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.

Sources of Shredded Chicken Sandwich Mix

• Root's Poultry, Inc. in Fremont, OH. It's a little different in that it doesn't have the "cream" factor (no cream soups or flour).

Links to recipes on the web

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