Information About our Chicken Mince.
If you want to buy lean Chicken Mince, then our special blend of Fillet & Thigh meat is just for you. With no added water for a more flavoursome, natural taste with a fine ground texture. This is great for making healthier meal options for your family & for those needing a high protein & low fat intake when training or slimming. Ready made 500 gram packs available to buy online for next day delivery. Dependent on post code**
How do we make Chicken Mince?
We only use A Grade boneless Chicken cuts finely ground up, creating lean Chicken Mince perfect for home cooking.
We select the boneless chicken breast fillets & oyster cut thighs, skin & excess fat is removed, these are then mixed together. They are minced into a coarse grind & then minced again through a finer sized mince plate. The result is a fine ground lean mince without added water. The mince is portioned into 500 gram handmade rectangular blocks.
Our production facilities are all BRCGS / IFS approved to the highest health & hygiene standards. The temperature controlled cutting rooms with filtered air reduces natural airborne bacteria growth, we produce safer products with a longer shelf life because of this. The onsite approved health vets monitor cleanliness, good cutting practices & lab testing for meats before packing & dispatch to customers.
How do we pack Chicken Mince?
We pack our Chicken Mince in Freezer Friendly Recyclable Clear Pouches, 500 grams per pack.
The mince is packed immediately after production reducing minimal exposure to any natural airborne bacteria. The freshly ground mince is weighed into the 700gram portions & vacuum sealed. The Freezer friendly Packs are then labelled with full traceability before blast freezing to -25°c, giving the Minced Chicken a 2 years shelf life.
All our production plants are BRCGS / IFS approved & operate under the strictest of conditions. Constantly supervised by on site health vets to ensure all cutting & hygiene processes are adhered to. The temperature controlled cutting rooms with filtered air means we can reduce natural bacteria growth & produce safer products with a longer shelf life. The process from farm to finished product is a very humane & efficient.
The efficiency & cleanliness of the production facilities helps to create safe, natural tasting meats. This enables you to store the packs frozen for up to 2 years, preserving the “just made flavour”!
The vacuum packed pouches protect your Chicken Mince from freezer burn when stored, & during transit when delivering to your door. The packaging prevents contamination from bacteria & flavours of other products when chilled in the fridge at home. The vacuum packing stops the loss of the meats natural moisture.
Placing more mince per packet reduces the amount of plastic used per portion.
Sherwood only uses recyclable packaging for our chicken because we are trying to create a greener future, reducing our Carbon Footprint. See an example of how recycling plastic makes a big difference to reducing carbon emissions. Reducing Carbon Emissions by recycling plastic.
How do you cook Chicken Mince?
The most important thing about cooking raw Chicken Mince is ensure it is cooked thoroughly & the meat juices run clear before it is ready to eat. Minced Chicken is easy to cook from raw in a pan on its own, this is usually done in preparation to use with other added ingredients.
Minced Chicken can be used to make succulent meatballs, the lean juicy meat gives plenty of flavour to your recipes. Try making a Creamy Chicken Mince Meatballs recipe with mushrooms in the pan; Minced Chicken Meatballs with mushrooms in a creamy sauce.
Another way to cook Minced chicken is in a curry. The added curry seasonings like; chilli flakes, turmeric powder, coriander, onions mix better when the meat is higher quality. Why not look at this recipe Chicken Keema Masala, it has great ingredients & a delicious flavour. Make this at home in under 45 mins.
Lasagne is a popular way to use Chicken Mince, this is a healthy low fat mince with the great flavour to bring out the best in a recipe like this; How to make a Chicken Lasagne Recipe.
Mince meats are a standard stock item to have in your freezer at home. It is always very versatile, as you can make many different dishes from a simple product like this. When you are not sure what you want to create at home for a quick midweek meal, mince is always easy to create something delicious & healthy.
Is our Chicken Mince nutritious?
Chicken is one of the best meats for high protein & low fat making it one of the most nutritious meats to buy.
We only use trimmed, A Grade boneless Chicken cuts in our Minced Chicken, making it very nutritious & non fattening. The best minced chicken is lean & has “NO ADDED WATER”. Chicken is always recommended as a meat for healthy meal or diet programmes because of the high Protein, vitamin & mineral content.
Chicken mince is low in cholesterol when the fat is removed, this is good for the heart when eating low cholesterol foods. High concentration of protein in quality chicken has real health benefits, it promotes the growth of muscle tissue, with good hair & skin growth. Minerals such as Magnesium help with improving general metabolism, regulating the natural body cycle better.
Provenance of our chicken.
The process from farm to finished product is a very humane & efficient.
Sourcing all our chicken locally to the production plant enables us to have access to good quality chicken with sustainable supplies. Having built up relationships with local chicken farmers, the chickens supplied very consistent in size & quality, & able to meet our demands for higher volumes when needed.
All the local farms that supply production meet the highest European standards as quality & safety are our main priorities when buying our chicken. The chickens are checked & monitored 24 hours a day in temperature-controlled environments. The Chicken Sheds are very large & well ventilated so that the chickens have room to move about. With a controlled diet the chickens grow to healthy sized birds that produce a good yield, using less energy per bird.
Is our Chicken Mince good value for money?
Our Minced Chicken offers great value for money as it is an affordable price & low in fat.
As there is is No Added Water in our chicken, & the boneless chicken cuts are trimmed, you get much more meat for your money per pack. When cooking with good quality Chicken Mince there is much less water loss (the white scummy residue left in the pan). Keeping the essential nutrients inside the meat gives you more meat per portion & less shrinkage.
We don’t add any water to the chicken meat, creating a much better, more natural flavour, with a texture that’s more consistent. Results when cooking are less watery & the meat fibres absorb more of its own natural juices.
Check out the link below to see why we don’t pump our chicken cuts;
Why we don’t add water to our high quality chicken
With our highly efficient production facilities, we use less energy & labour to create Minced Chicken, lower production savings are passed onto our customers.
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Sharing your Chicken Mince recipes online.
There are some fantastic recipes available online using Minced Chicken, our value packs serve 3 people per pack. Minced meat is always versatile & you need to check out some of these videos on this link for other ideas on how to use Minced Chicken.Â
Whatever recipes you make with your Chicken Mince, please remember to share great food.
Social Media is a great way of seeing new ideas & recipes of how people cook with Chicken Mince. We all love to see delicious food on Social Media, especially when they give easy to follow recipes on short videos using everyday ingredients.
Sharing great food over the internet on Social Media platforms like Instagram, Facebook &Twitter is a great way of inspiring your followers. We enjoy sharing & seeing your pictures, videos, recipes, ideas, reels, methods etc of your home cooking. Our followers are always looking for new ideas or recipes & cuts of meat, by showing your skills, we help others.
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