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A tasty meal that is easy to double, triple or quadruple, so you have plenty of freezer meals when you need one! And it has bacon! freezer meals

Hi there! If you’re looking for freezer meals/cooking, or weeknight wonders – you’re in the right place!

With the arrival of our second son coming up FAST (he’ll be here March 7th! – EDIT, he messed those plans up – arrived Feb 21!), I’m having a quiet little panic about what the heck we’ll be eating as I recover from the birth.

With abdominal surgery (yep), a newborn, and a toddler, I’m fairly certain we’ll need some freezer meals to save us from resorting to takeout 7 nights a week and save the Husband from creating dinner from his imagination. The thought, frankly, is scary.

In any case, new parenthood is an adjustment for everyone. I’m trying to make it easier on all of us 🙂

Stocking up with quality freezer meals can be a little daunting

If you haven’t done it before, and see all the “all day” cooking sessions, with 40 meals at a time etc – it can be somewhat overwhelming! It doesn’t actually have to be that way. It has to work for YOU and what time and resources you have.

I like to cook once, eat twice (eat tonight, repurpose leftovers for tomorrow), as well as make one for now, one for the freezer. Doesn’t require a big time commitment, and fills your freezer as you go.

Check out this post I did a while ago – for sides (such as plain rice, mashed potatoes) I threw this together on a Sunday afternoon. One to eat, 4 small ones to freeze. freezer meals It gets bonus points for being appealing to the toddler as well as husband, and me!freezer meals

If you love freezer friendly food – check these out!!

 

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Freezer Cooking: Chicken, Broccoli, Bacon & Potato Bake

A tasty meal that is easy to double, triple or quadruple, so you have plenty of freezer meals when you need one! And it has bacon! 

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 393 kcal
Author Kylee

Ingredients

  • 4½ cups diced red potatoes
  • 2½ cups diced boneless skinless chicken breast
  • 2 cups broccoli florets
  • 1/2 cup cooked crumbled bacon
  • 1/4 cup sliced onion
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese grated
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese grated (for top)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 cup heavy cream (can sub half & half)
  • 2 Tbs butter chopped

Directions

  1. Grease 2 8×8 foil baking pans.

  2. Divide ingredients in half - you are making 2 pans, so half of the ingredients goes in each pan.

  3. In both pans, layer ingredients in this order: potatoes, chicken, broccoli, bacon, onion and cheese.

  4. Season salt, pepper and garlic powder.

  5. Repeat the layers and seasoning. 

  6. Pour heavy cream over ingredients and sprinkle butter pieces over the dish.

  7. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for one hour or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender.

  8. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake uncovered for 5-10 more minutes until cheese is bubbly.

Freezing Directions:

  1. Assemble as directed above but do not bake. Make sure the potatoes are covered by other ingredients if possible (so they don't blacken). Cover tightly with foil, label, and freeze. Freeze 1/2 cup cheddar with each dish.

TO SERVE

  1. Thaw. Remove bag of cheese and recover with foil. Bake covered for one hour or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake uncovered for 5-10 more minutes until cheese is bubbly.

Recipe Notes

This recipe makes 2 8x8 pans each serving 4.

A tasty meal that is easy to double, triple or quadruple, so you have plenty of freezer meals when you need one! And it has bacon!

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    • How do you think this would work if baked before frozen. Hubby works alot if hours out if town so I cook up meals to freeze so he can easily warm up when ready.

    • Wow!!! That looks delicious. Ididn’t realize you can use those containers for freezing.
      I will be making this very soon…Thx!

    • I haven’t, but I bet it could easily be adapted. I’d probably leave the broccoli out until the last 15 minutes of cooking though – so it doesn’t go mushy and gross.

  8. Very nice, lovely flavour. Might add a packet of chicken noodle soup with it next time, although it really didn’t need anything extra for flavour. Also added capsicum, diced pumpkin and half broccoli and half cauliflower. Easy prep all in one pan!! Fantastic! Thanks for a wonderful recipe.

  9. my 14 year old daughter loved it so much she went back for seconds and she is quite the picky eater 🙂 so thank you!

    • Nope. I found if I mixed them well enough, and there weren’t too many on the surface, they did just fine!

      • Have you tried this recipe with diced hash browns? Hash brown casseroles are so yummy…I wonder if this would taste just as good with them.

  12. Tried this the other day. My husband and I loved it. I’m going to pre-cook the chicken next time though. I never have luck with raw chicken in freezer meals, I have to cook it a lot longer to get it to fully cook.

    • Hi, Annah! Thanks for stopping by. Yep, cooking the chicken would REALLY reduce cook-day time, more reheating than cooking, I suppose. Let me know how it turns out?

    • Do you mean in a baking dish, in the BBQ, baking? I don’t see why not – but I’d assume a metal dish would be needed?

  16. Is the recipe already quadrupled? 4.5 cups of potatoes seems like a lot for an 8×8 pan, but not enough for four servings…

    • Hi Suzie – thanks for catching that! It actually makes 2 8×8 dishes. One to eat today, and one for the freezer! I’ve updated the recipe to show it, I appreciate you commenting!

    • Thaw. Remove bag of cheese and recover with foil. Bake covered for one hour or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake uncovered for 5-10 more minutes until cheese is bubbly.

  18. Sounds delish! Do you need to thaw first or can it go straight from the freezer to the oven? Thank you 🙂

    • Thaw. Remove bag of cheese and recover with foil. Bake covered for one hour or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake uncovered for 5-10 more minutes until cheese is bubbly.

  21. This looks good! Gonna try it this week! I get my foil pans at the dollar tree! Three for a buck, and they come with nice covers

  22. This is so good!!!!!!! I forgot about the bacon but it really didn’t need it. I will definitely be making 2 more for sure. Thank you so much.

    • Hi Carrie – you could, but I haven’t done it that way, so can’t attest to the quality of it! I wouldn’t freeze it for too long, up to a month, maybe, if you cooked it first.

  25. Hi Kylee. This recipe looks absolutely delicious! I know your recipe says that it needs to be thawed first before baking, but do you think it could go straight from the freezer to the oven successfully? I’m horrible at remembering to take things from the freezer in advance. Thanks.

    • It doesn’t HAVE to be, but you’d need to add a significant amount to your cooking time. I haven’t tried it, let me know how it goes!

  26. This recipe looks tasty, Using the amounts given , are they divided by 4….ie…2 layers in each pan. Seems like a very small amount of cream, onion etc.

    • Actually, the recipe as written makes 2 pans 8×8 size. I usually double or triple my recipe, though.

  27. Do you divide the 1/2 cup of cream among the 2 pans, or do 1/2 cup of heavy cream over each pan?

  28. Would this be good with a different type of meat? I have friends coming over and the don’t like chicken. 🙁

  30. I love having meals in the freezer. I call them homemade convenience food LOL. With my kids back to school, guess what’s coming next? Oh yea, every germ carried in the halls of the school, and that usually results in me falling ill at least once or twice. And when mom is sick, mom doesn’t cook. I like this one particularly because it’s a bit different than most freezer meals I see. I see a lot of pasta ones, but not too many like this. I very much appreciate this post. Thanks for sharing this!

  31. Hi Kylee. This sounds delicious and I’m excited to try it. I’m not quite sure if I understand the recipe. It makes 2 pans that are layered, so each ingredient needs to be divided into 4, (for each layer) correct? The cream just in half, 1/2 C into each pan?

    • Hi! That is what I did. I got all of the ingredients – not realizing it was for 2 pans. When it was time to construct the dish I saw that it was meant for 2 pans and used only 1/2 cup of cream for each. I did not divide into 4. I just layered the potatoes, chicken, bacon then cheese!

  32. I made this and it was delish! Husband liked it too. I had some yellow squash I chopped small and added to it. Vegetables were tender and cheesy, chicken was done but not dry. When I make the next batch I might try a little Cajun seasoning but it is very good just as it is.

  33. It turned out great! The whole family loved it, especially with the extra cream. The family’s feedback is to double the broccoli (they loved the creamy cheesy-ness of it and wanted more broccoli!) and said it needed a new name. After telling them about Kylee, they named it Kiwi’s Chicken! My kids are 8 and 12, a definite hit! Thank you!

  34. Have you tried making this using the diced hash browns? Hash brown casseroles are so yummy…I wonder if it would taste as good using them.

  36. Made this for dinner last night and it was delicious. This recipe will be on our menu. Thanks!

  37. This sounds good… im wondering can we substitute potatoes with sweet potatoes? Just wondering if it will go well with the dish.

  38. Love this idea and trying soon. I realized that I’ve often already frozen meat and thawing to make meals for later. Can this be cooked cooled and frozen? For a family to take down and reheat?? Help!

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