Meal prep isn’t the most fun thing to do and it’s not always at the top of my “would love to do” list, BUT… it’s important to get done in order for me to stay on track. Simply put, when I don’t prep my meals I start falling off because I’m not prepared and tend to either go to long between meals or look for a quick meal between work, kids and the gym.

However, I have found the easiest way to meal prep chicken! Not only is it ridiculously easy, but it’s the juiciest chicken I’ve ever had. It tastes better than baked or grilled chicken and it’s basically fail proof when it comes to overcooking.

So how do you do this magic?

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The Easiest Way to Meal Prep Chicken

What You Will Need to Meal Prep Chicken

If you’re here, you likely already have everything you need. It’s simple:

1. Chicken (preferably boneless, skinless chicken breast)
2. Slow cooker

How to Meal Prep Chicken

Ya’ll ready for the easiest chicken recipe you’ll ever find?!

I don’t even know if I should call this a recipe, to be honest ?

Basically, all you have to do is this:

• Throw your chicken breasts in the slow cooker, preferably just one layer so that all pieces of chicken are touching the bottom of the crockpot. You can snuggle them together tightly.
• Season the chicken with your seasonings of choice. If you’re not sure how to season your chicken, I’ll add some different options below this.
• Now all you have to do is put the lid back on your slow cooker and turn it on to low and let it cook for 3 hours.
  • Do not take off the lid at all while it is cooking, if you do it will need to cook longer.
• Once the chicken is done cooking, you can slice, dice, etc. Don’t do this before cooking the chicken, wait until it’s done.

P.S: Lately, there has been lots of talk around whether or not cooking frozen chicken in a slow cooker is safe. So I would err on the side of caution and just thaw the chicken first.

Different Ways to Season Meal Prep Chicken

You likely don’t want to eat the same chicken every week, so here are some different seasonings you can try when you toss your chicken in to the crockpot:

• Classic Chicken: 1/2 tsp Garlic powder, 1/2 tsp Onion powder, 1/2 tsp Black pepper, 1/2 tsp Chili powder, 1 tsp Kosher salt
• Italian Chicken: 1/2 tsp Black pepper, 1 tbsp Italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp Paprika, 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes, 1 tsp Salt
• Jerk Chicken: 2 tsp Allspice, 1/2 tsp Black pepper, freshly ground, 2 tbsp Brown sugar, 1/8 tsp Cayenne pepper, 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, 1/4 tsp Cloves, 1 tsp Salt, 1/2 tsp Cumin
• Cajun Chicken: 1 tsp Garlic powder, 1/2 tsp Onion powder, 1/2 tsp Oregano, dried, 1/2 tsp Thyme, dried, 3/4 tsp Cayenne, 1 tsp Paprika, 1/2 tsp Pepper, 1 tsp Salt

  Xoxo, Jessica