6 Delicious and Easy Chicken Freezer Meals to Save Money

Today, let’s stock the freezer with chicken freezer meals. I’m going to focus on chicken recipes that freeze well.

By the way, I’m using reusable freezer bags. I have a lot of chicken so I’m going to make marinades for the chicken, trimming the chicken, and putting it all together in a freezer bag.

We can just pull it out of the freezer to bake, grill, or saute it when we need it.

Trimming the chicken

I like to keep my chicken breasts thin. I throw all the fat and unusable parts of the chicken breast into a freezer bag. So it doesn’t go to waste, I will eventually use it to make chicken stock. I cut the chicken breasts in half horizontally to make them as thin as possible.

Mark the bags

Use a marker to write out what you’re putting into the reusable freezer bags. Do it before you put the ingredients into it.

1. Basic Italian chicken

All you need is chicken and Italian dressing. Add a piece of chicken into the bag for each person you are going to feed. Put the whole contents of a small 8-ounce bottle of Italian dressing into the bag. Close the bag and freeze.

2. Greek chicken

Add chicken into the bag. Whisk the marinade recipe below, then add it to the bag, close it up and freeze.

Greek marinade recipe:

2 tablespoons of olive oil

⅓ cup of lemon juice

2 tablespoons dried oregano

2 pinch of salt

2 pinches of black pepper

2 heaping tablespoons of minced garlic

3. Pollo asado

Add chicken into the freezer bag. Whisk the marinade recipe below, then add it to the bag, close it up and freeze.

Pollo asado marinade recipe:

¼ cup orange juice

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon dried oregano

½ teaspoon smoked paprika

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 pinches of salt

4. Honey mustard chicken

Add chicken into the bag. Whisk the marinade recipe below, then add it to the bag, close it up and freeze.

Honey mustard marinade recipe:

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons honey

3 tablespoons mustard (yellow tastes best for this recipe)

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

5. Balsamic Italian chicken

Add chicken into the bag. Whisk the marinade recipe below, then add it to the bag, close it up and freeze. When serving, add a side of brussel sprouts.

Balsamic Italian marinade recipe:

2 tablespoons of olive oil

¼ cup of balsamic vinegar

1 heaping tablespoon of minced garlic

1 ½ teaspoon of Italian seasoning

2 pinches of salt

2 pinches of pepper

6. Smokey barbeque chicken

I will do this a little differently. Add a half bottle of any barbeque sauce you like to the bag. Then add 1 heaping tablespoon of minced garlic and 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika. Stir it in the bag (you can use a bowl, too).

Add the chicken pieces into the bag. Don’t forget to close it up and massage. Do this recipe in the crockpot for best results. When serving, add a side of baked beans and potato salad.