How to cook chicken from frozen. I don’t know about you but I can never seem to remember to take my chicken out ahead of time to thaw before I need to cook it! I am assuming, since you are reading this post that you may have the same problem.
But it’s ok, I have been cooking my frozen chicken breasts using this trick for years and honestly never looked back. Now I never sweat if I forgot to leave them to thaw, actually I don’t think I ever do anymore now that I have this little recipe up my sleeve.
Follow along to learn a super simple and easy way to cook frozen chicken that is tender, juicy and packed full of amazing flavour. My kids call this “The Yummy Chicken” recipe. And that pretty much is all that needs to be said. Let’s dig in.
The BEST way to Cook Frozen Chicken
Most of the meals I cook during the week require either chicken breasts or ground beef. I also never remember to thaw my ground beef ahead of time but that is easily solved with a pressure cooker.
I do not like using the pressure cooker for chicken though. It never gives me the golden brown, tender, and flavourful chicken I am craving. This recipe is just as fast though and so so easy. You will have perfectly cooked chicken in no time.
It’s hard to call this a recipe, but it truly is a family favourite now and totally changed my life when it came to the stress of cooking chicken so I had to share.
The great thing about this way of cooking frozen chicken is you can leave your chicken breasts or whatever cut whole or shred them at the end and use them in casseroles, chicken salad, enchiladas you name it. The only thing it won’t work for is breaded chicken.
Ingredients for the BEST way to cook your frozen chicken
- Frozen chicken breasts (or any cut of your choice)
- 2-3 tbsp of butter for 4-6 chicken breasts
- 3-4 tbsp of olive oil
- 1-2 cartons of chicken stock
- salt if you have low salt chicken stock
To Cook Frozen Chicken
To cook your chicken from frozen you will need a deep frying pan or large sauce pan. In the bottom of the pan add your butter and olive oil. Place your frozen chicken on top of the butter and olive oil.
Don’t worry if two of your chicken breasts are frozen solid together, and refuse to seperate. They will cook through with this method and you can pull them apart when they are cooked before the meat starts browning.
Next add in your chicken stock until it covers the frozen chicken. Top your pan with a lid and bring to a boil. Once boiling simmer your frozen chicken for 1/2 hour to 45 min. Remove the lid. If there is still a lot of liquid left turn your heat up to help it evaporate faster.
Once all the liquid is soaked into your chicken it will now start to fry in your butter and oil that you added at the beginning. Watch it closely because this step goes fast and you don’t want a hard browned outer layer of chicken. Once its golden brown, its done! Remove and serve your now perfectly cooked, moist and tender chicken whole or shred and store in the fridge to use throughout the week.
The BEST Chicken Ever
Ingredients
- Frozen chicken breasts or any cut of your choice
- 2-3 tbsp of butter for 4-6 chicken breasts
- 3-4 tbsp of olive oil
- 1-2 cartons of chicken stock
- salt if you have low salt chicken stock
Instructions
To Cook Frozen Chicken
- To cook your chicken from frozen you will need a deep frying pan or large sauce pan. In the bottom of the pan add your butter and olive oil. Place your frozen chicken on top of the butter and olive oil.
- Don’t worry if two of your chicken breasts are frozen solid together, and refuse to seperate. They will cook through with this method and you can pull them apart when they are cooked before the meat starts browning.
- Next add in your chicken stock until it covers the frozen chicken. Top your pan with a lid and bring to a boil. Once boiling simmer your frozen chicken for 1/2 hour to 45 min. Remove the lid. If there is still a lot of liquid left turn your heat up to help it evaporate faster.
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