Make chicken breast interesting?

[LordGrover]

Skinless chicken breasts are a staple of my 'diet' and would like a few ideas of how best to brighten them up whilst remaining healthy.

This recipe for brined, grilled breasts sounds fairly interesting, though not terribly inspiring: click.

[Alex]

Put 'em in a Vindaloo.

[Mobile Chicane]

Cut into chunks, marinade, skewer and BBQ/grill.

Teriyaki marinade (for 750g meat):

125ml soy sauce
125ml mirin
1 clove crushed garlic
1 tsp powdered sugar
1 tsp ground ginger

[Mr Gearchange]

Start eating thighs. A hell of a lot tastier and inordinately cheaper.

[alfa pint]

Coat them with lemon pepper or cajun seasoning (paprika, cayenne, black pepper, little bit of chilli, but should be easily found in the spice section of your local supermarket) about half an hour before you use them. Slice deeply into the thicker flesh to help them cook through a bit more evenly. Grill until cooked, serve with fresh veg. Very healthy, no fat involved.

[CarTimeNow]

spinkle on some of this http://www.oldbay.com/Products/Old-Bay-Seasoning.a...

nomnomnomnom

[LordGrover]

Thanks, I think both MC & a p's ideas are worth a shot.

[dazco]

Mr Gearchange said:

Start eating thighs. A hell of a lot tastier and inordinately cheaper.

Aye

[Cheese Mechanic]

Mr Gearchange said:

Start eating thighs. A hell of a lot tastier and inordinately cheaper.

I agree on that score. Just involves a little more work

[crackthatoff]

keep slashing it to make it flat and wider, Lots of cheese and fresh basil leaves or some chilly powder or anything interesting really.
Roll it up, wrap bacon round it and whack in lots of cocktail sticks to keep it together.
oven bake for 45 mins with foil on top then a final blast with the grill on to make the bacon crispy.
mmmmm !

[blueg33]

Tagine with preserved lemon and olives

Currently my favourite thing to do with chicken. Loads of recipes on the web

[LordGrover]

blueg33 said:

Tagine with preserved lemon and olives

Currently my favourite thing to do with chicken. Loads of recipes on the web

Click? I'll add that to the list.

[blueg33]

LordGrover said:

Click? I'll add that to the list.

Yup

[LordGrover]

Have you tried it with just breasts? It's more for the speed and convenience - I appreciate a jointed chicken will be 'better', but I'm not willing to wait two hours for my dinner after a long day in the office.

[blueg33]

LordGrover said:

Have you tried it with just breasts? It's more for the speed and convenience - I appreciate a jointed chicken will be 'better', but I'm not willing to wait two hours for my dinner after a long day in the office.

Always do it with just breasts. Speed and convenience is the key to family life

It keeps well in the fridge for reheating too

[anonymous-user]

Cut into chunks or leave as whole, marinate in LOTS of onions, some lemon juice, saffron, salt and peper. Leave overnight . Either grill or pan fry. This is basically Persian chicken kebab aka Jojeh kebab.

[LordGrover]

Being a bit of a novice, the onions and marinade, are they 'cookable' or bin fodder?

[anonymous-user]

LordGrover said:

Being a bit of a novice, the onions and marinade, are they 'cookable' or bin fodder?

Well the onions are for flavour but you can always cook them if you want, the marinate itself is not very watery so most of is will be on the chicken.

http://javanehskitchen.files.wordpress.com/2010/03...
http://www.persian-recipes.com/wp-content/uploads/...

Edit: you can use this for lamb as well

[Shaw Tarse]

Have a look at http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[mft]

Parcels.

Make a parcel/bag out of doubled-up foil. Put your chicken (whole, slices, or pieces) in. You can then put whatever you like with it: small chopped veg, some fluid (chinese-related, or wine, or water, or tomato passata, or similar), and flavourings (herbs, spices, whatever suits). Stick it in the oven for 30-40 minutes on a medium heat.

It's essentially stewing the chicken with the fluid, flavourings and veg, and it's both dead easy to do and really tasty as the chicken cooks in the sauce. It's also really quick and has minimal cleaning up to do, as you just chuck the foil away.