poor man's breast filets

cangel
Thu, 28 May 2009 13:26:30 +0000

Another vote for don’t cook the chicken first if you are stir frying. If you are primarily cooking Asian dishes (and don’t have a lot of use for cooked shredded chicken) I would buy a whole breast pack or maybe even a boneless breasts, then cut into small strips and freeze the raw strips in serving size packs. My understanding of stir fries is that the point is extending the meat, and in a household one chicken breast might feed 4-5 people cut into stir fry strips. Reproducing this economically from an American grocery store might be harder than you think, because the packaging automatically causes a lot of waste.
If you are very discplined, and don’t eat a lot of meat, the pre-cooked chicken strips with Asian flavorings for stir fry (they come for fajitas, too) might actually be the most economical choice, because there is no waste, you just re-seal the bag, using 3-4 strips per meal.