I had a 1 person party in my kitchen, prepping 20 lbs of chicken from Zaycon Foods.
My friend & I split a 40 lb order and then we go to work. I trim, cube, bake, strip & crockpot it all and then go to bed with tired legs & feet, but feeling good that I saved myself so much work later on.
Zaycon sells this chicken for $1.69/lb.
Now I'm a super bargain hunter & Winco does sell 5 lb bags of chicken for $5-$6 and this is about $3 more, BUT I hardly trim any fat from it and it feels good knowing that their chicken has no added hormones, additives or aritifical ingredients. It's also fresh & NEVER frozen!
Melody from This Beautiful Frugal Life always has great ideas on what to do with 40lbs of chicken, next time I may just get the whole 40lbs. Our family of 5 goes through prepped chicken pretty fast. So much easier to take already prepared yummy chicken then it is to thaw out and trim the other stuff.
For more ideas on how to prepare it, the authors of Frugal Living NW have an e-book you can download called The Ultimate Guide to Freezer Friendly Meals: Chicken.
Here's how I prepared my 20 lbs on a Friday night.
I cubed & trimmed the raw meat.
I baked the chicken on 350* for 30 minutes, then I made them into strips for my yummy Sundried Tomato Chicken Fettucine Alfredo
Put 1.5 lbs in the crockpot to make Honey Sauced Chicken, haven't tried it yet but we're game for new recipes.
Made 2 large batches of one of new favorites, Salsa Chicken which I thought was called Mexican Chicken. Oh well. Super easy crockpot dinner!
What do you like to prepare ahead of time?
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