Slow-cooker shredded chicken
2
Points®
Total time: 6 hr 40 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 6 hr 30 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
This easy, hands-free method slow-cooks chicken breasts until they’re perfectly tender and ready to go into all kinds of dishes. It’s perfect for meal planning, and you can freeze 1- or 2-cup portions in zip-top bags so that you have cooked chicken to fall back on when time is tight. The onion and garlic are ultimately discarded, but they pull their weight, adding savory flavor that permeates the chicken. See the notes below for ways to season the chicken to add Chinese, French, Greek, Indian, Italian, Mexican, and Middle Eastern flair.
Ingredients
Uncooked onion(s)
1 medium
Garlic
4 medium clove(s)
Bay leaf
3 leaf/leaves
Uncooked boneless skinless chicken breast
3 pound(s)
Kosher salt
1 tsp
Black pepper
1 tsp
No-salt-added chicken stock
1 cup(s)
Instructions
1
Arrange onion, garlic, and bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker. Top evenly with chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle chicken stock over chicken. Cover and cook on low until chicken is very tender and cooked through, 6½ to 7½ hours, or cook on high for 3 to 4 hours.
2
Remove chicken from slow cooker; strain liquid and discard solids. Shred chicken with 2 forks and combine with 1 -2 cups cooking liquid.
3
Serving size: about ½ cup
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