Looking for Chicken Breast Ideas

My favorite way to do them lately is to make chicken strips out of them. It makes me think of my old fat way of eating things, but with a healthier twist. Pound out a chicken breast with a tenderizer and cut it into strips. Dip it into egg, then dip it into a mix of bread crumbs, crushed rice chex, crushed french fried onions, and chicken seasoning. Place a metal cooling rake inside a baking sheet. Use that as your baking surface and bake them in the oven. I think we usually do around 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Go to skinnytaste.com

She has tons of chicken ideas!

I like to cut mine into strips and grill pan them and then make up a Thai peanut sauce to dip in! High in sodium and sugar but I am gonna find a way to widdle that down!

Baked chicken strips, Sweet and Sour Chicken (very easy to make pineapple and lemon juice and some corn starch), or chicken stir fry with whatever veggies you like. These are our “go tos” when we are tired of just plain grilled, bake and the more unhealthy recp of slow cooking it in cream of mushroom soup and rice…but oh so yummy and moist.

i just posted a homemade salsa recipe that includes chicken on the recipe thread..

I love Terrakyi Chicken, use the low sodium version though. Also, I just watched a video on how to make Alice Springs Chicken, and it looks so good but I haven't made it yet. Use the thinner chicken breasts (about 1/2 inch thick). If you have the thick ones, you can thin them out with a meat tenderizer. You marinate the chicken for one hour in 1/2 cup dijion, 1/2 cup honey, 1 1/2 veg oil (I will probably use olive oil when I make it), and 1/2 t lemon juice. Sautee some mushrooms. Season the chicken on each side with salt, pepper, and paprika. Then brown the chicken on each side for 3 to 4 minutes per side. Do this on the stove, but do this in a skillet you can put in the oven. Top with mushrooms, and a little cheese (in the video they put a ton of cheese, but I will be putting very little). The recipe also calls for bacon, but I will not be adding this to save on calories and fat. Transfer to a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. Top with parsley if desired. Also, you can serve some extra sauce on the side to dip the chicken in (obviously you would not use the sauce you marinated the chicken in, make a fresh batch:happy:

Here is the video if you want to see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxRSA7cElbk

I really enjoy mexican foods. This week, I cut up tenders into 1 inch pieces. I boiled them in rotel and seasoned blackbeans for about 30 minutes. I left the juice in the rotel, but I drained the black beans. You can add corn or other veggies if you like. The first night I strained out a scoop to put on a whole wheat tortilla with salsa, sour cream, and a little bit of cheese. The next day I left out the tortilla and ate it like a mexican stew and it was amazing both times. This is SUPER easy. You could even slow cook this one. It's packed with protein from the chicken and black beans, but be careful with the tortillas because they can pack the calories and carbs. Enjoy!!

I am currently in LOVE (& quite monogamous) with Club House seasonings. My favourite at the moment, Is Lemon Pepper Spice, its FANTASTIC on Chicken, and CALORIE FREE.... and I like it on Salmon, Haddock, Sole, & Cod too.

Another GREAT spice if you're looking for cool ideas is actually Club House Vegetable Spice in your scrambled eggs in the morning YUM! AND.... the interesting flavour kicks your taste buds up a knotch, keeping you from feeling the need to put ketchup or other condiments on the eggs... as some people do. I've even got my BF saving caloires by eating his eggs without ketchup now!

I LOVE shake n bake xD

the link below is really good and you can cut the calories but using low fat cheese and leaving off the breadcrumb topping. Real simple to make.

Chicken and Broccoli Divan:

http://www.campbellskitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?recipeId=24320&ref=/SearchRecipesResult.aspx?q=chicken+divan&filter=

The Cooking Light magazine from January 2011 has 25 chix recipes in it. Have tried several they are delicious and easy. I love this magazine. Might want to give it a try.

Marinate chicken in Italian dressing for a few hours. My mom grills it and I'm gonna try baking it sometime.

We have a new family favorite from skinnytaste. Its dijon and lime chicken thighs but we use boneless skinless chicken breast, Its a Paula Dean make over.. Very low caloire and very very yummy. I always like it with a baked sweet potato. Its hard to get out of the rut of cooking something the same way.

Good luck!

PS....I've made it with lime juice and it taste great. I've also added minced garlic

bake plain chicken breast....Let it cool....Cut it into chunks and shred it...Then sautee in a pan with a marinade (my favorite is Spicy Mango by KC Masterpeice)...for every 2 ounces of chicken, I use 1 Tbsp of Marinade..VERY FLAVORFUL!

I usually serve this with a little brown rice and/or veggies.

I see a lot of packaged sauces and unnecessary calories in many entries here. How about this simple, delicious, and low-calorie option?

1. Slice thicker sections of chicken breast down to where it's all more uniform thickness, and cook the sliced-off pieces separately.)

2. Coat chicken pieces with onion powder and garlic salt (or your favorite seasonings).

3. Brown over medium heat in a small amount of veg oil or olive oil, and cook only until no longer pink. (i.e. moist chicken is much better than overcooked chicken!)

4. Off heat, spread chicken with a light layer of dijon mustard, mixed with a little honey if you like.

Delicious, and leftovers can be mixed up with almost anything.