at Sams or Costco too. Then you can do them one at a time (one salmon steak for my husband and a chicken breast for me - perfect!).
whoops--30 minutes!
I totally buy the frozen chicken breasts at Costco (the salmon too actually) and I usually just grill them on the Foreman. It only takes a couple minutes and you don't even have to defrost them first (b/c I usually don't think about dinner that far in advance..)
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