Kathie's Tip
Ah, Pinterest, the website that I enjoy.... too much. It is loaded with such great ideas, some of which seem a little wacky. Well call me wacky!! I tried something today that I thought was crazy. I shredded my chicken breast, for chicken salad, with my mixer. Now I have a Kitchenaid stand mixer so I don't know if you could do this with a hand mixer or not but WOW. (I will never hand shred chicken again. I wonder if you could do this with beef...) I was concerned that the chicken would wrap around the paddle but it didn't. I used two chicken breast halves. (Side note: you know how a chicken breast looks a little bit like the African continent? Well, did you know that is actually half a chicken breast? A whole chicken breast is two African continent shaped pieces of meat, joined together by some cartilage.) So, I cooked a whole chicken breast, let it cool a little, then put it in the mixing bowl and let it go. :) Seriously, only about 20 or 30 seconds later.... shredded chicken. Here are the pictures to show you how it came out.
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Dawn's Tip
If you have a recipe you need cooked chicken for, I suggest poaching it. If you boil chicken in water until it's done, say 10-15 minutes, it will usually be a bit dry. You've overcooked the chicken! I saw once on a cooking show that you can actually poach chicken. It turns out perfectly done and moist rather than dry. Place your chicken in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, cover and remove from heat. Let sit 15 minutes. Check for white centers just to be sure it's done. Enjoy!
6 comments:
that's TERRIFIC! do you know what size mixer you have? I may be getting one as a birthday gift! :D
I have tried this a couple times since Momma told me about it -- works like a charm! Used it for BBQ chicken sandwiches and chicken salad. I might have used it for chicken enchilada filling, but I can't remember. :-) Just make sure you start out slow until the chicken is broken a bit, then increase speed.
Autumn, my mixer is just the normal Artisan stand mixer size. But in Mango. ;-)
My mixer is like Dawn's in white
I like to bake chicken at 350 for 30 minutes, but poaching sounds so much better for the summer heat when I do not want the oven on. I also use my crockpot to cook big batches of chicken for cubing and shredding!
Could you share with us how you use your crockpot for batches of chicken? I do that for a big batch of Chicken Pot Pie filling, but what do you do for plain chicken? Water? Oo, I bet you could do a double whammy and make broth while you're at it! Do share!
I think Jaclyn should do a guest post! What do you all thinK? I'm all about easy ways to cook chicken.
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