What Every Freezer Needs

Most cooks probably have a favorite food they stash in the freezer.  For some it would be cookies, which you can actually eat frozen but do thaw very quickly if you can wait that long.  My freezer is seldom without croissants, which defrost and crisp up in the oven in about 7 minutes.

But the frozen food I value most these days is home-cooked shredded chicken.  It doesn’t take up much space and is enormously useful.  Toss a frozen handful into soup or thaw a handful and add it to a salad.  Viola!  A meal.

Better yet, heat up a cupful or two of frozen shredded chicken in some water and barbecue sauce and then stuff it into a few heated buns.  It makes a quick snack, lunch or dinner with virtually no fuss.

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