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It’s time for back to school, which means days get shorter and filled with more running around. Back to school time also means fall is just around the corner! Although we use our slow cooker all year, I know many use it more during the fall and winter. Here are a few of our favorite chicken dishes that are meant to go from the freezer to your slow cooker.
I love meals that I can prep, freeze, and dump right into the slow cooker. I spend the day chasing around two little boys and dinner sometimes slips my mind. With these meals stocked in our freezer, I can pull one out and put it in the slow cooker without thinking about dinner the rest of the day!
Chicken Cacciatore
Ingredients:
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1 lb chicken breasts
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1 jar of chunky vegetable-style pasta sauce
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1 zucchini, chopped
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1 green pepper, chopped
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1 sweet onion, chopped
Directions:
- Put all ingredients in a freezer bag and mix together.
- When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw a couple hours.
- Cook on LOW 6-8 hours.
- Serve with cooked spaghetti noodles, salad and garlic bread.
Cilantro Lime Chicken with Corn and Black Beans
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lbs chicken breasts
- 1 (16 oz) bag frozen corn
- about 3 T lime juice
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 tsp cumin
Directions:
- Put all ingredients in freezer bag and mix together.
- When ready to eat, allow to thaw a few hours.
- Cook on LOW 8 hours.
- Serve with tortillas and toppings of your choice: lettuce, sour cream, salsa, and cheese.
Creamy Salsa Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 lb chicken breasts
- 1 (16 oz) jar chunky salsa
- 1 (10.75 oz) cream of mushroom or chicken soup
Directions:
- Mix salsa and soup together in freezer bag.
- Add chicken breasts and mix to coat.
- When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw a few hours.
- Cook on LOW 6 hours.
- When finished cooking, shred chicken and serve over rice, with tortilla chips, in taco shells, on a salad, on buns, use your imagination. It’s a yummy mix and can be used so many ways.
- Top with cheese, sour cream, avocado, lettuce, tomato, or hot sauce.
Chicken Teriyaki
Ingredients:
- 4 chicken breasts
- small bag of baby carrots
- 2 (20 oz) cans of pineapple (whatever kind you have works), undrained
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 medium red onion, cut into chunks
- 1 cup Teriyaki Sauce
Directions:
- Add all ingredients to freezer bag.
- Allow to thaw a few hours.
- Cook on LOW 6-7 hours.
- Serve over rice.
Creamy Italian Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lbs chicken
- 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 Package Cream Cheese, cubed
- 1 Package Zesty Italian Dry Dressing Mix
Directions:
- Add all ingredients to bag and mix to coat.
- When ready to eat, allow to thaw slightly.
- Cook on LOW 4-5 hours.
- Serve over rice or noodles.
Applesauce BBQ Chicken
Ingredients:
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1/2 t ground pepper
- 3/4 cup chunky applesauce
- 3/4 cup BBQ sauce
- 2 T brown sugar
- 1 t chili powder
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in freezer bag and mix around.
- When ready to eat, allow to thaw a few hours.
- Cook on LOW 6-8 hours.
If you’re running late and forgot to pull your bag out ahead of time, no worries! It will be fine to toss in completely frozen, but it will probably take a bit longer. For easy clean-up, we like to use slow cooker liners. For all of these dump type meals, you’ll need gallon freezer bags or we use our FoodSaver. I’ll be adding more pictures in the next time I make each dish, but I wanted to get a head start and share with you!
I hope you try some of these and let me know what you think!
Christina Shirley says
This is a great idea! Sure makes preparing dinner easier when you don’t have much time. These recipes sound really good.
Christina Shirley says
Oh these all look so good! I love the idea of getting them ready ahead of time and freezing! Would be so great to just pull out and put in the crockpot!
Christina Shirley says
My family loves to eat chicken too. Thank you so much for sharing these delicious chicken recipes.
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Christina Shirley says
Great list, perfect for those busy school nights when I do not have a ton of time to cook.
Christina Shirley says
These are great! I was just looking for things to make and freeze for post-baby arrival!
Christina Shirley says
I have been looking for some more freezer meals. I am getting tired of the same old same old.
Christina Shirley says
those look amazing. i’m going to have to try them out.
Christina Shirley says
LOVE freezer meals! I shred my chicken in my kichen aid mixer – so easy!
Christina Shirley says
Thank you for these! They all look delicious and easy to make! I love when you can just throw something in the crockpot and be done. 🙂
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Christina Shirley says
Chicken, freezer, slow cooker — these all appeal to me! Thanks so much for sharing!
Christina Shirley says
Hello cute lady! Everything looks so amazing. I would love some right now. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you taking the time to stop by and party with us. It wouldn’t be a party without you! I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. Lou Lou Girls
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Thank you!! We’ll be there!
tracee says
The cilantro lime chicken sounds really delicious.