I’m glad that I have become more resistant to the temptation of eating out when I feel stressed and tired. For me, preparing some smoothie mixes, rice, or overnight oats has been a life saver. My wallet and I are truly grateful
@@techshabby0001 I defrost bigger frozen fruit chunks in my fridge for a few hours if your blender isn’t very strong. If you buy bananas, freeze them too
I tried this a couple of weeks ago, and it paid off big yesterday. After a half day of running around, I returned home hungry. Threw the chicken, some cooked brown rice and frozen spinach into a bowl, topped it with grated cheddar, then into the microwave. I had a meal in about 10 minutes. Not fancy but tasty--and definitely better than stopping at a fast-food place. This practice is a total winner. Thank you!
Been doing something similar to this for ages with chicken thighs. I marinate them chipotle style and use them for burrito bowls, tacos, salads, etc. I like the thighs over breasts for obvious reasons. Either way it's a killer concept that makes easy, tasty, and healthy meals. Slow cooked pork shoulder is another one I keep in portions in the freezer for similar uses 👍 thanks for the vids and tips as always Josh ✌️
@@Ach7ven 😎 1tsp cumin 4-6 garlic cloves 1tsp oregano 3tsp kosher salt 1tsp black pepper 1Tbls chili powder 2Tbls Olive oil 1 can chipotle peppers in adobo (7oz?) 1/2 cup water Blend it all up, marinate chicken thighs in it overnight, and enjoy! 👍✌️
I love the emphasis on best techniques for prep. Thank you. However, I have really reduced my rice consumption due to its high ARSENIC content. Brown rice, my former favorite, is even higher in arsenic. I use other whole grains like quinoa, bulgur wheat, etc.
I don’t know why I never thought about doing this. I’ll always have a few days out of the month where I have no meals prepped, and I really hate cooking after coming home from the gym. I’ll be stocking up on extra chicken breast!
I do this with ground chicken. Cook a few pounds and then freeze in 1lb portions in quart Ziploc freeezer bags. Dinner is a snap since the meat is already cooked
I've been doing something similar for a while now, but I use the sousvide with whole breasts and i break them up after cooking. Makes prep even simpler (longer overall, but less actual handling). I use incredibly basic seasonings (S&P, vinegar for the breakdown, and MSG), it's bland to snack on but can go with anything without introducing its own flavors.
I do this, but with blend shredded chicken. I can had it to asian soup or noodles. Super easy, doesn't even need to be defrost before use. I use your method also.
Impressed. 😮 I do a lot of meal prepping on Saturdays or Sundays every week, and I like that this gives me quick options during the week if I don’t have time or want to meal prep the entire day. Thank you
I've done something similar with whole breasts seasoned with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders and coated with oil. After cooking, I've shredded the warm (not cold) with a hand mixer. Will consider this as well.
Oh this is perfect. I’ve been struggling getting my kid to eat protein. All she wants to eat is carbs and fruit(and steak, but do you know how expensive steak is?), which at her age and activity level isn’t the worst thing in the world but still. We’re building healthy eating habits here. I work 10 hr shifts so often she’ll eat before I get off work cause she’s hungry. I can definitely have this ready in the freezer for her to throw on some rice with soy sauce and pickled onions.
I definitely need to try this! Have you done any meal prep for construction workers? I'd be interested in seeing high protein meals that don't need to be heated up or refrigerated
@@coreymckeever3308 you should try freeze dried meal, you can do your own portion of high protein meals, you’ll need to pay for a dehydrator and just a stove, i did that as a calisthenics athlete and hiking lover
Question:how would/could we do this with beef instead of chicken because beef has a bad habit of turning rock hard once cold…help please and thank you so much
Bit the bullet on my already crying wallet and ordered the zwelling vaccum sealer set. I already have a vaccum sealer but I find I don't use it due to it being super inconvenient and I try to use the bags sparingly since I have to cut them open to eat the food. I have so much raw frozen chicken it's time to get it cooked lol
Instead of flash freezing on a sheet pan, can I put things in the vacuum bags without taking the air out, let them freeze overnight, and vacuum out the air the next day? Space is limited
This sounds great! I have a question, maybe someone can help me: Does this prevent the bad taste of defrosted chicken? Defrosted chicken used to be horrible, and I had to throw it away all the time...
I used to freeze chicken all the time and did not have a vacuum sealer, can't say it ever tasted off. Are you sure you cooked it fully, froze it properly and didn't keep it there too long? Maybe you let it omega freezer burn? Without vacuum sealing, you have to eat it before it freezer burns real bad.
I'm not entirely sure what the bad taste you are talking about is specifically, but Freezer Burn is the result of the cold dry air in the freezer drying out the food. Taking steps to make anything in your freezer air-tight should help with the evaporation going on in the freezer and keep your food tasting normal longer. The vacu-seal bags are probably the best option, but even using zip top bags or containers with tight lids will help a lot, especially if you can get most of the air out.
What they said -^ but also - aim for a slow-defrost in the fridge instead of microwave. I keep a tupperware with chicken similar to what was shown here in the fridge and when it's finished I pull more out from the freezer - within 24H they taste "fresh out of the fridge" with none of the issues a forced-defrost carries with it.
Okay, maybe I should let it defrost in the fridge first and set the microwave to max. 50% as mentioned in the video so it doesn't heat up too fast. I read that heating too fast can change the flavor of the chicken.
@@rainerzufall9943 yep, you only want to cook it to an internal temperature of 165f. if you push it up higher than that it gets rubbery and dry. often when you heat it up too fast the surface gets way to hot before the inside is up to temp. There are two schools of thought to resolve this: 1st is low and slow to not overcook the outside, second is cut the pieces smaller so the heat doesn't need to penetrate as deep. at 0:50 he shows a decent middle-ground in piece size if your chopping, but if you want to cook a whole piece you might be better off flattening the piece to a uniform thickness for even cooking prior to freezing; 2cm or 3/4 inch is what I do that way I can cook it straight from frozen in a pan.
My freezer ist tiny, wont fit a sheet pan. Can I just portion them out in small portions and freeze them then. Will that impact the food safety in any way? I don't mind them clumpimg together
Newbie meal prep question here, but how much longer will the chicken last in this method vs the fridge in lets say a chicken/rice/broccoli bowl? I have been buying pre made meals that I keep in the fridge for less then a week, but looking to save money by making things from scratch. Just trying to figure out if freezer or fridge is best based on weekly cooking
Hey Josh, how many uses do you normally get out of each bag? After you finish an entire bag of chicken (or whatever else is in there), are you able to clean and reuse?
just had an idea to make the "flash freeze" less confusing! I think you should change your "flash freeze" term to maybe "individual quick freeze"? since you're trying to get things frozen individually
how long do you typically tend to flash freeze things? i made the pancake bites and had issues with them freezing to the plates i had in the freezer. awesome content keep it up!
Ha ha! I decided to try protein powder for the first time because I recently got one of those Nutribullet things and I wanted to start doing healthy smoothies or whatever. That stuff doesn't dissolve for anything. @@TheMealPrepManual
This is the gamechanger I need, plus I really need to pick up the vacuum sealer. Right now I'm trying to meal prep 4 full meals per week to meet my caloric/protein needs, and that's way too much time spent prepping.
A super easy seasoning for chicken (breast, thighs, whatever) is just the salt and a massaging of gochujang paste!! I find the heat it adds is just enough to be interesting but not overpowering, especially with other ingredients. And it crisps nicely
I have been doing this for years but I sous vide the chicken which is even easier. No prep at all as the chicken I buy comes in sealed bags. Dump them in the sous vide and a couple hours later, remove and cut up with variations of seasoning or sauces into a few containers.
No. They are the medium bags. The large bags are gigantic. The ones I use in the videos are medium sized. The large ones are almost too big to fit in a regular freezer when they are filled.
Brilliant, helping me on my way to meal prepping alot better...but...seeing as you can cook so many dishes, one day you'll have to drop that secret choc chip and kidney bean recipe. 😂🤢
lol it’s just the only sponsor I work with at the moment haha. I’ve been using their stuff for years and they like the reaction from the audience so it makes perfect sense for a partnership 👍
Disagree, the worst, most time-consuming part of cooking is peeling and chopping all the vegetables. Like a pound of onions and 2 lbs of potatoes for a stew, or all the onions, garlic, ginger,peppers and root vegetables for a stir fry. The rest of the cooking process is simple: put stuff in a pan, wait, stir occasionally.
I’m glad that I have become more resistant to the temptation of eating out when I feel stressed and tired. For me, preparing some smoothie mixes, rice, or overnight oats has been a life saver. My wallet and I are truly grateful
Smoothie mixes would be good. I have all the good things for healthy smoothies but it's a lot of steps each time.
Can I ask how you do yours?
@@techshabby0001 You asked.
@@techshabby0001 I defrost bigger frozen fruit chunks in my fridge for a few hours if your blender isn’t very strong. If you buy bananas, freeze them too
I tried this a couple of weeks ago, and it paid off big yesterday. After a half day of running around, I returned home hungry. Threw the chicken, some cooked brown rice and frozen spinach into a bowl, topped it with grated cheddar, then into the microwave. I had a meal in about 10 minutes. Not fancy but tasty--and definitely better than stopping at a fast-food place. This practice is a total winner. Thank you!
Quick, tasty, cheap, very healthy, low calories. Huge win.
Been doing something similar to this for ages with chicken thighs. I marinate them chipotle style and use them for burrito bowls, tacos, salads, etc. I like the thighs over breasts for obvious reasons. Either way it's a killer concept that makes easy, tasty, and healthy meals. Slow cooked pork shoulder is another one I keep in portions in the freezer for similar uses 👍 thanks for the vids and tips as always Josh ✌️
Got that marinade recipe 😊
@@Ach7ven 😎
1tsp cumin
4-6 garlic cloves
1tsp oregano
3tsp kosher salt
1tsp black pepper
1Tbls chili powder
2Tbls Olive oil
1 can chipotle peppers in adobo (7oz?)
1/2 cup water
Blend it all up, marinate chicken thighs in it overnight, and enjoy! 👍✌️
I love the emphasis on best techniques for prep. Thank you. However, I have really reduced my rice consumption due to its high ARSENIC content. Brown rice, my former favorite, is even higher in arsenic. I use other whole grains like quinoa, bulgur wheat, etc.
I don’t know why I never thought about doing this. I’ll always have a few days out of the month where I have no meals prepped, and I really hate cooking after coming home from the gym. I’ll be stocking up on extra chicken breast!
The choc. chips and can of beans at the beginning of the video was too real
I do this with ground chicken. Cook a few pounds and then freeze in 1lb portions in quart Ziploc freeezer bags. Dinner is a snap since the meat is already cooked
I've been doing something similar for a while now, but I use the sousvide with whole breasts and i break them up after cooking. Makes prep even simpler (longer overall, but less actual handling). I use incredibly basic seasonings (S&P, vinegar for the breakdown, and MSG), it's bland to snack on but can go with anything without introducing its own flavors.
I do this, but with blend shredded chicken. I can had it to asian soup or noodles. Super easy, doesn't even need to be defrost before use. I use your method also.
Impressed. 😮 I do a lot of meal prepping on Saturdays or Sundays every week, and I like that this gives me quick options during the week if I don’t have time or want to meal prep the entire day. Thank you
The Zwilling products are a gamechanger for meal prepping! Love them
I've done something similar with whole breasts seasoned with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders and coated with oil. After cooking, I've shredded the warm (not cold) with a hand mixer. Will consider this as well.
Bruh, that shot of checking the fridge/pantry was golden; a guy couldn't have asked for better staging!
you should do a video on how you properly clean those bags. Got mine tnx 2 u. Its just pain cleaning them.
Oh this is perfect. I’ve been struggling getting my kid to eat protein. All she wants to eat is carbs and fruit(and steak, but do you know how expensive steak is?), which at her age and activity level isn’t the worst thing in the world but still. We’re building healthy eating habits here. I work 10 hr shifts so often she’ll eat before I get off work cause she’s hungry. I can definitely have this ready in the freezer for her to throw on some rice with soy sauce and pickled onions.
Thank you for being a great parent
I definitely need to try this! Have you done any meal prep for construction workers? I'd be interested in seeing high protein meals that don't need to be heated up or refrigerated
Also interested in this!!
For refrigeration, is a well-insulated lunch box with an ice pack an option? That's what I've done
@@Zzyyvux I suppose that would be an option
@@coreymckeever3308 you should try freeze dried meal, you can do your own portion of high protein meals, you’ll need to pay for a dehydrator and just a stove, i did that as a calisthenics athlete and hiking lover
I eat almost all of his meals cold - I am a truck driver. You get used to it after awhile
Any chance you can ask your sponsor to figure out an European deal for us? The reusable bags would be great for my current needs...
Always wild to see one of my favorite foodtubers shouting out another one of my favorite foodtubers
Those freezer bags are a great idea, I’ve been trying to figure out how to freeze individual portions.
Finally picked up the vacuum sealer! Zwilling shipped it really quickly, got it in two days, I can't wait to start using it.
Question:how would/could we do this with beef instead of chicken because beef has a bad habit of turning rock hard once cold…help please and thank you so much
*What an excellent and seamless product integration!*
This guy doesn’t miss. 👏🏽
JC - your putting to much in that size wrap, to wrap it up. Smaller amount or bigger diameter wrap...
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Turned the video off halfway through step 1, now i'm sitting here with 2 tonnes of chicken 🤦
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Bit the bullet on my already crying wallet and ordered the zwelling vaccum sealer set. I already have a vaccum sealer but I find I don't use it due to it being super inconvenient and I try to use the bags sparingly since I have to cut them open to eat the food. I have so much raw frozen chicken it's time to get it cooked lol
If you wet-brine this for 4 hours first, it will be much tastier and stay juicier when you reheat it
that's interesting!
thanks
Will definitely try the red onion tip
Thank you for this fantastic chicken plan.
Can you do a high protein stew recipe?
0:00 - 0:20 You are so one of us 😅
Thanks for sharing!
Right? Pretty much me, all the time. I HATE cooking.
1st from Australia, love your vids.. life saver in the gym
Instead of flash freezing on a sheet pan, can I put things in the vacuum bags without taking the air out, let them freeze overnight, and vacuum out the air the next day? Space is limited
Yeah but it might not work quite as well. I’d leave the bag open
I need some delivery driver cold meals for this new job. Cause eating well while getting 20k steps and lifting up to 30k lbs a day at work is hard.
Awesome prep 🙌
Those bags are hit or miss, I have 2 sets and half of them lost their suction, I won’t buy again, my food had freezer burn.
how that chicken can be backed for short amount of time and refreezed in microwave just for 5 mins after being completely frozen?
I’ll normally grill ~4lbs chicken at once, us half that week, then slice and freeze the other half
you should try it with boneless/skinless chicken thighs. they have more depth of flavor.
This sounds great! I have a question, maybe someone can help me: Does this prevent the bad taste of defrosted chicken? Defrosted chicken used to be horrible, and I had to throw it away all the time...
I used to freeze chicken all the time and did not have a vacuum sealer, can't say it ever tasted off. Are you sure you cooked it fully, froze it properly and didn't keep it there too long? Maybe you let it omega freezer burn? Without vacuum sealing, you have to eat it before it freezer burns real bad.
I'm not entirely sure what the bad taste you are talking about is specifically, but Freezer Burn is the result of the cold dry air in the freezer drying out the food. Taking steps to make anything in your freezer air-tight should help with the evaporation going on in the freezer and keep your food tasting normal longer. The vacu-seal bags are probably the best option, but even using zip top bags or containers with tight lids will help a lot, especially if you can get most of the air out.
What they said -^ but also - aim for a slow-defrost in the fridge instead of microwave. I keep a tupperware with chicken similar to what was shown here in the fridge and when it's finished I pull more out from the freezer - within 24H they taste "fresh out of the fridge" with none of the issues a forced-defrost carries with it.
Okay, maybe I should let it defrost in the fridge first and set the microwave to max. 50% as mentioned in the video so it doesn't heat up too fast. I read that heating too fast can change the flavor of the chicken.
@@rainerzufall9943 yep, you only want to cook it to an internal temperature of 165f. if you push it up higher than that it gets rubbery and dry. often when you heat it up too fast the surface gets way to hot before the inside is up to temp.
There are two schools of thought to resolve this: 1st is low and slow to not overcook the outside, second is cut the pieces smaller so the heat doesn't need to penetrate as deep. at 0:50 he shows a decent middle-ground in piece size if your chopping, but if you want to cook a whole piece you might be better off flattening the piece to a uniform thickness for even cooking prior to freezing; 2cm or 3/4 inch is what I do that way I can cook it straight from frozen in a pan.
My freezer ist tiny, wont fit a sheet pan.
Can I just portion them out in small portions and freeze them then. Will that impact the food safety in any way? I don't mind them clumpimg together
Yeah you can stack them on something that will fit. I would just put a piece of parchment paper between each layer so they don’t stick together.
If a person doesn't want to bake it, an air fryer works great as well, 8 to 9 minutes still applies.
main issue is volume you can do at once, which the oven is just objectively better at
Newbie meal prep question here, but how much longer will the chicken last in this method vs the fridge in lets say a chicken/rice/broccoli bowl? I have been buying pre made meals that I keep in the fridge for less then a week, but looking to save money by making things from scratch. Just trying to figure out if freezer or fridge is best based on weekly cooking
i don't keep food for longer than 5 days in the fridge. It will last for months in the freezer
@@TheMealPrepManual Perfect! Thanks for the quick reply. Going to order that ZWILLING starter set and give this a try. Thanks
Tip from a fellow Texan: use Shan Garlic Paste instead of that jarred pre-minced crap.
How do u wash the bags that u freeze the chicken in?
with water and soap he literally said this
Hey Josh, how many uses do you normally get out of each bag? After you finish an entire bag of chicken (or whatever else is in there), are you able to clean and reuse?
Im not sure how long they last because I haven't used them, but I know they are reusable
how long do they last in the freezer?
You're the man, man.
Do they stay moist?
link us that habinero sauce ma boy
just had an idea to make the "flash freeze" less confusing!
I think you should change your "flash freeze" term to maybe "individual quick freeze"?
since you're trying to get things frozen individually
Great tips
A very clever idea.
Amazing recipe as usual. Thank you very much. The "Z" in "Zwilling" is pronounced like "tsunami", by the way. Like "Tswilling".
how long do you typically tend to flash freeze things? i made the pancake bites and had issues with them freezing to the plates i had in the freezer. awesome content keep it up!
You can try putting them on some wax freezer paper to freeze! They'll still stick to the paper but they release real easy
Usually I’ll do overnight just cause it’s easiest. This chicken only took a couple of hours until it was solid.
How powerful is your microwave? 50% of 1200 Watts is very different than 50% of 700 Watts.
How do you like that orgain protein powder on your shelf?
It’s disgusting
Ha ha! I decided to try protein powder for the first time because I recently got one of those Nutribullet things and I wanted to start doing healthy smoothies or whatever. That stuff doesn't dissolve for anything. @@TheMealPrepManual
I love you weighed everything!
Would you recommend doing this with chicken thighs and would there be a huge difference between that and breasts
Chicken thighs would be great
Damn, Josh with the Whole Foods.
What kind of tortilla is that? You usually use gluten free
Yeah, it is my home made recipe
This channel is amazing 😅
I tried the code and it told me that the shopping cart doesn’t meet the requirements, but I have the starter kit in the shopping cart.
I just sent them an email to see if they can fix it
@@TheMealPrepManual Thank you! ! I really enjoyed the video and it inspired me, which is why I wanted to get it.
Who's the knife made by home boy?
Zwilling 👍
I literally decided to become a citizen of Snack City last night and was looking for a promo code before I ordered. Bummer!
Handful of chocolate chips and can of beans 😂😂😂
Been there done that
i just boil it, till its desert, and pack it, with same erbs + curry, and cayain or what ever, pepper
This is the gamechanger I need, plus I really need to pick up the vacuum sealer. Right now I'm trying to meal prep 4 full meals per week to meet my caloric/protein needs, and that's way too much time spent prepping.
Bastard-ise version got me 😂😂
Oh yeah, never enough chickin'!!
A super easy seasoning for chicken (breast, thighs, whatever) is just the salt and a massaging of gochujang paste!! I find the heat it adds is just enough to be interesting but not overpowering, especially with other ingredients. And it crisps nicely
Darn I need a bigger freezer !
Huh I guess the b-roll of the tortila flaming wasn't used but we got to see em doing it.
I have been doing this for years but I sous vide the chicken which is even easier. No prep at all as the chicken I buy comes in sealed bags. Dump them in the sous vide and a couple hours later, remove and cut up with variations of seasoning or sauces into a few containers.
i just ate two pizzas
I dont think ive every been this early to a video before lol
😂 handful of chocolate chips and beans
10 free bags with code? Can you get the large bags?
No. They are the medium bags. The large bags are gigantic. The ones I use in the videos are medium sized. The large ones are almost too big to fit in a regular freezer when they are filled.
@@TheMealPrepManual awesome, thanks!!
Josh love your videos, but please wrap the BACK of the wrap first and THEN roll. I suppose you just gotta hope your wraps aren't crumbly.
Sir we have almost 2 tons of chicken in the back lol
esun vacuum kit does the same. only costs 18 euros in germany.
Why not just freeze all meals
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So you know Chlebowski too. I knew you were good people, Josh.
Brilliant, helping me on my way to meal prepping alot better...but...seeing as you can cook so many dishes, one day you'll have to drop that secret choc chip and kidney bean recipe. 😂🤢
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I’ve watched about 5 of your vids now and I’m convinced this channel is just run BY Zwilling and you just pretend they are a sponsor lol
lol it’s just the only sponsor I work with at the moment haha. I’ve been using their stuff for years and they like the reaction from the audience so it makes perfect sense for a partnership 👍
If you ask them, they will cube your breast.
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Disagree, the worst, most time-consuming part of cooking is peeling and chopping all the vegetables. Like a pound of onions and 2 lbs of potatoes for a stew, or all the onions, garlic, ginger,peppers and root vegetables for a stir fry. The rest of the cooking process is simple: put stuff in a pan, wait, stir occasionally.
Yeah you don't live in Texas 😅
It’s not Habaniero it’s Habanero
I'm sorry are we all gonna ignore the the taco holder?
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