Monday, August 23, 2010

Any good Chicken Breast Recipes?

I eat chicken breast almost everyday. Any fresh easy recipes???Any good Chicken Breast Recipes?
Pan grill, broil, or grill these tasty marinated chicken breasts.


INGREDIENTS:





4 boneless chicken breast halves, without skin


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Marinade


3 tablespoons fresh chopped basil, or 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves


juice of 2 lemons, or about 1/3 cup


1 tablespoon olive oil or canola oil


4 cloves garlic, chopped


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fresh basil or fresh parsley for garnish


PREPARATION:





Put chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap; gently pound to even thickness for even and quick cooking.


Combine marinade ingredients in a plastic food storage bag; add chicken and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.





Heat an oiled grill pan, grill rack, or broiler pan. Arrange chicken on hot pan or rack and grill or broil for about 10 to 12 minutes, turning often. Serve with fresh basil leaves or parsley, if desired.


Serves 4.Any good Chicken Breast Recipes?
Chicken Soup.


Cut up the breasts into bite size pieces and brown on med-high in a soup pot with a little olive oil. Only turn the chicken once or twice because you want them to brown up. Once brown pour in some chicken stock and water to deglaze the bottom of the pan to make your broth. Bring to a boil and then simmer adding Adobo, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and a little parsley. We like some red pepper too for a little spicey kick. Add cooked noodles, rice or veggies and simmer till done.


This has a roasted chicken flavor and only takes 45 minutes to an hour start to finish. A couple of whole breasts makes probably 3-4 quarts of soup. Good stuff.
well, having no idea what you're already making, I'll give you my favorite!





about a pound of Chicken Breast (cut in cubes)


about 1/2 pound of small shaped pasta (like penne)


a bunch of thin fresh asparagus (cut to 1'; lengths)


a small package of fresh mushrooms (sliced)


one medium onion(diced)


3-5 cloves fresh garlic (minced)


1/2 - 1 cup parmesan cheese (to taste)


salt (to taste)


a few tablespoons of butter, margarine or olive oil (your choice)





Fry %26amp; lightly brown the chicken breast in the butter with the onion. Then, add the mushrooms, garlic %26amp; asparagus and cook over low heat til steamed and hot (you don't want the asparagus mushy, it should still be bright green when it's done)





while the chicken/veggies are cooking, in a separate pot prepare/boil your pasta as directed on the package.





When the veggies are to your liking add the cooked pasta, toss with parmesan cheese %26amp; a little salt.





It's absolutely delicious!! :P





(OK - so I'm not so great on writing recipes with specific ingredient amounts!) %26amp; I can't tell the exact amount of servings it makes... maybe enough for 4-6 big helpings!
Two variations of my favorite chicken breast recipes are:





Chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces, put into a crockpot, add 1/2 stick of butter, add Franks Red Hot Sauce (or your favorite hot sauce) until the chicken is covered, and let simmer for a few hours.





Variation: Same amount of chicken, minus the butter, and use Picante Sauce instead of hot sauce.





These are both great for chicken tacos, or just to sit and snack on.
Easy %26amp; Healthy Chick. Parmesan


(This is an easy weeknight recipe you can make with on hand ingredients)


Serves 2





Two chicken breasts


1 Egg


1 C Italian style breadcrumbs


1/2 a jar marinara (or other ';red';) sauce


1/2 C mozzarella


1/2 C parmesan





Preheat Oven to 350. Beat egg in a wide/shallow bowl. Put breadcrumbs in another wide/shallow bowl. Coat chicken in egg, then dredge in breadcrumbs, coating well. For extra crispy chicken you can double dip, or sprinkle more breadcrumbs on top. Spray a glass baking dish with oil or cooking spray. Bake chicken for 40min. Place chicken on plate. Pour 1/2 of marinara in bottom of baking dish. Return chicken to dish and pour remaining 1/2 of sauce on top. Sprinkle cheese on top of chicken and return to oven for 20min.

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