How many times can I eat chicken before I go crazy?

neurosteph17
neurosteph17 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 18 in Recipes
I need new recipe ideas please!!!
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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    There are many other protein sources.... Pick something else!

    (I do like stirring PB through chicken and green vegies for a quick satay-ish meal though)
  • chantelp0508
    chantelp0508 Posts: 162 Member
    I eat a lot of fish and pork
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    Shrimp
    Tilapia
    Scallops
    Pork loin
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I eat a lot of fish and pork

    These were going to be my suggestions too.

    Or turkey. Or lean beef. Or lamb.
  • liftorgohome
    liftorgohome Posts: 25,455 Member
    I've had chicken for 4 days straight and I'm sick of it. Different recipes help but so does some change. I need to switch it up to tuna fish, tacos, or steak.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    5% fat Minced beef
    Minced turkey (breast or thigh)
    Fish
    Seafood
    Pork
    Lamb
    Beef
  • Niki_Fitz
    Niki_Fitz Posts: 951 Member
    Rather than recipes I can suggest Penzey's spice mixes. Penzeys.com I believe. I am so lazy and their amazing flavors save my cooking like four times a week! Original Taco is great on chicken as is Greek, Galena Street; Northwoods is popular... so many more. Season, skillet, add a veggie on the side and done.

    Do that with Greek seasoning for example and throw some olives and sun-dried tomatoes in and a 1/4 cup of broth & let it reduce. Great with cauliflower if you like it or potato and green beans. A good cast iron skillet has been priceless for good old chicken too. I feel you on the chicken boredom!!!
  • yancystreet
    yancystreet Posts: 38 Member
    I sometimes take two things that seem to be opposites and search to see if there is anyone crazy enough to mix the two. With chicken, I literally cannot find anything that someone doesnt mix within a recipe. really! chicken -peanut butter, chicken -artichoke, chicken - asian pear. Anything goes! I cant believe it.
  • nissarayna
    nissarayna Posts: 70 Member
    I ate nothing but steamed chicken for weeks in the beginning, drove me nuts. Now I eat lots of tilapia, canned pink salmon, pork, even have egg salad sammie's for dinner, and now fishing season is well underway I'm hoping to be eating more bass, catfish, walleye & bluegill. I still have steamed chicken though, once a week or so. Can't give any recipes as I like my meats plain.
  • mjbnj0001
    mjbnj0001 Posts: 1,268 Member
    I need new recipe ideas please!!!

    When you find out where the threshold for crazy is, let me know, please ... my family has elim mostly all red meat, so I wind up cooking so much poultry I think I'm going to start sprouting feathers, LOL!

    I relieve the mainly chicken/turkey menu with seafood and vegetarian nights, with the occ. beef dish.

    With lots of prep methods (baked, broiled, grilled, sauteed, stewed, slow-cooked, pressure-cooked, etc.), recipes/flavors from various parts of the world, etc., I've made quite a variety over the last year, with a number of repeats to form a growing repertoire.

    I suggest you build a recipe rotation gradually from a base of a few favorites. In no time, relatively, you'll have a great selection to choose from. Get creative and diverse with your sides - new, fresh sides daily can make the "same ole'" chicken seem fresh and new also.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    Are you looking for more creative recipes for chicken, or for other protein sources?
    If it is the second: fish, lean cuts of red meat, eggs, shrimp, beans
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    I've been eating a lot of pork tenderloin - roast a whole one at the beginning of a week and you can slice pieces off of it and add to dishes such as stir fry, or use as sandwich meat, etc.
  • EricExtreme
    EricExtreme Posts: 95 Member
    I eat a lot of 98% lean grass fed ground beef which minimizes the chicken. I eat it without a bun and flavor it with minimal seasoning, reduced sugar ketchup, mustard, and diced onions. 8 oz is almost 50 grams of protein with only 2 grams of fat (less than one gram of saturated fat) and is only 240 calories.
  • boopsiegrl
    boopsiegrl Posts: 105 Member
    how much chicken can you eat before you go crazy for me not to much it soon taste like a rubber chicken yuk
  • 7sorok
    7sorok Posts: 112 Member
    edited May 2017
    Any fish, canned tuna and sardines, turkey, eggs, beef, veal, cheeses, cottage cheese and chicken, of course, are good sources of protein. Eat them in rotation, so you'll have chicken only once a week and it's not bad.

    BTW, chicken thigh kabobs are wonderful - I basted them in garlic powder, a bit of salt, paprika, black pepper, few spritzes of apple vinegar - tastes great. You can bake it or grill it.
  • patcatpaws54
    patcatpaws54 Posts: 3 Member
    Eggs are good and quick. Scrambled with lots of veggies, hard boiled in a salad.
  • Myzzlone
    Myzzlone Posts: 34 Member
    I love shrimp. Its a great protein, with very little fat and you can eat like 13 jumbo shirmp for onlu about 80 cals
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Salmon, shrimp, ham, small steak, tacos, . . .
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited May 2017
    I get bored of chicken pretty fast regardless of how it's made. The texture and flavor of the chicken itself gets old if I have it more often than 2-3 days a week. Now potatoes, potatoes I can eat every day for every meal and it could even be the same couple of recipes cycled and I wouldn't get bored. Pick another protein if chicken bores you. All kinds of meat or even vegetarian protein options. It doesn't have to be chicken every time all the time.

    ETA: had lentil and cauliflower curry on buckwheat groats (was out of rice) and it was pretty decent on protein, no chicken involved.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I don't know the answer but the question boggles my mind. Is there a reason you need to eat so much chicken?
  • AshFitness98
    AshFitness98 Posts: 28 Member
    If your looking for a recipe containing chicken then make a panini. The one I make is 287 cal and fills me up. 2 slices of wheat (140), grilled chicken (67), and pepper jack cheese (80). You can always add onto by adding lettuce, red peppers, or even a dressing like ranch. Tastes amazing and better than the restaurant version of 1350 cal.
  • 43501
    43501 Posts: 85 Member
    I need new recipe ideas please!!!

    You gotta embrace the chicken, man. There's no escaping it.

    Sometimes I switch to turkey because I'm a weirdo and I like that dense, dry, slightly salty quality turkey meat has.

    Also, consider seafood, any seafood. Prawns/shrimp are particularly good sources of quality protein.
    I don't know the answer but the question boggles my mind. Is there a reason you need to eat so much chicken?

    One of the best and most versatile sources of protein. It's far, far leaner than beef, pork or lamb.
  • TravelingGuru
    TravelingGuru Posts: 23 Member
    Keep shaking things up in flavor...

    For all:
    Preheat oven to 400˚
    Bake 30-35 minutes

    Pesto Chicken Bake
    3–4 chicken breasts
    Salt and pepper to taste
    4–6 Tbsp. basil pesto
    1–2 Roma tomatoes, sliced
    1–2 cups mozzarella cheese
    Place chicken breast in a baking dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
    Spread pesto on each chicken breast.
    Layer tomatoes on top of the chicken.
    Top with cheese.

    BBQ Chicken Bake
    3–4 chicken breasts
    Salt and pepper to taste
    6–8 Tbsp. BBQ sauce
    ½ onion, sliced
    Place chicken breast in a baking dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
    Spread BBQ sauce on each chicken breast.
    Layer onions on top of the chicken.

    Bacon Ranch Chicken Bake
    3–4 chicken breasts
    Salt and pepper to taste
    6–8 Tbsp. ranch dressing
    6–8 slices bacon
    4 oz cheddar cheese
    Place chicken breast in a baking dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
    Spread 1–2 Tbsp. ranch on each chicken breast.
    Layer two slices of bacon on top of each chicken breast.
    Top with cheese.

    Alfredo Chicken Bake
    24 oz–48 oz Alfredo sauce
    3–4 chicken breasts
    Salt and pepper to taste
    1 lb broccoli heads
    1 cup Parmesan cheese
    Spread a layer of Alfredo sauce on the baking dish. Place chicken breast over sauce. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
    Spread broccoli over pan.
    Pour remaining Alfredo over chicken and broccoli.
    Top with cheese.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    I like the Campbells Slow Cooker/Skillet sauces- they have Buffalo chicken, pulled pork (which I put over chicken), Chicken Marsala, Creamy Parm Chicken, Sweet and Sour chicken, sweet teriyaki chicken, Creamy garlic butter, chicken, chicken pot pie, tai curry chicken, and sesame chicken.
    Also, if your grocery store has an 'ethinic' section, butter chicken is great, and I just pour the sauce in the crockpot with the chicken and let it cook all day.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    why are you eating so much chicken to make you sick of it?? So many other great protein sources out there as well mix them up so that you don't get bored. Steak, Pork, fish... One of my favorite chicken recipes is shredded buffalo chicken stuffed peppers. I put the chicken in the crock pot then shred it, add hot sauce and black beans then stuff tri colored peppers with the chicken add a little mozzarella and bake. So delish! Another Chicken recipe I do is chicken breast with assorted olives (I usually get a an antipasto assortment) sprinkle with fresh parm cheese, broccoli and bake.
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