The Unofficial Home of Shredded Chicken Sandwiches

Aunt Dorothy's basic recipe

This time honored recipe comes from our Aunt Dorothy who cooked up all kinds of marvelous creations from scratch.

Ingredients:

• Chicken. You can use any pieces including a whole chicken. My favorite is a combination of breasts and thighs.
• Flour
• Salt and pepper
• Hamburger buns

Instructions:

1. Boil the chicken until it is tender.
2. Remove the chicken and save the broth.
3. Shred the chicken as you remove it from the bone. This is the only hard step.
4. Put the chicken into a pot and pour some broth into it.
5. Mix flour with water to make a smooth paste. Add to chicken mixture and heat to thicken as desired.
6. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
7. Spread on a hamburger bun and enjoy!

Variations:

• Use cream of chicken soup.
• Add cracker crumbs.

Cathy's idiot proof recipe

Thanks to our wonderful sister in law, we have this very simple recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 50 oz. can of Shredded Chicken
• 1 tube of Ritz crackers
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

Instructions:

1. Open the canned chicken, skim off the fat from the top.
2. Turn the Ritz crackers into crumbs.
3. Combine all ingredients.
4. Heat on the stove or in a crock pot.
5. Spread on a hamburger bun and enjoy!

Debbie's basic recipe

And a similar recipe from a co-worker in Columbus Ohio.

Ingredients:

• 1 50 oz. can of Shredded Chicken
• 1/2 - 1 cup of Bread Crumbs
• 2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup

Instructions:

1. Add 1/2 cup of bread crumbs to mixture of shredded chicken and soups.
2. Mix in more crumbs until you get the consistency you want.
3. Heat on the stove or in a crock pot.
4. Spread on a hamburger bun and enjoy!

Michele's recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Michele in Newark, Ohio.

Ingredients:

• 1 large can of Shredded Chicken
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 can Cream of Celery Soup

Instructions:

1. Throw everything into a crock pot.
2. Add a little broth if needed to make it good and sloppy.
3. Combine all ingredients.
4. Enjoy it all day!

Carol Fever's recipe

The following recipe was sent into the Columbus Dispatch newspaper and published on September 23, 2009. It is from Carol Fever in Marion, Ohio.

Ingredients:

• 1 50 oz. can of boned chicken with liquid
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 sleeve Town House crackers, crushed. (Saltine crackers can be used but it gives it an inferior flavor.)
• Buns

Instructions:

1. Stir the canned chicken, soup, and crackers in a crock pot.
2. Cook on high 2 to 4 hours or on low for 6 to 8 hours, stirring occasionally.
3. Serve on buns.

Eric Hess's basic recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Eric Hess in Port Clinton, Ohio. He says he never knew if this was right, it just was what he came up with to satisfy the need. Note that this recipes uses standard cans of chicken that can be found in almost all grocery stores. It is expensive.

Ingredients:

• 2 10 oz. cans of chicken
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1/3 sleeve of saltine crackers, crumbled

Instructions:

1. Warm the chicken and cream of chicken soup on the stove top, stirring until the chicken was completely shredded.
2. Stir in crumbled saltines until the chicken was thick enough to put on a bun without falling out everywhere.
3. Spread on a hamburger bun and enjoy!
4. Best served with Jones Salt & Vinegar chips.

Ruth L.'s recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Ruth L. in Mentor, Ohio. She got it from her sister.

Ingredients:

• One 3-4 lb. chicken--cut up in pieces OR 3 whole chicken breasts
• 2 eggs
• 2 T. flour (scant)
• l Hot dog OR Hamburger bun--broken up (According to my sister, THIS is the secret ingredient)

Instructions:

1. Place chicken into large pot; Add 1 1/2" of water to pot or enough water to cover chicken. Add a few celery tops (cut up) and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Cook until chicken is done. Take pieces out of broth and strain broth. Cool chicken--then shred it. 
2. Beat the 2 eggs in a separate dish. Add the 2 T. of flour and mix well. Add egg mixture to broth. Cook for 5 minutes until egg is cooked. Add the shredded chicken and mix in. THEN, add the broken up pieces of the hot dog OR hamburger bun. This gives it the unique flavor that makes it so wonderful. Stir well and let the mixture simmer about 3-5 minutes. If it isn't thick enough, add more flour to the chicken mixture.
3. Serve mixture on hamburger buns.

Martha's recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Elizabeth S. She says it is the easiest.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs thigh meat
• 1 lb breast meat
• 1 package Knorr chicken gravy
• Chopped onions ­ about ? cup or a little more
• Chopped celery ­ about a cup
• ? to ? cup of water
• Salt and pepper

Instructions:

1. Put all ingrediants in a crock pot. 
2. Turn on high for 3 hours, then low for 2 hours. Cooking it in the crock pot makes the house smell really great!
3. Stir to mix thoroughly.
4. Serve on white hamburger buns.

Amy C.'s recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Amy C. from Mansfield, Ohio.

Ingredients:

• 1 50 oz. can of Sweet Sue Boned Chicken
• 1 can Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 small bag of Jones potato chips, crushed (Note: Jones pototo chips are made in, and distributed around, the Mansfield, Ohio area.)

Instructions:

1. Mix it all together and either bake it in the oven or throw it in a slow cooker to heat through.
2. Serve on hamburger buns.

Jason B.'s recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Jason B. from New Hampshire. (Formerly from Coshocton, Ohio.)

Ingredients:

• Chicken
• 1 can Campbell's Cream of Chicken or Cream of Mushroom Soup
• Crackers

Instructions:

1. Either boil or crock-pot the chicken.
2. Pull the meat off the bones. I don't think the skin goes in.
3. Then throw it all in the crock for a couple of hours with cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup.
4. Add a little pepper to it all.
5. Note: It isn't soup so don't add too much soup. If you do just thicken it up with crackers.
6. That's it! Serve on toasted hamburger buns. (Toasting the buns slightly helps them hold the weight of the chicken.)

Alicia N.'s recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Alicia N. from Mechanicsburg, Ohio.

Ingredients:

• 2 50oz. cans Sweet Sue Boned Chicken (Can be found at most Kroger or Wal-Mart groceries.)
• 2 cans Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup
• 2 boxes Stove Top Chicken Stuffing
• 1 16oz. container Sour Cream

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients in Crock Pot and cook on high 3-4 hours or low 4-6 hours.
2. Serve on hamburger buns.

Judy R.'s recipe

The following recipe was sent to us by Judy R. from Frankfort, Indiana.

Ingredients:

• 20oz. Shredded canned or stewed chicken
• 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 1/2 cup Bread crumbs
• Celery

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients. Salt and pepper to taste. Chicken broth can be added as needed.
2. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
3. Serve on hamburger buns.

Sources of Shredded Chicken and Sandwich Mix

Links to recipes on the web

• All Recipes.com
• recipetips.com
• cooks.com
• cooks.com
• mademan.com