Cheap Eats – Recipes with Frozen Chicken Breasts: King Ranch Chicken, Easy Chicken Enchiladas, Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

If you’re not cooking with frozen chicken breasts, you’re missing out on some frugalicious and fast dinners!

You’ll love frozen chicken breasts because they are a frugal shoppers delight! I just bought a 4-lb. bag of frozen chicken breasts at Randall’s (a Safeway owned store) for $6.76 using my Randall’s card and a store coupon. For some wonderful reason, frozen chicken breasts are frequently on sale, and you don’t have to worry about them expiring right away!

You’ll love frozen chicken breasts when you discover how easy they are to prepare. Did you know that you can prepare perfectly shredded chicken by putting them in your crock pot with 1/2 cup water on low for about 6 hours and then use 2 forks to shred?

You’ll love frozen chicken breasts because there’s no trimming or stinky parts to deal with, and when you’re a vegetarian mom cooking for a family of carnivores – this is really important!

You’ll love frozen chicken breasts even more when you try these 3 easy meals that can all be made from one 4-lb. bag!

King Ranch Chicken – A Texas favorite!

• Ingredients:
• 3 frozen chicken breasts
• 3 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 can rotel tomatoes
• 1 small onion chopped or 3/4 cup frozen chopped onion if you want to save time & money!
• 1 green bell chopped or 1 cup frozen chopped green bell pepper if you want to save time & money!
• 12 white corn tortillas

 

• Directions:
• Cook chicken in crock pot and shred (see directions above).
• Mix together cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, chicken broth and rotel tomatoes.
• In a lightly greased 9 x 13 casserole dish, layer half the chicken, 6 tortillas, half the onion, half the green bell pepper, 1 cup of cheese and half of the soup mixture.
• Repeat the layers and top with the last cup of cheese.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 40 minutes or until bubbly.
• Let cool 10 minutes before serving.

 
 
Easy Chicken Enchiladas – another Texas favorite!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• Ingredients:
• 3 frozen chicken breasts or 1 rotisserie chicken, shredded
• 16 oz. sour cream
• 8 oz. package of cream cheese
• 3/4 cup of picante sauce
• 3 cups mexican cheese blend, shredded
• 1 large can of red enchilada sauce
• 20 fajita size flour tortillas or white corn tortillas
• optional: green onions and sliced black olives for garnish

 

• Directions:
• Cook chicken in a crock pot and shred (see directions above) OR shred a rotisserie chicken.
• Mix together shredded chicken, sour cream, cream cheese, picante sauce and 1 cup of cheese.
• Pour half of the enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.
• Put about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture in the center of a tortilla, roll and place seam side down in the pan. Continue rolling the enchiladas and place closely to each other to fill the pan. If you are using corn tortillas, you may need to warm them to make them pliable…about 15 seconds in the microwave will do the trick!
• Top with the remaining enchilada sauce and 2 cups of cheese.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 25 minutes or until bubbly.
• Let cool 10 minutes before serving.
• When serving, top with sliced green onions and sliced black olives if desired.

 
 
Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

• 3 frozen chicken breasts
• 1, 6 oz. package long grain and wild rice mix (like Uncle Ben’s or the store brand)
• 8 oz. package fresh sliced mushrooms
• 2/3 cup Good Seasons Italian dressing
• 8 oz. sour cream

 

• Cook chicken in a crock pot and shred (see directions above).
• Cook rice according to package directions.
• Mix together chicken, rice, mushrooms, Italian dressing and sour cream.
• Pour into a lightly greased 9 x 13 casserole dish.
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until bubbly.

 
Simplify your cooking and join the frozen chicken breast revolution! Of course if you absolutely prefer fresh chicken breasts, feel free to substitute fresh!

Enjoy these frugalicious and fast recipes!

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