Mega Cooking! Cooped Up In The Freezer

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Mega Cooking!
Cooped Up In The Freezer
Four recipes using chopped cooked chicken. Cook lots of chicken at once, chop and plan for some delicious quick meals. These recipes serve a dozen people. So if your family is smaller...you'll get just that many more dishes for your freezer! I like to spend a day doing the chicken and vegetarian dishes and another doing the beef dishes. When I'm done my Month's Worth usually turns into six weeks worth of planned dishes. It costs up front to buy that much groceries but it saves both money and time over the next several weeks.

Instructions and ideas for Mega Cooking found in Chicken Day! and in The Return of Chicken Day!

CHICKEN BROCCOLI BAKE

6 whole chicken breasts, cooked, cubed
12 cups cooked white rice
2 10 oz frozen broccoli, chopped, thawed, drained
1 large onion, finely chopped
4 cans cream of chicken soup
3 cups grated cheese

In a bowl combine the chicken, rice, cheese, broccoli and onion. Mix well. Stir in the cream of chicken soup until well blended. Salt to taste. Pour mixture into 2 greased pans and top with remaining cheese. Bake for 40 minutes at 350.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

12 cups chicken broth
1 ½ cups sliced celery
1 ½ cups sliced carrots
3 bay leaves
3 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
DUMPLINGS:
6 cups biscuit/baking mix
¾ teaspoon dried thyme
dash ground nutmeg
2 cups milk
1 ½ teaspoon dried parsley flakes
9 cups cubed cooked chicken breast

In 2 Dutch ovens or kettles, combine broth, celery, carrots, bay leaf and parsley; bring to a boil. For dumplings, combine biscuit mix, thyme and nutmeg; stir in milk and parsley just until moistened. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the boiling broth. Cook, uncovered for 10 minutes; cover and cook 10 minutes longer. With a slotted spoon, remove dumplings to a serving dish; keep warm. Bring broth to a boil. Reduce heat; add chicken and heat through. Remove bay leaves. Spoon over dumplings. 12 servings.

CHICKEN SALAD

10 cups cooked chopped chicken
10 cups finely chopped cabbage
1 ½ cups finely chopped carrots
3 bunches celery, finely chopped
3 cups sliced almonds
DRESSING:
1 qt. Best Foods Mayonnaise
1 cup Miracle Whip
1 Tablespoon Dill weed,
Bon Appetite dried chives and parsley
½ teaspoon pepper
1 pkg dry ranch dressing mix

Mix well and add to vegetables and chicken.

CHICKEN SALAD BURGERS

2 cans chunked chicken
2 cups chopped celery
2 small onions, minced
1 cup diced cheese
½ cup mayonnaise
12 hamburger buns

Combine all ingredients except buns and mix well. Fill buns with mixture. Wrap buns in foil. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or heat on grill. Sandwiches can also be made open faced, using ½ the buns, broil until cheese melts.

Chicken Recipes
Too Chicken To Start
Birds of a Feather
Pecking Order Puts Chicken on Top
Cooped Up in the Freezer

Kitchen Chaos Index
References and Resource Recommendations

Managing a kitchen in a large family can be a pretty exhausting task. It certainly isn't something that can take care of itself! With that in mind I am always looking for ways to make the kitchen experience easier, more enjoyable, or just plain manageable. Mega cooking, recipes, teaching children how to cook, organizing the kitchen are just some of the topics addressed in my Kitchen Chaos series. This index contains the entire series, not just the recipes.

Kitchen Chaos Individual Recipe Index

I have posted more than one recipe on each of my cooking pages. For your convenience I have submitted this individual index so you can find which recipe is on which page. I hope you enjoy them. Remember that my recipes are altered to be for a family of twelve. If your family is smaller, many of the recipes can be prepared as is and then divided and frozen for additional meals during stressful times. This index is just for listing the recipes and does not include the other kitchen and cooking articles.

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