CHICKEN SALSA VERDE FREEZER MEAL IDEA!!

Another installment for our current theme! This freezer meal is one of my family's favorites. Chicken salsa verde. super easy to make, whether it is for a freezer meal or not! This goes together super fast and you can pop it in your slow cooker or pressure cooker and dinner is on the way! Tender, shredded chicken in a mildly spicy green chili salsa with tomatoes and some of my homemade taco seasoning. This is the perfect filling for a burrito, a sauce for a "wet' burrito or chimichanga, a great way to fill a tostada or taco or as a base for a simple burrito bowl, which is what I am showing you in today's video. I know that if tacos are a favorite than this chicken salsa verde is going to be a winner in your house!

This is so easy to put together! I used boneless skinless chicken breast that I cut into manageable pieces. You can also use chicken thighs for this dish as well or if you are so inclined, you could even use some cubed pork butt or pork loin to make a makeshift pork green chili. This gets put in a zip top bag with a sliced onion, some garlic, a 24 ounce jar of your favorite green chili salsa as well as an 8 ounce can of tomatoes with green chilis and rounded out with a generous portion of taco seasoning. I used 1/2 cup of my homemade version but you can use a few packets of whatever is your favorite. If you like yours a bit spicier, toss in some chopped chipotle chilies and enjoy!

This then gets sealed into the bag and massaged for a moment to get everything incorporated. I like to then pop the sealed bag into a loaf pan to freeze overnight. Then you can remove it from the pan and store it in your freezer for maximum space saving. I like to use the loaf pan method when I know I will be using my slow cooker because the loaf pan is smaller than my vessel and I know that it will easily slide in without being too large.

Now when you are ready to cook this just remove the frozen dinner from the freezer and run under some warm water. This will help loosen the bag from the contents. It should slide right out into your slow cooker or pressure cooker. If not grab your kitchen shears and clip the side and open it up. You probably weren't going save the disposable bag anyway.

You can cook this from frozen in your slow cooker on low between 6 to 8 hours. Or on high for 4 to 6 hours. If you prefer to cook your freezer meal from a thawed state, just thaw in the refrigerator overnight and pour into the slow cooker and set it on low for 4 to 6 hours. When the chicken is soft enough to break apart with a tongs you are ready to go. Just mash it up and the meat should easily fall apart into shreds that are perfect for a taco filling.

If you would like to make this in your pressure cooker then I would use the meat setting and if you are cooking from frozen set for 60 minutes on medium pressure. Be sure to add 1/2 cup of water to the vessel because your cooker won't work without it! If you like to thaw your freezer meals overnight then you can cook this for 40 minutes at medium pressure on the meat or stew setting.

This dish is a family favorite in our house. It's easy and cheap and I always have the ingredients on hand. You can easily throw this together quickly in the morning using frozen chicken and then pour over the rest of the ingredients. It will cook up just the same. A freezer meal is a great thing to have on hand, but having the ability to toss everything in the slow cooker or pressure cooker at a moment's notice is a great way to deal with things as well!

I hope you give this chicken salsa Verde freezer meal a try sometime soon and I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!

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