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Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes - 2 Servings
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Shipping Information.Quick and tasty meal of grilled chicken breasts and mashed potatoes flavored with herbs and chives.
- Stand-up pouch creates an easy way to cook and eat your meal; made from high-barrier foil, the pouch keeps your meal hot
- Grilled chicken is fully cooked and only needs boiling water--ready to eat in four minutes
- Each meal requires only 1-1/2 cups of water for both meat and potatoes
- Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
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Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes - 2 Servings Customer Reviews
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviewsPros
- Flavorful (24)
- Lightweight (21)
- Easy to prepare (20)
- Nutritious (13)
- Quick cook time (11)
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking (24)
- Extended trips (14)
- Weekend trips (11)
- Car camping (8)
- As a snack (5)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (15), Casual/ recreational (8), Casual adventurer (3)
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Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
- Nutritious
- Quick Cook Time
Cons
- Amount of water needed
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Car Camping
- Extended Trips
- Weekend Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
Being in the military, I compare these meals with the MREs I am familiar with. While the MRE has more bells and whistles, this meal was tasty and the texture of the chicken breast was tender. I had feared it would be like rubber and was pleasantly surprised. The only slight drawbacks are insufficient seasoning which could be mistaken for a personal preference and the amount of water required versus the instructions on the back. The instructions call for submerging the meat. But this took more than the 1.5 cups. However, using more than 1.5 cups risks making the mashed potatoes runny. I recommend using the amount recommended even if you don't submerge the chicken. Shake the bag lightly to ensure that the chicken gets moistened all over. Great dinner!
Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
- Nutritious
- Quick Cook Time
Cons
Best Uses
- As a Snack
- Backpacking
- Car Camping
- Extended Trips
- Weekend Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
I expected this to be mashed potatoes with the usual 1 cm chicken cubes, but it's two whole chicken breasts, complete with obligatory marks! In their dehydrated form they feel like balsa wood. The pack comes with a plastic pouch that contains the taters. So you dump in the 2 c. of water and try to submerge the breasts in the water. If the breasts won't submerge, just break them up until they do because once hydrated they get very tender and fall apart anyway; so better to have them thoroughly hydrated to prevent hard spots. I found 2 c. of water, as recommended, to be the right amount - chicken was super tender but not waterlogged and the potatoes were fluffy as you'd expect. The chicken is flavorless, so eat it with the potatoes. If you were on the trail you'd probably not want to remove the breasts as the instructions say but just rehydrate them then add the potatoes to the bag with the chicken breasts - you can then eat with a fork easily because the chicken is flaky. The chicken hydrated in 3 or 4 min and then the potatoes hydrated in about 30 seconds to 1 min. This would be VERY welcome after a hard day doing whatever you do or even just as a quick dinner.
Pros
- Flavorful
- Meaty and Filling
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Extended Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
Bought myself a variety of 10 or so different pre-packed dehydrated meals and used them all this summer while doing 1-2 day backpacking hikes.
This was the best one I had, good enough to eat at home. The chicken was real 2-3 real chicken breasts. I ate the chicken while the potatoes cooked in the chicken water, which really made the mashed taters extra tasty. Not too salty. I ordered a pile more of these for my next trip.
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Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
- Quick Cook Time
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Extended Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
The packet contains 2 pieces of chicken breast and powder for mashed potatoes. I prefer to break the chicken breast into smaller pieces and then add the mashed potatoes powder along with hot water, mix well, let stand for cca 10 minutes. The flavor of the meal is good, meal is filling, easy to prepare, great way to eat while backpacking.
Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
- Quick Cook Time
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Car Camping
- Extended Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
Wow, what can I say? The potatoes were great (like the kind you get out of a box--yes these are good too). The chicken looked, smelled and tasted like real chicken. I would just keep it in the hot water a little longer than what the instructions suggest. And it was easy enough to eat out of the bag. Seriously, this was great after a long hike and no sushi place or Starbucks in sight!
Service and delivery comments:
Delivery was prompt, prodcut in good condition, no customer service needed.
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Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
- Nutritious
Cons
- Bulky
Best Uses
- Backpacking
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
Plenty of meat (unusual for freeze-dried), lots of flavor, and regular meat texture for chicken - not the usual dry chewy lumps. We didn't remove the chicken pieces from the bag to rehydrate as directed - just added the potatoes and stirred up the chicken a bit to get the pieces that weren't totally rehydrated. HUGE serving sizes, but we finished it all because it was so delicious. After a strenuous backpack up into the Rockies, this really hit the spot. Our son complained that it was "too spicy" but the rest of us found it just about right. It might have benefitted from a LITTLE less spice, but others (like my husband)would disagree. It would be nice if it could be packaged a bit more compactly. We were required to use "bear canisters", and this took up most of the space in our cannister - it would be nice if they could remove some of the excess air before sealing it.
Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Extended Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
The chicken breast & beef patty meals are the only Mountain House products I eat. All the rest are loaded with way too much sodium & tasteless. The aforementioned are innovative, tasty, & filling. This is a nice change from the standard meal-in-a-bag MRE.
Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
- Nutritious
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Car Camping
- Extended Trips
- Weekend Trips
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
I bought this a couple days before I hit the trail. Let me tell you, it was filling enough for one starving hiker. Last time I had the beef stroganoff and it was not as good as this. The only bad thing here was the weight. Just a tad too bulky though.
- Gift:
- No
Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Flavorful
- Lightweight
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
On my three day backpacking trip just recently, I saved this meal for last. The thought of a chicken breast had my mouth watering the whole day. Unfortunately the hype I built up for this didn't totally live up to the real thing. Don't get me wrong, it was a good meal, but the night before I had some really good stroganoff which set the bar quite high. Also, the chicken breasts weren't whole any longer, and there's something about wet meat I just didn't like. Overall though, the chicken tasted good, and I loved the mashed potatoes, so I would seriously consider buying again. Just don't expect this to be like chicken from home, because it's not. If you want something that meets, or beats expectations, go with the stroganoff instead. Oh, and one last thing. After eating this, I was still quite hungry. It might have just been me though since every night I still was a little hungry. If you are the type that needs more food, eat the whole 2 person pack to yourself. Next time that's what I'll do.
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- No
Pros
- Easy To Prepare
- Lightweight
- Quick Cook Time
Cons
- Bad taste
- Disgusting
- Lacks Flavor
- Unhealthy
Best Uses
- Never
- Trash
Comments about Mountain House Grilled Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes:
Took this backpacking with my wife. The first night we had the Potatoes and Beef. It was great. The next night after a long day of backpacking and hiking through rain and hail, we were cold and hungry. We made this meal and were expecting to get a warm meal to nourish us and make us ready for the next day. Both of us couldn't finish our food. We were both really hungry but couldn't stomach the chicken or the potatoes. My wife absolutely loves potatoes in any form and frequently will make them from powder. SHE wouldn't even finish it. We ended up throwing it out and going to bed hungry. I nearly threw up and spend a couple hours with a stomach ache before I could go to sleep. Neither of us suffered any other discomfort after or during the trip so it wasn't altitude sickness or anything else. I will never buy this again.
My advise is to try your food before you take it with you or you will be cold and hungry and not have a hot meal. Oh and you will waste your water cooking it.
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