Recipes That Use Shredded Chicken

If you’re looking for some healthy, quick and easy meals – you’ve come to the right spot! Add shredded chicken to any of these recipes for a balanced and filling meal.

Prior to this pandemic, I always loved meal planning. I would sit down on Sunday evening and carefully layout our meals for the week. It didn’t feel like a chore to me.

If you know me, you know that I am a Type A planner through and through (so those statements probably didn’t come as a surprise to you)!

Now that we are in the midst of this pandemic, meal planning has lost a little bit of it’s luster for me. It definitely feels like more of a chore.

I don’t know if that’s because there are certain things that aren’t in stock at the grocery stores, or that I don’t order groceries as often now as I did before, or just the fact that we are in the midst of a GLOBAL pandemic, but it seems stressful now.

I can only imagine I am not the only one in this boat, so that’s why I created this blog post (for you AND me).

why shredded chicken?

I have always been able to get chicken at the grocery store, so all of these recipes are going to include shredded chicken. Plus, I think of all proteins, chicken seems to be the most well liked by kids and adults.

Chicken is so versatile and can be used in a variety of dishes – it makes for the perfect base. Then, you can make substitutions with other things but not need to worry about the main component of the dish!

This compilation of recipes are all healthy, quick and easy. I hope that you find this helpful if you are experiencing decision fatigue, are bogged down or just plain don’t want to think about what it is that you are going to make for dinner.

To start off all of these recipes, you will need to get some boneless, skinless chicken breasts so that you can make my Instant Pot Shredded Chicken. This chicken will serve as the common thread for all of these recipes.

ingredients for shredded chicken

• boneless skinless chicken breasts
• chicken broth
• Lawry’s seasoned salt
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• black pepper

It also freezes well, so if you are wanting to make a large batch, you can save the remaining in the freezer. I like to freeze it flat in a freezer bag. Then, when I want to use some chicken, I can just crack off as much as I need and defrost it in the microwave.

Ok, now that you have your shredded chicken made, let’s take a look at all of the recipes where you can use it! I’ve compiled a lot of options for you all.

Healthy, Quick and Easy Recipes that Use Shredded Chicken

• Easy Fried Rice
• Buffalo Chicken Tacos
• Healthy Cherry Chicken Pasta Salad
• Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
• Upgraded Ramen with an Easy Miso Broth
• 30 Minute Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
• Carolina Mustard BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
• Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken Tostadas