Chicken Dinner Ideas

Today I made 5 chicken dinners all in one morning! The best part is that I only paid $6.00 for the meat. Because I’m being mindful of our spending, I found a great deal on chicken breasts for .99 a pound at Fred Meyer so I threw the package into the crockpot overnight and got to work in the morning. We are a family of 7, 5 kids and us. We are not huge meat eaters so we can be satisfied with a small amount of meat in our meals. First step was to shred all of the chicken, watching out for those small little bones. I was surprised at just how much shredded chicken there was.

Many times, I will just split up the chicken, toss it into the freezer to use for easy meals but today I decided to prep some freezer meals. Here is what I made.

MEAL 1- CHICKEN ENCHILLADAS

I like to layer my pan with the street taco sized corn tortillas.
Layer 1- Green enchilada sauce, layer of chicken(mixed with salsa)
Layer 2- black beans, chicken and cheese.
Layer 3- Green enchilada sauce, cheese and black olives

MEAL 2- BROWN RICE, CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI CASSEROLE

MEAL 3- QUINOA, CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI

Cooking quinoa in chicken broth gives it a yummy flavor and is super healthy. Braggs liquid aminos is our go to replacement for soy sauce. It’s mighty tasty and much better for you!

MEAL 4– CHICKEN PENNE WITH ALFREDO

MEAL 5 – CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

One jar of this tortilla soup from Walmart can be stretched by adding chicken broth, or vegetable broth. Add chicken. I have added beans and corn as well. This is a super easy go to meal that I like to keep on hand.

Finally, garnish with sour cream, tortilla chips and cheese.

So good. We had this one for lunch.

Wrapped in foil and Ready for the freezer!