Sometimes it can be a challenge to prepare meals that family members are willing to eat and you are happy to pay for, especially when they all have such varied tastes. One's gone paleo, while another one won't touch red meat with a ten-foot pole. You can't get takeout every day of the week, so one dish chicken recipes are a fabulous way to stick to a budget and make sure everyone eats healthily.
Chicken, in fact, all poultry, is reasonably affordable and readily available. Some of your pseudo-vegetarians can sometimes be persuaded to consume it on special occasions. It is super-healthy and super-versatile. You can buy it whole, in parts or ready-diced or sliced into strips.
Poultry parts consist of wings, drumsticks, thighs, and breasts. They may be sold with or without the skin, or with or without bones. The bones give you something to boil for soup and stock, but they also make the meat difficult to handle. Boneless meat is slightly more expensive, but a lot easier to deal with.
A word of caution - no how much you may want to, do not wash the meat before preparing it. Food hygiene experts warn that the harmful bacteria that lurks on the meat's surface will actually contaminate your kitchen by being splashed around in water droplets. Campylobacter is a major cause of food poisoning. It can cause minor discomfort on the one hand, but it can also cause serious illness or, in the elderly and in children, it can also be fatal. This is a very tough message to get across, but at least it does help if you understand the reasoning behind it.
Cooking an entire chicken in the oven is the most straightforward method of serving it. If you decide to stuff the body and/or neck cavity, be sure to adjust the cooking time accordingly. For an entire one-pot meal, simply add potatoes, carrots and/or other vegetables. You can roast the whole kit and caboodle in the oven on low heat or in a slow cooker.
Boneless fillets are extremely versatile. Breasts and thighs can be pounded flat, dipped in a milk and egg mixture (like you are making French toast) and then coated in seasoned flour, panko or other types of crumb and shallow-fried on the stove top. Cut the pieces up and stir fry them in a wok along with noodles and a selection of vegetables. Add a sauce if you are feeling adventurous.
Chicken soup or stew is another one-pot meal that is easy to rustle up. Make up a basic soup of whatever you have lying around and add the meat that has been browned in oil. Marinate it for a half hour or up to overnight and cook it on the barbecue. When the barbecue is rained out, you can always serve with pasta or rice and sling a pre-made sauce over it.
Chicken is one of the tastiest, cheapest and healthiest meats available. It's got lots of protein and little fat. What fat there is has a high ratio of omega-3 fatty acids. It comes in a variety of different forms and is one of the most versatile meats on the planet.
Chicken, in fact, all poultry, is reasonably affordable and readily available. Some of your pseudo-vegetarians can sometimes be persuaded to consume it on special occasions. It is super-healthy and super-versatile. You can buy it whole, in parts or ready-diced or sliced into strips.
Poultry parts consist of wings, drumsticks, thighs, and breasts. They may be sold with or without the skin, or with or without bones. The bones give you something to boil for soup and stock, but they also make the meat difficult to handle. Boneless meat is slightly more expensive, but a lot easier to deal with.
A word of caution - no how much you may want to, do not wash the meat before preparing it. Food hygiene experts warn that the harmful bacteria that lurks on the meat's surface will actually contaminate your kitchen by being splashed around in water droplets. Campylobacter is a major cause of food poisoning. It can cause minor discomfort on the one hand, but it can also cause serious illness or, in the elderly and in children, it can also be fatal. This is a very tough message to get across, but at least it does help if you understand the reasoning behind it.
Cooking an entire chicken in the oven is the most straightforward method of serving it. If you decide to stuff the body and/or neck cavity, be sure to adjust the cooking time accordingly. For an entire one-pot meal, simply add potatoes, carrots and/or other vegetables. You can roast the whole kit and caboodle in the oven on low heat or in a slow cooker.
Boneless fillets are extremely versatile. Breasts and thighs can be pounded flat, dipped in a milk and egg mixture (like you are making French toast) and then coated in seasoned flour, panko or other types of crumb and shallow-fried on the stove top. Cut the pieces up and stir fry them in a wok along with noodles and a selection of vegetables. Add a sauce if you are feeling adventurous.
Chicken soup or stew is another one-pot meal that is easy to rustle up. Make up a basic soup of whatever you have lying around and add the meat that has been browned in oil. Marinate it for a half hour or up to overnight and cook it on the barbecue. When the barbecue is rained out, you can always serve with pasta or rice and sling a pre-made sauce over it.
Chicken is one of the tastiest, cheapest and healthiest meats available. It's got lots of protein and little fat. What fat there is has a high ratio of omega-3 fatty acids. It comes in a variety of different forms and is one of the most versatile meats on the planet.
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