Simple Chicken Recipes

Chicken is the Worlds most popular meat and in this time consuming World we live in simplicity is key. So what better way to combine the two than some delicious chicken recipes that are simple to make. We all want to eat healthy, delicious meals but most of us think that healthy means time consuming and usually opt for a quick and easy ready meal or take away instead.

What we want, for ourselves and our kids, is the delicious home cooking that we had when we were kids. But we don't have the time to prepare these tasty dishes. A lot of home made food is now much simpler to make and these dishes are far healthier than what they were before. With chicken being so popular, even with fussy eaters, it tends to feature in a wide variety of recipes. It is also low cost and easy to prepare so is an ideal main ingredient for simplicity.

Chicken is the only meat my family seem to agree on so it makes a perfect choice as the main ingredient of many of my dishes. At one point searching the internet for delicious chicken recipies was overtaking the actual cooking of these recipies! In the end I just bought a cookery book based around chicken recipies, it was much easier. I have now spent hours perfecting my families favourite dishes and am always on the lookout for new and even more tast recipies.

An all time family favorite chicken recipe of mine is chicken casserole. Chicken casserole is simple to make but can sometimes be quite stodgy. This is quite a healthy version and serves 4, so if your family is bigger or smaller just adjust the quantities.

Chicken Casserole

Ingredients

* 1tbsp olive oil

* 1 onion, halved and finely sliced

* 2 carrots, peeled and thickly sliced

* 2 celery sticks, thickly sliced

* 605g pack chicken thigh fillets, without skin

* 1tbsp plain flour

* 500g new potatoes, quartered

* leaves from 2 rosemary and 2 thyme sprigs

* 600ml stock, made from a stock cube (or, for even more taste, follow the recipe for chicken stock)

* 2tbsp cornflour

* Crusty wholegrain or seeded bread to serve

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/ Gas 3. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pan and cook the onion until soft. Add the carrots and celery and stir so they are all coated in oil. Cook for 4-5 minutes.

2. Toss the chicken in the flour, add to the pan and cook until lightly browned. Then add the potatoes, rosemary, thyme and stock. Heat until simmering, cover and cook in the oven for 45 minutes.

3. That's 45 minutes you have to yourself or to clean up a bit around the house ready for dinner!

4. Mix the cornflour with four tablespoons of water to make a paste. Stir into the casserole and cook for another 10 minutes. Serve with big hunks of bread.

Now hows that for simplicity - 4 simple steps (well 3 really)!

There are many other chicken recipes that can be easily simplified. What about this for a romantic Chicken Cacciatore meal for two.

Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredients

* 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts

* 1/2 cup chopped onion

* 1 medium green pepper cut into strips

* 1 16oz. can of whole tomatoes

* 1 6oz. can of tomato sauce

* 1/2 teaspoon oregano

* 1/2 teaspoon basil

* 1 cup minute rice

* Cooking spray

Method

In a large saucepan, brown the chicken, onion, and pepper in some cooking spray, tossing occasionally for even cooking. Stir in tomatoes, sauce and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Stir in rice and cover. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.

It not only sounds romantic and upmarket but it only takes minutes to cook and it tastes delicious.

So with chicken being easy to prepare, tasty and low cost there is now the added simplicity that makes Chicken Recipes so delicious!

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