{"id":366,"date":"2015-02-26T19:55:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T00:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2015-05-27T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T18:51:49","slug":"arroz-con-pollo-a-shredded-chicken-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/arroz-con-pollo-a-shredded-chicken-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cArroz Con Pollo\u201d\u2014A Shredded Chicken Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first follow-up recipe to my post about cooking chicken to use in shredded chicken recipes<\/a>. In that post, I shared that I have been compiling recipes for my two sets of newlyweds. I thought you might like to see their sweet faces (as I ALWAYS love to see their sweet faces!), so check out the pictures at the end of this post.<\/p>\n

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When the married or college kids come home for a weekend or holiday break, I always like to make things that they like, or things that are special to them. I have been scouring the internet for a couple of years to find a recipe that is similar to the Arroz Con Pollo that our newly-wed son always orders at our family\u2019s favorite Mexican restaurant. I was unable to find anything like it. (The ones I found were large chunks of meat more in a red sauce as opposed to a shredded chicken dish in a white sauce.)<\/p>\n

So….I combined a couple of other recipes that looked similar and came up with one that worked\u2014and that all of the kids really liked. (And my Arroz Con Pollo son thought was a good knock off!)<\/p>\n

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So, here you go! Enjoy the ease of cooking with shredded chicken! You might even like to do what I always do\u2014cook up an entire crock pot of breasts and thighs, shred, bag, and freeze them to pull out for easy soups, stews, Mexican dishes, Italian dishes, classic casseroles, and more! (Coming soon!) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Tip: Cook ten or twenty pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and thighs in the crock pot. Then shred, bag, and freeze for quick entr\u00e9e assembly!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Oh…and a few tips for freezer cooks and low carb cooks:<\/p>\n

(1) This can be doubled, tripled, etc., and frozen in quart sized bags after it is all assembled. To use then, you would just thaw and heat in micro, stove top, or crock pot.<\/p>\n

(2) This can work well as an enchilada type of filling without the rice. This makes it a really yummy low carb treat in low carb tortilla shells or Joseph\u2019s pitas. (It would be just a few carbs per serving for the meat without the rice and an S meal for those following THM.)<\/p>\n

(3) Another option is to cook chicken, shred it, and freeze it in bags with a little broth (as described in the shredded chicken introduction post). Then you can pull it out to make this quickly.<\/p>\n

(4) Another good idea for low carbers and freezer cooks alike is to chop up onions and peppers and bag in quart sized bags to freeze. I love having these in my freezer to pull out, stir fry, and use in recipes all the time!<\/p>\n

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