healthly chicken recipes?

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Something that won't take hours I work a lot of hours and could really do with some quick chicken recipes. X

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I just marinade and grill a bunch on Sunday for the week. Doesn't get much easier than that.

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Leighkai76 wrote: »

I just marinade and grill a bunch on Sunday for the week. Doesn't get much easier than that.

Thank you so much! X

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Do you have a slow cooker? I throw a couple of boneless breasts in the cooker, with a half cup-cup of low sugar bbq sauce for six hours on low. Using a fork, shred up the chicken. Eat on whole wheat sandwich thins instead of rolls to cut calories and add fiber. Microwave a vegetable, or have a side salad. The chicken is easy to freeze for future meals as well..
Another really easy chicken meal is to cook up a bunch of chicken breasts and keep in the fridge. When you get home from work, get 2 cups field greens, 1 T. chopped nuts, and 1T. cheese (feta, goat cheese is good.) Cut up 4 oz chicken breast on top. Add 1T. dressing of your choice-- Voila! Quicker than the drive-thru on your way home from work

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I just bake it in the oven with salt and pepper. 20-30 minutes.

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I season a boneless chicken breast and throw it in a hot cast iron pan and sear on each side then slide it in the oven for 10 min. While it is in oven I saute mushrooms, onions and sometimes bell pepper. Slide chicken onto plate top with veggies and then top with a thin slice of Swiss cheese. Quick, easy and yummy!

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You can get packages of boneless, skinless chicken breast, freeze them, then thaw them for whatever you need. You can grill them with some seasoned salt and pepper, you can cut them into small strips and make a stir fry (I will add the recipe below), you can throw some small pieces in a baking dish with broccoli, instant brown rice, and cream of chicken or mushroom soup for a good casserole.

Chicken Stir Fry
(Makes 6 servings)
Ingredients:
2 Large or 3 medium chicken breasts. Cut into small slices.
2 crowns of broccoli. Chopped into small pieces.
3 Tablespoons of Sesame Oil
(Optional) 1 Tablespoon of Chili Oil
1/2 Cup of peanuts
(Optional) 1 can of bean sprouts
(Optional) 1 can of Bamboo Shoots
(Optional) 1 Can of baby corn
(Optional) 1 can of water chestnuts
Salt, Pepper, Ginger, Garlic, and Soy Sauce to taste

How to make it:

Turn heat to high. In a large skillet or Wok place the Oil(s) and let them heat up. Add the chicken and let it brown. Add the broccoli, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and baby corn. Let those get done and add the peanuts. Season with salt, pepper, ginger, garlic, and soy sauce. Serve with white or brown rice.

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tadams1254 and I made garlic parmesan crusted chicken last night with couscous and steamed broccoli. It sounds like it's higher-calorie than it is because of the cheese and bread crumbs, but you use so little of each that you get all the flavor without all the extra time at the gym.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup shaved parmesan
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs (or any bread crumbs without High Fructose Corn Syrup -- read the label!)
1 garlic clove, minced
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dried basil leaves
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 8 oz chicken breasts, each cut in half

Preheat the oven to 350* and lightly grease a baking sheet or pan. Add the garlic to the olive oil in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the cheese, bread crumbs, basil and black pepper. Coat the chicken breasts in the oil mixture, then in the bread crumb mixture. Place on the baking sheet. Pop in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Serves: 4 (4 oz servings)

Meanwhile we cooked tri-color pearl couscous in the "fancy" rice cooker with the steamer basket, and steamed the broccoli while the couscous cooked. You could replace the couscous with any other grain/carb, we just happened to have some in the pantry that we decided to use up.

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Grilling is so fast I probably do that the most. Here are some seasoning and a marinade I use. I really like the Piri Piri on lots of proteins.

soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2015/03/piri-piri-seasoning.html
soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2015/03/piri-piri-chicken.html
soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-salt-seasonings.html

I also like to poach chicken. I use Rachael Ray's method. You also get stock to use to make soup, sauces or rice. I use less garlic and onion then she does. I thought her quantities made the end result very garlicky. rachaelray.com/recipes/poached-chicken

I have also baked skin on, bone in chicken breast rubbed with olive oil, garlic and blackening seasoning. When done I remove skin and bone and either eat right away or store for other meals. It is not spicy just real flavorful. Smells wonderful too. 350 for an hour works for me but check temp you want 165 then let rest 10 minutes.

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Every couple of weeks I'll make a chicken soup...some brown rice, carrots, bullion cubes, potatoes, squash, onions, and garlic...takes about 1-1/2 hours to be ready but will keep well in fridge and is yummy.

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Stir fries, soups, chilli, are all easy and quick to prepare.

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Check out www.skinnytaste.com for a lot of great ideas.

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Queenmunchy wrote: »

Check out www.skinnytaste.com for a lot of great ideas.

Thank you :')

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dklibert wrote: »

Grilling is so fast I probably do that the most. Here are some seasoning and a marinade I use. I really like the Piri Piri on lots of proteins.

soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2015/03/piri-piri-seasoning.html
soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2015/03/piri-piri-chicken.html
soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-salt-seasonings.html

I also like to poach chicken. I use Rachael Ray's method. You also get stock to use to make soup, sauces or rice. I use less garlic and onion then she does. I thought her quantities made the end result very garlicky. rachaelray.com/recipes/poached-chicken

I have also baked skin on, bone in chicken breast rubbed with olive oil, garlic and blackening seasoning. When done I remove skin and bone and either eat right away or store for other meals. It is not spicy just real flavorful. Smells wonderful too. 350 for an hour works for me but check temp you want 165 then let rest 10 minutes.

Great help thank you

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kommodevaran wrote: »

I just bake it in the oven with salt and pepper. 20-30 minutes.

Nice and easy thank you!!!! Just what I need x

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Thabk

nancypnurse wrote: »

Do you have a slow cooker? I throw a couple of boneless breasts in the cooker, with a half cup-cup of low sugar bbq sauce for six hours on low. Using a fork, shred up the chicken. Eat on whole wheat sandwich thins instead of rolls to cut calories and add fiber. Microwave a vegetable, or have a side salad. The chicken is easy to freeze for future meals as well..
Another really easy chicken meal is to cook up a bunch of chicken breasts and keep in the fridge. When you get home from work, get 2 cups field greens, 1 T. chopped nuts, and 1T. cheese (feta, goat cheese is good.) Cut up 4 oz chicken breast on top. Add 1T. dressing of your choice-- Voila! Quicker than the drive-thru on your way home from work

Thank just what I need fed up of spending hours in the kitchen at half nine at night haha xxx

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Queenmunchy wrote: »

Check out www.skinnytaste.com for a lot of great ideas.

This. I use her slow cooker recipes all the time. I usually am at work/commuting for about 10 hours. That's too long for a chicken breast in the slow cooker. You end up with dry and stringy. Instead I tend to replace breasts with boneless skinless thighs. You can cook them pretty much forever and they don't get dry. My favorite right now is the sesame chicken recipe on there. My family likes it with rice on lettuce wraps.

If you eat pork her crockpot pernil also rocks and her banana bread recipe is my go to.