Chicken Breast inspiration please

[Parsnip]

I'd like some ideas other than stirfry, curry, Fajitas etc to do with Chicken Breasts..
I'm bored with that lot...any good ideas out there?

Low fat and quick to prepare would be goodly..

Thanks


Snippy

[argyllie]

Hi Snippy,

"en papilotte" springs to mind. There are lots of recipes around and they can be low fat or you could add some low-fat creme fraiche for a touch of luxury without too much fat.. I would suggest mushrooms or leeks and wine or stock in the parcels as a starting point. Although it'll take a little longer than, say, stir fry to cook, imagine all the time you won't spend chopping vegetables! You can go and do something else for half an hour while it cooks in the oven.

Lorna.  

[mumofstig]

I agree with Argyllie about chicken in tin foil parcels...works very well, specially Jamies version with mushrooms and thyme

But I love them basted/sprayed with a little oil, then shake of salt and pepper, tiny sprinkle of chilli pepper and grilled. Good hot with veg or cold next day with salad n a jacket

[argyllie]

I had another idea too. There's an ad. campaign going around atm for a certain type of full fat soft cream cheese with a name like an American city  , and I cooked something similar to one of their ideas:

Chicken breast slit to take a dollop of said cream cheese - they used the added Basil variety, I used my own herbs, then wrap in two or three slices of Prosciutto and bake for about 20-25 mins.

Again loads of time to sit and have a glass of wine instead of chopping veg. 

We really do need a slurp/yum kind of emoticon imho... 

[gypsy]

How about a warming chicken casserole, tomatoe base,  with loads of healthy low fat vegetables and some herbs and garlic for extra flavour, or a chicken curry. CC

[Poolfield2]

How about cut each chicken breast into 4 to 6 pieces. Make a marinade out of 3 tbs thick natural yoghurt and a heaped tsp curry paste, turn chicken in marinade, leave from 30 mins to half a day in fridge. Put on non stick oven tray and stick in a hot oven til cooked (20 mins?) Or cook like a kebab on a skewer under the grill.

[GrannieAnnie]

chicken and leek pie,

I sometimes mince chicken and turkey and make into burgers, meatballs, chicken nuggets without all the preservatives that the commercial ones have in them.

Lasagne, cottage pie with chicken mince instead of beef?

[Parsnip]

Mmmmm, they sound fab ! Thanks for the ideas..

[Swing Swang]

Mango Chicken is nice:

Brown chicken pieces in a pan (skin on or off, with or without bones), and layer in a crock with leeks and mango. Add white wine, lemon zest and juice, grated ginger, herbs, and seasoning to taste. Bake for about 2hrs at 180C

Freezes well.

SS

[mrs bouquet]

Italian-style Chicken casserole is nice.
Add chopped red onion, red wine, chopped toms, and 1 tsp of smoked sweet paprika, cannellini beans and a jar of roasted red peppers drained and sliced and 2 sprigs of roughly chopped rosemary.   
or
Guy Fawkes Chicken, you can use breast or thighs and drumsticks, takes about 10 mins to prepare and approx. 1 hour to cook.
Take 2 garlic heads and seperate but leave unpeeled and scatter them into a shallow oven proof dish and put the chicken on top.  juice and finely grate 1 lemon and cut 1 into thin slices and scatter over the chicken together with 2-3 dried red chilli flakes 1-2 tsps cumin seeds, 1 bayleaf 200ml white wine, drizzle with some olive oil and season with sea salt.  cover tightly and cook for 30 mins, remove cover and cook for a further 20 mins until lightly golden.
Enjoy, regards, Mrs Bouquet

[sclarke624]

Chicken breasts baked in the oven in foil are good with tarragon, or a bit of powdered onion soup, or garlic, or my fave boursin.

Or
In a casserole dish with tomatoes and maybe sliced tats on the top sprinkled with cheese and all baked together. Or sub tomatoes for a cheese sauce not very fat free though.  Chicken lasagne. Chicken in lemon sauce but again fattening.  Chicken and peperoni, chicken and bacon bits.  Chicken kievs.  Stir fy chicken.

LOL I eat a lot of chicken.

[SMD66]

How about 'Chicken tonight' cook in sauce?

No, only kidding!

Brown the breasts, remove from pan and soften onion and red pepper, (sliced) then add rice and coat in oil.  Put chicken back in and add chicken stock.  sprinkle with italian herbs, orange segments and olives and cook in oven on medium for 40 mins or till rice is cooked.  Delicious.  It's a Delia recipe from the 'summer collection'

[titch]

chop into chunks and marinade in sweet chilli dipping sauce or reggae reggae sauce and do them kekbab style with peppers, onion and mushrooms and courgettes (unless of curse you overdosed on them this summer and taking a break  )
serve with sund dried tomato cous cous and corn on the cob - yummy

or coat them in home made crumbs and have them with boiled/steamed pots. broc and corn.............

[Yabba]

chicken poppers

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