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Preventing Dry Chicken?


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I cook and freeze chicken and poultry to use for meals later. I'm finding that the meat is very dry. Any suggestions on how to prevent this from occurring?

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April 9, 20080 found this helpful
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I am chuckling about this because everyone is giving you cooking tips, but that isn't your issue. It is how the chicken comes out after freezing it. The only thing I can think of is that you freeze it in some juice/gravy as well, then when it thaws it will thaw in the juice unless of course if you grill it. This is a tough one because I am not sure there is a definite solution. Sorry I wasn't much help.

 
April 9, 20080 found this helpful
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What works for me is to cook my chicken in a crockpot versus oven. I like dark meat chicken, so I will buy family packs (when on sale) of boneless thighs, cook in crockpot on a weekend afternoon. Shred or cube chicken, and store in freezer bag. I also make sure to get as much air out of the freezer bag as possible..I think this may help as well.

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I make casseroles and chicken salad, etc. during the week from this chicken, and I haven't had any dry chicken yet from the freezer. Hope this might work for you.

 

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April 7, 20080 found this helpful

Thanks to the editors for posting all the previous replies about dry chicken ~

I should clarify -- the chicken is fine after being cooked, it is when I freeze it and it thaws out that it becomes dry. So I am havig issues with the freezing step.

Any Suggestions?

 

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November 7, 20160 found this helpful

My answer to freezing cooked chicken is; freeze it in a 1/2 cup of chicken broth or gravy. You can also use a 1/4 cup of water instead. When you thaw it, drain it. You will have very moist chicken.

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It will not change the taste of your chicken at all. Unless you don't want gravy or broth. Then I would just use water. This is a no-fail way! Hope I helped?

 

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