Tips for success with chicken early out

A lot of people seem to have trouble with chicken when they are early out, so I thought it might be useful to post some things that will increase your chances of avoiding bad chicken experiences.

The worst part about chicken is that if it is dry, it almost certainly will cause problems. (I did not throw up even once after surgery until I was 18 months out and ate some dry chicken a bit too fast. I had not even finished the portion before what I had already eaten came back up!) So the best thing you can do to try to avoid trouble is to make sure the chicken is moist and as tender as possible. Marinating it in yogurt for a while before cooking it helps break down the muscle fiber a bit which makes it more tender. Make use of a meat thermometer when cooking it (even if it is breasts only) so you can sure that it is cooked sufficiently to kill any bacteria but is not overcooked. Bake breasts smothered in cream of chicken or mushroom soup. (If you are cooking for others as well, you can add rice to the soup and then nestle the chicken breasts into the soup and rice mixture... then the others can eat the chicken and rice and you vpcan eat just the moist chicken.)

Instead of cooking just breasts, consider cooking a whole chicken. Even though most people prefer white meat, the dark meat is more moist and tender and therefore easier on the pouch.

Don't eat just chicken. Even when very well-chewed, chicken (especially white meat) can form a big blob/plug in your pouch which can then cause discomfort or vomiting. Have some kind of vegetable with the chicken. Mixing small bites of the veggie among bites of the chicken will help prevent the chicken from forming that blob.

There was one other thing that I was going to add, but now I cannot for the life of me remember what it was!

Lora

 Awesome tips Lora ... I am five years and change out but I am most definitely going to try the yogurt marinade ...it sounds yummy as well as the cream of mushroom ... hmmmmmmm maybe I should try this tomorrow ... I think everyone in my house would just love chicken prepared like that too...

thanks for the tips.. lora

 I use a crock pot for 4-5 large chicken breasts with 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 can cheddar cheese soup and 1 can chicken broth.  I'll let it cook on low or at least 12 hours and then shread it, and keep it on the warm setting for another few hours.  It is like a super loaded chicken soup and makes many meals.  So yummy!