Blahhh Chicken! Help Please?

I love most foods and I'm a pretty decent cook, however chicken is like my arch nemesis. I like chicken...when it's drowning in sauces and coatings so basically when it's prepared to be horrible for you. I want to be able to bake or use a slow cooker to make chicken and it be good for me but I always find it so bland and pasty/chewy. Would love to hear how you are prepping and cooking your chicken without a million ingredient expensive recipes Thanks!!

I don't like chicken, but I like turkey, I either rub it in steak or cajan spice (the dry type) and bake it in the oven lovely and no extra cals.

Why do you feel like you need to eat chicken? Especially if you don't like it? There are plenty of other much healthier protein choices out there! For example, beans, quinoa, tempeh, tofu... You can substitute tofu really well in almost any chicken recipe!

breaded and baked on 375 for 30 min...delish

Marinade skinless, boneless chicken in lemon juice. (About 30 minutes .... Don't leave it for many hours or your chicken will be yucky - I did it for 6 hours once and it was a mistake). Put rice crispies in a zip lock bag and crush them. Then put your chicken in the bag to coat with the crushed cereal. Put on baking dish. If a spot is un coated, touch with a bit of lemon juice and drop a few crumbs on the empty spot. Bake at 325 Fahrenheit for apx 1-1.5 hours. (Chicken is done when you pull the chicken apart and the meat is threaded). Timing depends on your oven and chicken breast size. You can serve with potatoes, rice, pasta or salad. It is good cut up into a salad or used in a wrap.

My go to baked chicken is full of flavor, and 2 ingredients (other than chicken).

Preheat oven to 350.
I use boneless skinless chicken breasts, line a glass baking dish
sprinkle McCormick salad supreme (to taste)
Kraft parmesan cheese (about 1tbs per breast)

Cover with foil, bake for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10-15 minutes. This is all subject to the size of the chicken breasts, sometimes it is a little extra time, sometimes a little less time. It goes with just about every side dish I've ever made too

Hungarian style (my favorite go-to for simplicity and ease)

Sauteed chopped onions in bottom of pan
Chicken breast on top of that
Mix 1 tablespoon low fat sour cream with 1 teaspoon Worcestire sauce, put on top of breast
then sprinkle sparsely with bread crumbs
top with Hungarian paprika
and bake

soooo simple and a much-requested pot-luck dish, scaled down for one

My favorite easiest way to cook chicken is in my crock pot--2 boneless breasts sprinkle of pepper (I fresh grind it) and Chef Paul's seasoning blend for chicken, cook 4 hours on high
This is so yummy and great for salads, rice, sandwiches or whatever

If you overcooked chicken, and if you like BBQ sauce you can cut up the chicken into bite sized pieces and put it in a dish or zip lock bag. Put a few tablespoons of water and BBQ sauce and shake and then cover and heat up in the microwave ... Maybe 1 min 15 secs. Don't overheat it.

You can also make a casserole with overcooked chicken. My friend used to make one with cream of chicken soup, instant rice and cooked chicken. You bake it until bubbling. I don't have the recipe at the moment as I'm having house renos done and it is packed. If you want me to send it to you later, message me and I will follow up with you when I unpack.

Also, when you cook chicken pieces, it is best to let them sit for 10 minutes after you take them out of the oven. It helps to seal in the juice. Same goes for a whole chicken or turkey. Let it sit for 15-20 minutes before carving; otherwise it dries out fast if you cut into it right away. FYI

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I like the swanson broths to cook chicken with. My favorite is the tortilla soup one but original works too. Use this instead of oil or butter and it turns out yummy and moist. I also make chicken tacos. I have a recipe I am trying tomorrow that calls for a glaze made out of brown sugar, fresh garlic, and olive oil but I am using the cooking spay instead of oil. You just glaze and bake. I found it on facebook (myfridgefood.com), I am also planning on making a sesame chicken and stir fry vegie (low cal style)... chicken doesn't have to be dry and bland. Just try out new recipes. I have many recipe pages that show up on my facebook page and I also go on youtube for ideas. You can also make mashed potatoe flake or corn flake "breaded" chicken. its really good.