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November 28, 2012

Recipe for Basic Shredded Chicken in the Slow Cooker (crockpot)

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I love this recipe for Shredded Chicken in the CrockPot.  So perfect for enchiladas, salads, casseroles!  #slowcooker #chicken
Makes about 9 cups shredded chicken
Ideal slow cooker size:  6-8 quart

4-5 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs and breasts (about half and half of each cut of meat)
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon granules
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp onion powder
1 Tbsp seasoned salt
1 1/2 tsp oregano
1 1/2 tsp black pepper

1.  Place chicken in bottom of large slow cooker (it should fill up your slow cooker almost right to the top).
2.  Dissolve the bouillon in the water.  Pour over the chicken.
3.  Sprinkle the chicken with the garlic powder, onion powder, seasoned salt, oregano and black pepper.
4.  Cover and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours (thawed chicken) or about 6-8 hours (frozen chicken).  
5.  When chicken is cooked through and tender remove from slow cooker and place on cutting board.  Using two forks shred the meat.  Or you can use your stand mixer (I use my Bosch) to shred the chicken.  Just use the paddle attachments, place the hot meat in the mixer, and turn to medium for about 45 seconds.
6.  Pack the meat into recloseable plastic bags and freeze.  Use in any recipe that calls for cooked chicken.
Recipe adapted from Mountain Mama Cooks
Review:
A basic recipe that I’m ashamed I have never posted!  This adaptation from Mountain Mama Cooks is delicious and seasoned perfectly.  I’ve been using the cooked chicken in all sorts of great recipe that I’ll post in the future…buffalo chicken salad, bacon and chicken pizza, burrito bowls etc.  This chicken is so handy!  It is perfect for those days when you need to put something together quickly and don’t have time to thaw chicken and brown it.  I like to make a lot all at once…you may as well since you’re already getting out all the ingredients.  4 stars.
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14 Comments Filed Under: 6 or More Hours, All Recipes, Chicken, Slow Cooker Tagged With: freezer meals, 4-6 hours, 4 stars, easy, crock pot recipes, recipes crock pot, All Posts, slow cooker recipes

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  1. imsen says

    February 8, 2022 at 4:40 am

    This is the best recipe I have found for chicken in the slow cooker. And the tip for using your stand mixer to shred it is so good! It worked perfectly. All of your tips and suggestions are great, thank you for sharing.

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  2. Ginge says

    May 11, 2016 at 7:09 am

    Has anyone ever tried this with bone-in thighs? Its what I happen to have in the freezer. I know I will have to pick through to get the bones but anyone know of a reason I shouldn’t use? Much thanks!

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    • Karen says

      May 11, 2016 at 9:43 am

      I bet it would work just fine! I’d take the skin off first though 🙂

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  3. Jean Trumpy says

    July 3, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    I save my strained broth for a lot of my recipes

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    • [email protected] says

      July 9, 2015 at 12:35 am

      That sounds great! I should do the same thing next time I make this.

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    • Katy says

      January 2, 2017 at 7:00 pm

      any tried and true recipes you’d be willing to share that you have used this leftover broth for? 🙂

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      • Karen says

        January 3, 2017 at 12:08 pm

        hmmm, I’ve always just thrown it away. I should use it though, Katy. Good idea for next time!

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  4. Annabel says

    October 1, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    Could you strain the left over liquid and use for broth?

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  5. [email protected] says

    May 30, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Dedee, you should! It's awesome!

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  6. Dedee says

    May 30, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    What a great recipe and great tip for shredding chicken, got to try it!

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  7. Karen says

    December 3, 2012 at 5:19 pm

    I used my bosch cookie dough paddles to shred it. For the kitchenaid I would use the paddles…here is a blog post I found about it: http://stickafork.net/2011/12/how-to-shred-chicken/

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  8. Anonymous says

    December 1, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    Which attachment do you use to shredd the chicken?

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  9. Karen says

    November 29, 2012 at 4:22 am

    Thanks Crystal. I tried it tonight and it worked awesome. I can't believe I never knew this until now!!! Thanks again.

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  10. Crystal says

    November 28, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    Karen – just had to share a tip for this chicken — you can put the chicken in a Kitchaid mixer and it will be shredded in about 15-20 seconds! Saves me sooo much time, just make sure the chicken is still hot, won't work after it has cooled off!

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