So one night I was CRAVING some good old P.F. Chang’s chicken lettuce wraps. I was so happy to find some chicken in the back of my freezer. Except, it was not ground chicken. What’s a girl to do? Grind it up myself I guess. I was worried that I might turn it into chicken paste though. So, after some online searching and tutorials, I found a method that works. I taught myself how to grind chicken without a meat grinder!
What you need:
- A food processor or a blender
- raw chicken meat (light or dark)
Directions:
- Using a sharp knife, cut the chicken into chunks
- Place on a tinfoil lined baking sheet
- Place the entire sheet into the freezer for about 20-30 minutes. You want the chicken firm, but not frozen through
- Put the chunks into a food processor or blender, in batches of about 10 at a time and pulse them until chopped
- Put the ground chicken into a large bowl and continue to process the other chunks until it is all chopped
- Voila! You have ground your own meat without a meat grinder!
- Want to know what do make with your ground chicken? Give my P.F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wrap recipe a try!!!
Angel
February 22, 2016 at 12:12 amYes! Now I can make this: https://bzfd.it/1LxTDtr
Leo Shouse
March 12, 2016 at 8:09 amI inquired with the meat market man once and he instructed that you grind your beef twice to get the consistence of the ground meat in the store. I have down this and it works. Time consuming, but works and handles beautifully
Kate
March 16, 2016 at 5:54 amThanks for the tip Leo! I will have to give that a try next time we are making something with ground beef.
Tykota
September 7, 2017 at 5:45 pmUse a food processor, my blender started smoking! I was doing 5 lbs of it though.