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Welcome back to Freezer To Crockpot Cooking – Chicken Week! You had a few days to get everything on the freezer cooking shopping list, so now it is time to assemble everything and get it in the freezer!

 See all of the other weeks in this series:

• Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes
• Slow Cooker Appetizer Recipes
• Slow Cooker Beef Recipes
• Slow Cooker Sandwich Recipes
• Slow Cooker Pork Recipes
• Slow Cooker Mexican Recipes
• Slow Cooker Soup Recipes
• Slow Cooker Vegetarian Recipes
• Slow Cooker Apple Recipes

Don’t forget:  the shopping list for this week was designed to make 4 meals.  If you doubled or tripled the shopping list to make even more meals (or larger meals), you will need to adjust these instructions for the increased quantity of food that you are making

Step 1 – Prep your ingredients:

1. Dice 1 cup of celery
2. Slice 1 cup of carrots into coins
3. Slice all 3 peppers into strips
4. Slice 1 onion into strips
5. Dice 1 onion
6. Cube half of the chicken

Step 2:  Write out the instructions – You will then want to write cooking directions on your bag prior to filling them – don’t try writing on a lumpy bag. At the bottom of the bag I write additional ingredients, such as fresh items that cannot be frozen or if I need to add some additional frozen veggies. By doing this, a quick check of my stock of crockpot meals will let me know if a trip to the store is in order.

The directions to write on your bag are as follows for each recipe.

Chicken Pot Pie

1. Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
2. Dump entire bag into crockpot
3. Cook on low 3-4 hours
4. Remove chicken from crockpot, shred with forks
5. Put chicken back into crockpot along with frozen peas (if desired)
6. Add ½ cup of milk and cook an additional 30 minutes or until heated through
7. Bake canned biscuits according to package directions, slice in half and top individual bowls of pot pie.

Additional Ingredients: 1/2 cup milk (or heavy cream), canned biscuits, small bag of frozen peas (if desired)

Chicken Fajitas

1. Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
2. Dump entire bag into crockpot
3. Cook on low for 4-5 hours
4. Remove chicken from crockpot, shred with forks
5. Place chicken back into crockpot
6. Cook additional 20 minutes and serve.

Additional Ingredients: tortillas, sour cream, lettuce, cheese, or whatever fresh toppings you like

Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole

1. Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
2. Pour contents of bag 1 and bag 2 into crockpot
3. Cook on low for 4-6 hours
4. Add bag #3 (broccoli) in last hour of cooking
5. Serve with a salad

Additional Ingredients: Salad

Chicken Alfredo

1. Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
2. Pour contents of bag 1 into crockpot
3. Cook on low for 4 hours
4. Add contents of bag #2
5. Cook an additional 30 minutes
6. Serve over cooked fettuccine pasta with a salad on the side

Additional Ingredients: 1 Box Fettuccini Noodles, salad

Step 3 – Fill Your Bags – The next step is to assemble your ingredients into bags, ending with chicken on the top of each one. When you pour ingredients into the crockpot, meats should always be on the bottom for best cooking results.

You will need 4 gallon freezer bags, and 3 quart freezer bags. Here is what goes into each bag:

Pot Pie

• Half of the cubed chicken breasts
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 cup carrot coins
• 1 cup celery
• 1-2 cups any of the following; peas, carrots, corn, green beans (or if you will be using frozen veggies for these, you can just add them in the last 30-40 minutes of cooking)
• 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 can full of chicken broth
• 1 ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pepper

Chicken Fajitas

• 3-4 chicken breasts
• 3 bell peppers cut into strips
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 1 onion, cut into strips
• 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
• 1 ½ tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• ½ tsp. salt

Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole

Bag #1- gallon bag

• 3-4 chicken breasts
• 1 can condensed cream of broccoli soup
• 1 can of chicken broth (fill the can from the condensed soup with the chicken broth from the box you bought in the shopping list)
• 1 ½ cups shredded cheese
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. pepper

Bag #2-quart freezer bag

• 1 ½ cups uncooked rice

Bag #3-quart freezer bag

• 2 cups frozen broccoli florets

Chicken Alfredo

Bag #1-gallon Freezer Bag

• half of the cubed chicken breasts
• 1 can chicken broth
• 1 tsp. dried oregano
• 1 tsp. dried rosemary

Bag #2- quart freezer bag

• 1-10 oz. cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 8 oz. block of cream cheese
• ½ cup grated parmesan cheese

And that’s it! You now have 4 meals, ready to go from freezer to crockpot. You can even make it easier on yourself by freezing the tortillas along with the fajita bag.

I would love to hear from you to see how your prep day went!

Need more slow cooker recipes that are great for freezer cooking? See all of the other weeks in this series:

• Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes
• Slow Cooker Appetizer Recipes
• Slow Cooker Beef Recipes
• Slow Cooker Sandwich Recipes
• Slow Cooker Pork Recipes
• Slow Cooker Mexican Recipes
• Slow Cooker Soup Recipes
• Slow Cooker Vegetarian Recipes
• Slow Cooker Apple Recipes