Sometimes even I can't believe what can be done with just one boneless chicken breast! The other day I had chicken enchiladas on the menu; it makes a ton and there are always leftovers for lunch. I can make this meal really inexpensively because I can make my own flour tortillas and I only need one chicken breast to fill 10 shells! They have plenty of meat and cheese in them and I always serve them with Mexican rice so no one walks away from the table hungry!
Here is my tip for stretching that chicken breast (believe it or not I had enough left over to make chicken salad for TJ's lunch the next day!). I used my crock-pot and a little bit of chicken broth. In the morning, I put the chicken breast in my crock-pot with about 1/3 of a cup of chicken broth. I turned it on low. At 4 o'clock the chicken was done. I shredded it and kept it in the crock-pot while I made the tortillas. The slow cooking of the crock-pot added a lot of moisture to the chicken and it shreds so easily! Not a single bite of chicken was missed! The enchiladas were amazing as usual and I was able to feed my family a really great, filling meal, for a very low cost.
Here is how the numbers worked out
1/2 pound Chicken Breast $0.99
2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese $1.85
Tortillas approx $0.49
1 can green chilies (GV $0.88)
1 cup sour cream $0.65
2 cups Chicken Broth $0.69
Yellow Rice- $0.99
Total: 6.54
We had 3 leftover which I fed to my sister and father for lunch the following day so it ended up being $0.72 per person! (I will post the recipe in a separate post)
Stretching what you have in the house is one of the most important aspects of living on such a tight budget. There is no room for waste in our house, so I try to make the most of what I can out of 1 pound of meat or less. This way nothing ends up in the trash.
Have a wonderful and blessed Father's day today!
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