Can You Boil Frozen Chicken
This is how to boil frozen chicken to tender easily on your stovetop or pressure cooker. Great for shredded chicken or broil when done for crispy skins.
Servings: 6
Equipment
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 4-6 chicken breasts frozen, boneless, skinless
- water
- salt optional
- 2 chicken bouillon cube optional
Instructions
- Put your pieces into a large pot and fill with enough water to cover / submerge them all then add a sprinkle of salt (or bouillon cubes for more flavor)
- Set on your stovetop over medium high heat until it reaches a continuous low roll boil. Adjust heat so it doesn't boil over the sides but doesn't stop bubbling either.
- *** If you plan to make soup out of this later you will want to add 2 peeled and sliced dials of carrots, 2 cut up stalks of celery, 1 onion sliced, some pepper, thyme and basil too with the meat **
- Boiled frozen chicken breasts that are boneless take about 25-30 minutes, bone-in takes 30-40 min. or until the middle, thickest portion reaches a safe 165 degrees F. (timing will vary depending on how thick your pieces are)
- Boiled frozen chicken legs take about 27-30 minutes or until the middle, thickest portion reaches a safe 165 degrees F. (timing will vary depending on how thick your pieces are)
- Boiled frozen chicken thighs boneless take about 30-35 minutes, bone-in takes 35-40 min. or until the middle, thickest portion reaches a safe 165 degrees F. (timing will vary depending on how thick your pieces are)
- Boiled frozen chicken wings take about 12-15 minutes or until the middle, thickest portion reaches a safe 165 degrees F. (timing will vary depending on how thick your pieces are)
- Boiled frozen whole chicken less than 4 pounds will take about 1 hour and 15 minutes depending on the weight until it reaches 165 degrees internally.
- When done you can shred or remove the meat off the bones and enjoy as is or put back into the broth in the pot to make homemade chicken soup.
- If you would like to crisp the skin preheat air fryer to 400. Dry outside skin with paper towels and spray with olive oil. Season outsides. Spray air fryer basket with non stick spray and add into basket for 4 minutes or so until browned as much as you'd like.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1oz | Calories: 172kcal | Protein: 32g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 557mg | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg