2 pans of Italian Ranch chicken strips
8 pans of barbecue chicken chunks (I froze these in round pans because I can either bake them this way, or they will fit perfectly in my round crockpot.)
4 pans of chicken pot pie (I freeze the filling and add my bread topping when I bake them. I either add a biscuit crust, cornbread crust, or a pie crust depending on my mood.)
4 pans of chicken tetrazzini (I put cheese on all four, but snapped the photo to show the veggies, too.)
5 bags with the double the amount we need for a meal. This is for grilling. If we have company I'll have enough, but if not I'll grill extra to use during the week.
Almost 2 quarts of chicken broth.
7 pints of chicken for chicken salad or quick meals. (This was my first time raw packing meat to can, so I've learned something new this month.)
At $68.95 the chicken for these meals works out to be $2.30 per meal. Not bad at all.
Not only not a bad price, but a super time thrifty "cost" when you have grab and cook meals layer.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I'm hoping that I can encourage my daughter to take a turn at cooking .... lol
DeleteWow, you were so productive! I love all the meals you planned with your chicken. Way to go. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. It looks like a lot of chicken, but I am working on a couple of months' menus so that I can spread everything out.
DeleteMan! You must have been flying around that kitchen! Cold packing chicken goes very quickly, I wonder why more people don't can meat. It's one of the easiest things to do. Great job! I love to see others industry.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Jane
I got down to that last 20 Minutes and all I had left do was clean up. I started the timer and took off. :-)
DeleteI have canned beef in the past, but never chicken. I'm not sure why. Once it was jarred, it totally took care of itself.
Way to go you!You were much faster than me, and I was just trimming and cutting the raw chicken into the cuts I prefer. Although to be fair to myself I was also going back and forth between working at home that day, so my time assessment might be off.
ReplyDeleteEven though it took me a while, I have a great sense of satisfaction about all that chicken on hand and ready to go for future meals.
I turned everything off and only answered the phone once...lol...but I was multi tasking like crazy.
DeleteLike you, I feel a sense of satisfaction knowing that it is ready to go and I have plenty of easier prep meals now.