Anyone have any good chicken recipes?
By stargirl85
@stargirl85 (218)
United States
May 7, 2009 4:12pm CST
Im trying to eat healthier lately and diet and I was just wondering if anyone had any good chicken recipes. Ive been eating grilled chicken sandwhichs alot and baked chicken. I really like variety and was hoping that I could get some good advice on here. I had learned to make some kind of chicken dish in high school and cant seem to remember what it was. Today I made chicken fajitahs for the first time and they ended up being really good. Im just learning to cook so im hoping to try out any of these recipes that people send. Thanks alot for the help!
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@derlilaStern (1756)
• United States
7 May 09
I know that you are asking for chicken recipes, but I am going to ignore that for the moment!
You said you wanted to start eating healthier. One of the best things my husband and I did was switch from ground beef to ground turkey. It has fewer calories, less fat, and less cholesterol than ground beef! This way were were still able to enjoy tacos and sloppy joes. I have even made a turkey meatloaf and turkey meatballs. The turkey just requires a bit of extra seasoning, because it doesnt absorb the flavors as well. Eating some ground turkey should help give you some variety in your meals!
Try stuffed chicken, and chicken parm, and breaded chicken, and chicken and rice, and chicken soup! Look in your cabinet to see what else you already have. Just about any sauces go well on chicken. You can drastically change the flavor of baked chicken by what you bake it with. Try baking it with a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup (or whatever kind you like) In the same dish, put in rice and enough water for the rice. You can even add some spices if you think it needs more flavor. Try baking the chicken with onions and peppers. Try baking the chicken with some seasonings dribbled across the top.
Good luck in finding that variety you are looking for!
@stargirl85 (218)
• United States
7 May 09
Thanks for all the great advice its very helpful. Lots of great variety which is awesome. I get bored easily and for me to eat healthy I need variety to keep me on track. Its a great idea to bake the chicken with onions and peppers which I really love. Ive been using lemon pepper to put on chicken when I grill it and it gives it some really good flavor.
@derlilaStern (1756)
• United States
7 May 09
Lemon pepper is also quite tasty on chicken.
I think one of the best things about chicken is you can make it taste so different! There are plenty of marinades you can buy in the store that taste totally different from all of the other marinades. The seasonings are really absorbed by the chicken itself.
Dont be afraid to experiment with it, you never know how tasty something might be! Just be prepared to admit when something doesnt work. My husband tries to sugar coat things sometimes. One night he said what I cooked 'wasnt that bad'. I just looked at him and said it tasted like I was eating a salt cake! He laughed and said 'ok, so it is that bad!'. Thankfully that shouldnt happen often! Just go easy with the salt!