Easiest way to shred chicken

I love shredded chicken!  I love it in salads, casseroles, pasta and enchiladas to name a few.  What I don't love is shredding chicken, in fact I despise shredding chicken.  Well I should say I did despise shredding chicken until I heard, thanks to my dad and a dear friend, how useful a certain kitchen appliance is in getting this awful job done.  Bring in the Kitchen Aid!  Yup that's right, the Kitchen Aid mixer is your best friend when shredding chicken!

 

Here's what I did-

Cooked 4 chicken breasts in the crock pot (low for 4-6 hours) with some water and spices.  You don't have to use a crock pot to cook the chicken you can boil, bake, grill or cook them up in a pan, how ever you want.

Break the chicken into big chunks while still hot.

Put in mixer using the paddle attachment.

Mix on low-medium until the chicken is shredded to your liking.

See I told you it was easy :-)

 

 

 

 

For this particular batch I made chicken salad for my daughter's first birthday.  I loosely used this recipe.  It was so good!

What do you love to use shredded chicken for?