RECIPE: Turkey Chicken Au Gratin for Freezer Bag Cooking

The long awaited recipe we've had so many requests for! It was an experiment from a recipe originally from Hungry Hammock Hanger, who made beef stroganoff. I tried using turkey and chicken and it turned out exceptionally well, delicious in fact! He does some creative things with Freezer Bag Cooking, which we almost strictly adhere to for our cooking. We've thus far prepped almost 80 meals similar to this style, with various ingredients... it's lightweight, easy to prepare and only requires boiling water. I like to get creative with meals as we hate eating the same thing over and over, ie: Ramen Noodles. We just listened to a podcast about a guy who ate ramen noodles for 6 months straight!!! I'd run screaming out of the woods!!!

Turkey Chicken Au Gratin

INGREDIENTS:

4# ground turkey

2 large cans chicken (13 oz)

8 cloves garlic (minced)

4 medium onions roughly chopped

2 medium red peppers chopped

5 ribs celery chopped

2 c. frozen peas

2 pkgs chicken gravy mix

1 pkg mushroom gravy mix

1 can cream of mushroom soup

4-6 c. chicken broth

20 oz. (approx) uncooked egg noodles

SEASONINGS:

Salt, Pepper and Hot Pepper

DIRECTIONS:

Brown turkey and chicken together; drain and rinse well with very hot water.

Return to pan and add garlic and brown further, then add onions, celery, peas and peppers.

Saute all till tender and season to taste with above seasonings.

Add broth and chicken/or chicken bullion.

Simmer 10 minutes and re-season to taste.

Add gravy mixes and chicken soup to mixture and simmer 5 or so minutes.

Add dry noodles and simmer 10 more minutes.

When it appears as though noodles are still a BIT chewy, remove from heat. (when not quite done, as they will cook further during the rehydration process)

Dry in dehydrator at 165 degrees for 10-12 hours.

It's amazing what it looks like when it comes out of the dehydrator! Shriveled and dry, nothing like what it was when it went in... BUT, weighing less than a quarter what it did when it went in!

We bag most things in about 6 ounce portions of dried food, which will rehydrate into about 2 cups of food.

Rehydrate by just covering with boiling water in zip-lock bag. Place in cozy [we just put inside one of our down jackets] for 15 minutes or until done.

You can watch the video of us eating this particular meal HERE on You Tube: 

http://youtu.be/0GIqKQMBzaI