topic Shredding Cooked Meat in Recipes

Shredding Cooked Meat

JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:35:24 GMT

I needed some shredded chicken for a recipe today. I poached a few boneless skinless breasts and as soon as I removed them from the pot, I put them in a deep-ish mixing bowl and tried the hand mixer method, using my Kitchenaid 9-speed. Licketysplit it was done and beautifully shredded. I'm assuming the same would work for slow cooked "pulled" pork or tender beef.

Re: Shredding Cooked Meat

SusieQ_2 — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:11:00 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch

It's funny you mentioned this. I watch a Youtuber who has two Frenchie dogs. One has a finicky appetite so she cooks chicken breast for her and adds it to her kibble. She said she bought a hand mixer for exactly what you're talking about--shredding the meat and she said it works great! I wondered about it but now that you've confirmed it I think it's a great tip!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:27:49 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch I've been doing that for several years and it works like a charm. Yes, it works for pork too.

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spumoni99 — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:31:48 GMT

I do this to add eggs, onions and seasonings to ground meat also, doing it by hand my hands would always get so cold from the meat right out of the fridge.

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rockygems123 — Thu, 25 May 2023 19:21:31 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch Good to know, was wondering if the hand mixer would work. Will be getting out the Kitchenaid hand held soon

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Spacrazy — Thu, 25 May 2023 19:37:32 GMT

Yes, it's the only way I do this. No messy hands.

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whatsmyname — Thu, 25 May 2023 23:47:13 GMT

For those of you that do this, do you have/use a special attachment or just use the regular beaters?

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Luvsmyfam — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:13:40 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinchGreat idea!I will try this

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:21:29 GMT

@whatsmyname wrote:
For those of you that do this, do you have/use a special attachment or just use the regular beaters?

Just the regular beaters on the hand mixer. In the big stand mixer, I think the paddle is recommended but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Re: Shredding Cooked Meat

walker — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:11:47 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch ..... THANK YOU for posting this tip. I just did it for first time using chicken breasts also. I used my Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer with the hook (for bread dough?) attachment ....perfect!!!! I imagine hand mixer works good too with regular beaters. Great tip! I'm trying a new recipe for baked chicken sandwiches....if a winner I will post it.