Good Pre-Cooked Chicken Breast
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Jimmyftw94
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Hello, first off I want to say that this website has been really helpful for me so far. So a few days from now I'm going to be heading back to college and I'm not going to have time to cook my meal each and everyday. So I was thinking of prepping food ahead of time like 3-5 days and putting them in microwave safe container so I can just heat it up and eat.
I want to know what are some good pre-cooked chicken breast available in stores so I can have some convenient protein source. An example of a meal I'm planning is white rice, some steamed veggies and the chicken all in the container and ready for meal.
I want to know what are some good pre-cooked chicken breast available in stores so I can have some convenient protein source. An example of a meal I'm planning is white rice, some steamed veggies and the chicken all in the container and ready for meal.
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Jimmyftw94 wrote: »Hello, first off I want to say that this website has been really helpful for me so far. So a few days from now I'm going to be heading back to college and I'm not going to have time to cook my meal each and everyday. So I was thinking of prepping food ahead of time like 3-5 days and putting them in microwave safe container so I can just heat it up and eat.
I want to know what are some good pre-cooked chicken breast available in stores so I can have some convenient protein source. An example of a meal I'm planning is white rice, some steamed veggies and the chicken all in the container and ready for meal.
Just buy plain old, normal chicken breast. It takes a half hour to cook, only 3 minutes of which are you actually doing anything. I cook up 6 pounds of it every Sunday afternoon and the wife and I hit it all week long until it's gone.
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There is canned chicken breast available next to the canned tuna in basically every grocery store (assuming USA because you said "college" not uni). It's kind of shreddy (like canned tuna) rather than a single breast-shaped chicken breast, but it's quite yummy.
1 can chicken breast, lowfat mayo, grapes, roll => boom, portable lunch.1 -
I did this often at first, until I realized how much sodium is in the precooked kind. Trader Joes has some that is "just chicken", that is lower in sodium comparatively. If you have the time, buy a large package of chicken breast, season and broil or bake yourself. Chop this up, toss it in a gallon size zip lock and you have yourself some nice protein for the week.1
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I second what everyone else has said. I used to buy the pre-cooked chicken at the store, but (1) it never tasted very good and had lots of icky parts, (2) it had lots of additives that are probably not the best for you, and (3) it's SO expensive!! I now make my chicken for the week on Sunday, and either throw it in the fridge or the freezer until I need it. I use the fool proof method on the recipe below and it's always perfect!
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-moist-tender-chicken-breasts-every-time-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-368911 -
Skipped the white rice ... substitute it with quinoa5
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RaspberryTickleChicken wrote: »Skipped the white rice ... substitute it with quinoa
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I take all my chicken and throw it in crockpot over the weekend and let it cook on low about 8 hours... nice and tender.. then I cut it up into baggies and/or containers and put it in the fridge for the following week... makes dinner/lunches very easy6
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I don't know where you are, but Wegmans has a tasty grilled lemon garlic chicken breast in the prepared foods area.0
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I like the Tysons (frozen precooked chicken) in the "green" bag (not sure what it's called). They have one that's grilled chicken (no breading) and one that's lightly breaded. Both are good. Prob high in salt but for us, it works!
Also, I really like my frozen, pre-cooked breaded chicken - more calories, yes, but keep it in the calorie amount (ie, Tyson southern breaded chicken strips or something).0 -
I just googled; the grilled chicken is called "Tyson's grilled and ready chicken breast strips"1
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The Tyson - Green bag chicken tastes the best! Just watch the sodium!0
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Shredded tyson chicken is nice- just grab a handful to throw into your food. I try to make my own, but I use this a lot to add to other meals or when really busy.1
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Just cook ahead. If you're a poor, starving college student, this is your best bet.0
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If you are have Costco access, their Kirkland Foster Farms chicken breast is good.1
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A suggestion too: before you cook them, brine your chicken breasts! It makes them soooo much better.
http://www.thekitchn.com/weeknight-meal-tip-try-a-quick-95560
it adds sodium so if you are trying to avoid that for medical reasons, then don't brine but man is it an improvement and basically no work.3 -
sheldonklein wrote: »If you are have Costco access, their Kirkland Foster Farms chicken breast is good.
I don't like Costco because they charge membership fee0 -
I've had the Tyson (green bag) ones. They're pretty good. If you have any access to an oven (or even a crock pot/slow cooker), you can batch cook some fresh ones once a week, cut into strips or shred them, and then you can grab whatever you need throughout the week. Both of these cooking options take less than 5 minutes of prep, and largely unattended cooking.
Pro tip: refrigerate 1/2 of them to use within 3 days or so, and freeze the rest in individual portions to use the latter part of the week to keep them from going bad.0 -
I always buy the Tyson Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Strips (green bag). For some reason tonight they seemed really salty. Is there another brand I could buy that isn't so salty or is it just because they're frozen they'll be salty no matter what?0
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Rotisserie chicken at most grocery stores is good. But, you’d spend less if you cooked up a bunch of chicken breasts in a slow cooker or instant Pot and portioned out.4
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