Tips & Tricks: How to Shred Chicken Using a Stand Mixer

Does anyone else hate shredding chicken by hand? I sure do.

This is a little trick my husband learned from one of his co-workers the other day so we tried it out at home and it worked like magic.

Here are the very simple directions:

How to Shred Chicken Using a Stand Mixer
1. Poach (boil) your chicken breast(s) until cooked through.
2. Place cooked chicken in your stand mixer bowl (I have a Kitchen Aid) and attach the flat beater attachment.
3. Turn your mixer onto the low or medium setting and beat until shredded. (You may have to shred a couple of big chunks by hand, but the mixer pretty much does all the work for you.)

4. And voila!