Feeding the family has never been more challenging. Not only is it getting harder to stay within the budget, everyone seems to have different dietary needs. One has gone paleo, while another one has discovered a gluten sensitivity and Dad has decided to go on Atkins. You could buy individual pre-packaged meals, but this is expensive. Save money and keep everyone happy, apart from maybe the vegetarians and vegans, with one dish chicken recipes.
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. Do not rinse it in water before cooking. Food hygiene experts say this only increases the possibility of contaminating your kitchen with Campylobacter, a bacterium that causes severe food poisoning. It does this by being splashed around in the water used to clean it. You may think you are protecting your family, but the diseases Campylobacter can cause can be deadly to small children and older adults.
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 thighs are awesome. You can open them up, beat them with a tenderizing hammer, dip them in a mixture of eggs and milk, coat with flour or panko and fry them up. Omit the coating for the low-carb, gluten-sensitive people. You can also cut them up and serve in a stir fry in a giant wok. Add chopped vegetables and toss with cooked noodles and the sauce of your choice.
You can make chicken stew with just about anything. For the diet conscious, make up a basic cabbage soup, brown the chopped or diced meat and then add to the soup. Serve with bread, or not, for the carb-free clan. You can stir fry it or toss it with endless permutations of vegetables and flavorings. It's great on the barbecue. Marinate in whatever sauce you can get your hands on. To really save time, buy pre-made sauce and serve with rice or pasta.
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. Do not rinse it in water before cooking. Food hygiene experts say this only increases the possibility of contaminating your kitchen with Campylobacter, a bacterium that causes severe food poisoning. It does this by being splashed around in the water used to clean it. You may think you are protecting your family, but the diseases Campylobacter can cause can be deadly to small children and older adults.
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 thighs are awesome. You can open them up, beat them with a tenderizing hammer, dip them in a mixture of eggs and milk, coat with flour or panko and fry them up. Omit the coating for the low-carb, gluten-sensitive people. You can also cut them up and serve in a stir fry in a giant wok. Add chopped vegetables and toss with cooked noodles and the sauce of your choice.
You can make chicken stew with just about anything. For the diet conscious, make up a basic cabbage soup, brown the chopped or diced meat and then add to the soup. Serve with bread, or not, for the carb-free clan. You can stir fry it or toss it with endless permutations of vegetables and flavorings. It's great on the barbecue. Marinate in whatever sauce you can get your hands on. To really save time, buy pre-made sauce and serve with rice or pasta.
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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