I Feel Like Chicken Tonight

If you're going around singing this song from that old commercial, this post is dedicated to you! I've tried a few new recipes lately, and they've all been chicken recipes! I'm thinking that may have been influenced by the fact that chicken's all I have in the freezer, and I've been too lazy to go out and buy any other meat. Ah well, they've all been tasty!

Saucy Honey Mustard Chicken is a recipe I found on the familieseatinghealthy blog I recently found. There's a link to it on my sidebar (Dinner Ideas). Lots of great recipes and reviews on this site. We really liked this chicken, although the sauce was a little thick for my liking (maybe I simmered too long?). I think I'll cut it with a little milk next time, and it will be just right. We had mashed potatoes, green beans and green salad with this.

Saucy Honey Mustard Chicken

Rachel--2down8togo

1 tbsp. oil

4 small boneless skinless chicken breast

1/4 cup Italian dressing

1/4 cup cream cheese

2 tbsp. Dijon mustard

1 tbsp. honey

In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken; cover and cook on both sides 5-6 minutes each, or until juices run clear.
Combine dressing, mustard, honey and cream cheese; pour over chicken. Cook and stir 2 minutes, or until smooth and bubbly.

Another recipe from that same site that we tried was Cranberry Chicken. This was very good, and different from what I usually make. It looks weird on paper, but the flavors actually blend really well. This would be a fantastic fall recipe. I think the cooking time was a little longer than stated, though - more like 30-40 mins. On the site, she recommended serving it with mashed sweet potatoes and broccoli, which I think would be fantastic. The sweet potatoes, especially, would pair perfectly with this. Unfortunately, I didn't have any sweet potatoes or broccoli, so we had this with rice, green beans (I got the giant Costco-sized bag of those, so we're seeing a lot of them) and fruit.

Cranberry Chicken

2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
1/2 cup Cranberry Sauce
1/4 cup Orange Juice
1/8 Teaspoon Cinnamon

For immediate cooking: Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Place all ingredients into a large baking dish, turn chicken to coat. Bake until chicken juices run clear (45-60 minutes for chicken pieces, or 20-30 minutes for chicken breasts).


Wednesdays are my new crockpot meal nights, since I have Scouts at 6:30. This was the first Wednesday-night crockpot recipe I tried. It was really, really good. I had to tweak it a bit, since I didn't have diced tomatoes and green chilis (subbed salsa) and I don't like green peppers (left them out, but added frozen corn for the last 30 mins. or so of cooking). I shredded the chicken and we had this in tortillas as a burrito or taco filling. I've also had it over chips as a taco salad. I thought it would be just like salsa chicken in the crockpot, but the beans really add a new dimension to it. We will definitely be having this again. Bonus - I found this on halfmysize.com, so it's healthy (until I top it with sour cream and cheese!). The picture is theirs, not mine. Jared mocks me whenever I take pictures of food.

Crockpot Chicken Dinner

Created by Halfmysize.com, Monday, 07 May 2007

Ingredients

At a glance

Main Ingredient

Chicken

Difficulty

Very Easy

Course/Dish

Poultry

Main Dishes

Crock-pot

Poultry

Serves

4

Serves - 4
Points - 5

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
15 1/2 oz. can Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
10 oz. can tomatoes with green chilies
1 large green pepper, diced
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper, to taste

Methods/steps

Place the chicken in crockpot. Sprinkle with seasonings. Add bell pepper, beans and tomatoes. Cover; cook on low setting for 6-8 hours.

Nutrition Information:
270 cal., 2 g. fat, 6 g. fiber

The last one hardly even qualifies as a recipe, it was so easy! I kind of knocked off something that Ali made when she had us to dinner once. I think it would adapt well to the crockpot, too, though I'm not a huge fan of the texture of crockpot-cooked chicken. We had this over rice, with some other stuff (probably the ubiquitous green beans again and a salad and/or fruit, but it's been a while, so I don't really remember!).

BBQ Chicken
4 chicken breasts or 8-10 chicken tenders
BBQ sauce (I love K.C. Masterpiece)
1 can pineapple (I used tidbits)
cheese (I used cheddar, mozzarella or provolone would be good too)

Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking dish with foil and place chicken in dish. Cover with BBQ sauce, add pineapple with a little bit of the juice. Cover and bake for 30 mins, or until chicken is cooked through. Sprinkle cheese on top and return to the oven for 5-10 mins., or until cheese is melted.

I have to say, with all this chicken-cooking, I just love using the chicken tenders! They cook quickly, and are the perfect portion for the kids. I actually don't really like having a big old hunk of meat on my plate, either (unless it's a really good steak!), so they're perfect for me, too! I used tenders in every one of these recipes.