Freezer Meal Dump Recipes

Salsa Chicken Freezer Meal

It truly doesn’t get more simple than this salsa chicken recipe. Not only is this an easy freezer meal, but it is also tasty! You can customize it to your own tastes by the type of salsa you use.

As with other dump recipes, it is just as fast to make several at a time as it is to make one. If you choose to make multiples, just set the bags up, put the chicken in each bag, and then add the other ingredients.

If you’re new to making dump meals, watch the video below to see step-by-step instructions and get helpful tips:

If you want to kick things up a notch, use spicy salsa. You can also vary things by using a chunkier salsa or using a homemade one.

Salsa Chicken Recipe:

2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup salsa, your choice of mild, medium, or spicy
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. dijon mustard

Assembly instructions:

Place the chicken in a large resealable freezer bag or reusable silicone freezer bag.
Toss the rest of the ingredients into the bag and squish to mix around.
Take the air out of the bag and seal before freezing.

Oven cooking instructions:

Take the bag out of the freezer. Thaw.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Bake in a casserole dish for 55 minutes.

Skillet cooking instructions:

Take the bag out of the freezer to thaw.
Cook in a skillet on medium-high heat for about 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink inside, flipping occasionally.

What to serve with salsa chicken:

taco chips with guacamole
refried beans
rice
salad
corn

Check out these other chicken dump recipes:

Honey Sesame Chicken Dump Meal

Lemon Garlic Chicken Dump Mahjong Chicken Dump Recipe

Salsa Chicken Recipe

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: chicken, salsa

Servings: 4

Calories: 307 kcal

Ingredients

2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup salsa your choice of mild, medium, or spicy
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. dijon mustard

Instructions

Assembly instructions:

Place the chicken in a large resealable freezer bag or reusable silicone freezer bag.
Toss the rest of the ingredients into the bag and squish to mix around.
Take the air out of the bag and seal before freezing.

Oven cooking instructions:

Take the bag out of the freezer. Thaw.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Bake in a casserole dish for 55 minutes.

Skillet cooking instructions:

Take the bag out of the freezer to thaw.
Cook in a skillet on medium-high heat for about 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink inside, flipping occasionally.

Mahjong Chicken Dump Recipe

By Sharla

This easy-to-make recipe has a unique flavor. We call it Mahjong Chicken and it’s a must-try.

Using the dump recipe method, this meal can be assembled in minutes and then frozen. It can be cooked in the crockpot or in the oven.

My neighbor and I loved the taste of this recipe, but we weren’t sure what to call it. Given some of the Asian flavors like the fish sauce, Chinese 5 spice, and Thai sweet chili sauce, we decided to name it Mahjong after the game that originated in China.

Mahjong Chicken Dump Recipe:

3-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (alternately, you can use 8-10 boneless, skinless chicken thighs)
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
2 Tbsp. fish sauce
1 1/2 tsp. garlic, minced
2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. Chinese 5 spice
1/4 tsp. lemon pepper

Assembly instructions:

In a large resealable freezer bag, place the chicken breasts and then dump all the other ingredients on top.
Squish to combine.
Remove the excess air before sealing the bag. Freeze.

Oven cooking instructions:

Thaw.
Dump the bag contents into a casserole dish and bake covered at 350° for 55 minutes.

Crockpot® cooking instructions:

Thaw.
Place chicken and sauce into the slow cooker and cook on low for 4-5 hours.

Suggested side dishes for Mahjong Chicken:

You can find other simple-to-make chicken recipes in our Chicken Dump Recipes cookbook. It includes printable labels and grocery lists, making it easier than ever to get dinner on the table.

Mahjong Chicken

Course: Main Course

Keyword: chicken, chicken dump

Servings: 6

Calories: 258 kcal

Ingredients

3-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup thai sweet chili sauce
2 Tbsp. fish sauce
1 1/2 tsp. garlic minced
2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. Chinese 5 spice
1/4 tsp. lemon pepper

Instructions

Assembly instructions:

In a large resealable freezer bag, place the chicken breasts and then dump all the other ingredients on top.
Squish to combine.
Remove the excess air before sealing the bag. Freeze.

Oven cooking instructions:

Thaw.
Dump the bag contents into a casserole dish and bake covered at 350° for 55 minutes.

Crock pot cooking instructions:

Thaw.
Place chicken and sauce into the slow cooker and cook on low for 4-5 hours.

Recipe Notes

Instead of chicken breasts, you can use 8-10 boneless, skinless chicken thighs if you prefer.

Some of our other easy chicken freezer meals for you:

Lemon Garlic Chicken Dump Recipe Honey Sesame Chicken Dump Recipe

Honey Sesame Chicken Dump Meal

By Sharla

Dump recipes are the fastest way I know to make delicious suppers. This honey sesame chicken dump meal is just that. Put it together in minutes to create a dish your whole family will enjoy. When you’re making any type of dump recipe, it’s just as easy to make 2 or 4 as it is to make one. Just set the bags out on the counter so that the bottom is open and the top is folded over. This will allow the bag to stay open without being held. Then you can place the chicken thighs in each bag before you go along and “dump” the rest of the ingredients in.

The recipe that follows is for one bag (meal). If you’re making multiple meals, add this amount to each of the bags. Be sure to label the bags with the cooking instructions before freezing.

Honey Sesame Chicken Dump Meal:

8-10 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1/4 cup honey, melted
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tbsp. ketchup
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
3 tsp. minced fresh ginger
2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tsp. cornstarch
optional: 1-2 tsp. Sriracha sauce

For the day of cooking:

1 tsp. sesame seeds
optional: sliced green onions for garnish

Assembly instructions:

Place the chicken in a large resealable freezer bag or reusable silicone freezer bag.
Add all the rest of the ingredients except the ingredients reserved for the day of cooking.
Give the bag a squeeze to mix the sauce. Get the air out and seal before freezing.

Cooking instructions:

Remove the bag from the freezer to thaw.
Fry in a skillet on the stovetop over medium-high heat for 20-25 minutes, until it has begun to caramelize on the outside and is no longer pink on the inside.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving. You can also top with some fresh sliced green onions.

This meal is gluten-free if gluten-free soy sauce is used. You can adjust the spiciness level of the chicken by adding Sriracha to the honey sesame sauce.

Personally, I like things with the heat kicked all the way up, so I add about 2 tsp. of Sriracha to the sauce and then put the bottle on the table when serving so that I can add some to my chicken. A few of my kids like to improve/test their spice tolerance, so they add more to theirs as well.

What goes with honey sesame chicken?

make ahead honey maple glazed carrots (pictured)
fresh Asian style green beans
spring greens salad
Asian cucumber salad
oven-roasted asparagus
Brussels sprouts salad
lemon garlic rice
sautéed kale with bacon and almonds
white or brown rice
air fryer edamame

Looking for more easy recipes you can put together in minutes? Our Chicken Dump Recipes cookbook contains recipes that are designed to be made in minutes so that you can stock your freezer and simply your life. It also contains shopping lists and printable labels to take away all the guesswork.

Honey Sesame Chicken

Course: Main Course

Keyword: chicken

Servings: 5

Calories: 346 kcal

Ingredients

8-10 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1/4 cup honey melted
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 cloves garlic minced
3 Tbsp. ketchup
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
3 tsp. minced fresh ginger
2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tsp. cornstarch
optional: 1-2 tsp. Sriracha sauce

For the day of cooking:

1 tsp. sesame seeds
optional: sliced green onions for garnish

Instructions

Assembly instructions:

Place the chicken in a large resealable freezer bag or reusable silicone freezer bag.
Add all the rest of the ingredients except the ingredients reserved for the day of cooking.
Give the bag a squeeze to mix the sauce. Get the air out and seal before freezing.

Cooking instructions:

Remove the bag from the freezer to thaw.
Fry in a skillet on the stovetop over medium-high heat for 20-25 minutes, until it has begun to caramelize on the outside and is no longer pink on the inside.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving. You can also top with some fresh sliced green onions.

Check out some of our other easy chicken dump recipes:

Chili Glazed Chicken Dump Recipe Lemon Garlic Chicken Dump Recipe

Shredded BBQ Chicken

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on Buns

By Sharla

The first time I made this shredded buffalo chicken on buns for dinner, I didn’t get to taste it. My kids were so in love with it, that some of them went in for seconds and thirds before I realized what was happening. When I went to scoop up myself, there was nothing left!

Looking at the inside of that empty crockpot could have made me angry, but instead, I was thrilled! I love when I find a meal that every single one of my kids will eat with no complaints. We had a winner on our hands!

I was slightly less thrilled with the notion of warming up leftovers for myself for supper, but I knew I would get to try it the next time. I also knew how easy it had been to put together. It was an easy decision to put it into the regular freezer meal rotation.

This recipe takes minutes to throw together, so it’s easy to make several at a time so that you always have one on hand to pull out of the freezer.

I love freezer to slow cooker recipes because they combine two things that make getting supper on the table easier and faster.

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on Buns:

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 oz. package of cream cheese
1 bottle of Frank’s Red Hot sauce
1 envelope of dry Ranch seasoning
salt and pepper to taste

Directions for assembly:

Put the chicken breasts into a large resealable freezer bag or silicone reusable freezer bag.
Dump the other ingredients into the bag.
Take out any extra air. Seal and freeze.

Cooking instructions:

If you are using a slow cooker liner, add it to the slow cooker. They are not necessary but make clean-up so simple.

Take the bag out of the freezer to thaw.
Cook in the crockpot on high for 3-4 hours. Shred the chicken.
Spoon the chicken mixture onto buns to serve.

This mixture would also be great for making cute little buffalo chicken sliders to serve at a potluck or Super Bowl gathering or birthday party.

It shouldn’t have been a surprise to me how much my kids loved this recipe. They devour my buffalo chicken dip and request that I make it often. This shredded buffalo chicken has many of the same flavors as the dip does.

Possible Toppings for Buffalo Chicken Buns or Sliders:

blue cheese (slice or crumbles)
Mozza or cheddar cheese (sliced or shredded)
pickles
Ranch dressing
lettuce
tomatoes
coleslaw

Find more freezer to slow cooker recipes in our Slow Cooker Freezer Meal Plans. It includes recipes, a shopping list, and printable labels, making it so easy to get dinner on the table for your family.

Check out some of our other make-ahead crockpot® recipes that can be served on buns:

BBQ Pulled Pork Slow Cooker Beef Dip BBQ Shredded Chicken with Garlic Mayo on Buns

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken on Buns

Course: Main Course

Keyword: buffalo, chicken

Servings: 6

Calories: 300 kcal

Ingredients

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 oz. package of cream cheese
1 bottle of Frank's Red Hot sauce
1 envelope of dry Ranch seasoning
salt and pepper to taste

For cooking day:

buns

Instructions

Directions for assembly:

Put the chicken breasts into a large resealable freezer bag or silicone reusable freezer bag.
Dump the other ingredients into the bag.
Take out any extra air. Seal and freeze.

Cooking instructions:

If you are using a slow cooker liner, add it to the slow cooker. They are not necessary but make clean-up so simple.
Take the bag out of the freezer to thaw.
Cook in the crockpot on high for 3-4 hours. Shred the chicken.
Spoon the chicken mixture onto buns to serve.

Lemon Mustard Chicken Dump Recipe

By Sharla

When we are making freezer meals, the chicken dump recipes are the fastest to assemble. Because of that, we tend to choose to make many chicken dump recipes to speed things up. Not wanting to eat the same thing over and over, we have come up with a lot of variations. This lemon mustard chicken dump recipe is a nice one.

With this recipe, I prefer to use chicken thighs because I find that they come out juicier, but it works with either thighs or breasts.

One of the other things I like about this particular recipe is that it uses ingredients that I always have in the house. I buy a huge pail of local honey each year and lemon juice and dijon mustard are just fridge standards in our house.

That means that this recipe is often one that gets made at the end of our freezer meal sessions. I like to buy extra chicken so that we can make extra chicken dump recipes since they are so easy to put together.

If you’re new to chicken dump recipes, watch the video below for full instructions and tips:

Lemon Mustard Chicken Dump Recipe:

4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts or 8-10 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1/2 cup honey, melted
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp. lemon juice (fresh lemon juice or from a jar)
2 tsp. lemon pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

To assemble this meal, open a large resealable bag, fold down the top and prop the bottom so that it stays upright on the counter. It’s easiest to make several of these meals at one time. Prop open as many bags as the number of meals you want to make.

Melt the honey. Place the chicken pieces in each bag. Dump in the rest of the ingredients including the melted honey. Squish everything together to combine. Remove the excess air from the bag(s). Seal, lay flat, and freeze.

On the day of cooking, take the bag out of the freezer. Thaw. Bake at °350 for one hour, covered, uncovering the last ten minutes, or cook in the crockpot®) on low for 4-6 hours. This freezer to crockpot recipe is included in our Chicken Dump Recipes book. Check out all the recipes included.

Lemon mustard chicken is gluten-free and of course, dairy-free. This makes it quite an allergy-friendly meal.

If you are on a keto diet, you can make this recipe without honey. I have made it without the honey and it still tastes amazing.

What side dishes complement this lemon mustard chicken?

The flavors of lemon mustard chicken go well with a variety of side dishes. Here is a list of ideas of side dishes to accompany this meal:

wild rice with mushrooms
Jasmine or Basmati rice
a simple salad of greens and baby tomatoes
creamed corn
carrots
garlic bread (get our recipe for make-ahead garlic bread here)
sauteed mushrooms
risotto
quick and easy smashed red potatoes
pan-fried brussels sprouts with caramelized onions
German braised red cabbage
kale and broccoli salad
balsamic roasted green beans
artichoke and roasted red pepper coleslaw
apple grape salad
baby roasted potatoes
peas
honey roasted butternut squash with cranberries and feta
creamy cucumber salad
garlic fried noodles

You may be interested in some of our other easy chicken freezer meals:

Instant Pot or Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken Tacos Lemon Garlic Chicken Dump Recipe Make-Ahead Chicken Marsala

Lemon Mustard Chicken Dump Recipe

Course: Main Course

Keyword: chicken dump, freezer meal

Servings: 6

Calories: 302 kcal

Ingredients

4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts or 8-10 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1/2 cup honey melted
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. lemon pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

Instructions

To assemble this meal, open a large resealable bag, fold down the top and prop the bottom so that it stays upright on the counter.
Melt the honey. Place the chicken pieces in each bag. Dump in the rest of the ingredients including the melted honey.
Squish everything together to combine. Remove the excess air from the bag(s). Seal, lay flat, and freeze.
On the day of cooking, take the bag out of the freezer. Thaw.

Oven instructions

Bake at °350 for one hour, covered, uncovering the last ten minutes.

Slow cooker instructions

Cook in the crockpot on low for 4-6 hours.