Quick and Easy Chicken Recipes
Marinated Chicken Kabobs and Chicken Stir Fry
A marinade of lime juice, soy sauce and honey keeps moisture and brings out a great flavor in grilled chicken.
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The greatest challenge when cooking chicken is maintaining moisture. One way to keep chicken moist is with a hearty marinade. Another is to keep your cooking process slow, over lower heat, to keep in the great moisture and flavor. A marinade of lime juice, soy sauce and honey keeps moisture and brings out a great flavor in grilled chicken.
Chicken with a great marinade holds up perfect as leftovers to be used in another recipe. Enjoy these two quick and easy meals with your marinated chicken, and have your whole family asking for more.
Meal 1: Lime Marinated Grilled Chicken Kabobs
Serves 4 with leftover chicken for meal 2
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts, cubed
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 2 T olive oil
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- juice & zest of one lime
- 2 cloves garlic
- Cherry tomatoes
- Whole mushrooms
- 1 onion cut into 1-inch sqaures
Season chicken with salt and pepper. Blend honey, soy sauce, lime juice and zest and garlic. Put chicken in baking dish or large Ziploc bag, and cover with three-fourths of the marinade. Marinade in refrigerator for 4 hours up to overnight. Add remaining marinade to vegetables in separate Ziploc bag and marinade for one half hour.
Thread half of the chicken and all of the vegetables, alternatively, onto skewers. Cook over medium heat on the grill for 12 minutes, turning often. Cook the remaining half of the chicken alone and reserve for Meal 2.
Serve Chicken Kabobs with rice pilaf and a side salad for a delicious, healthy meal.
Meal 2: Chicken Stir-Fry
Ingredients
- Leftover chicken
- 1 onion cut into strips
- 1 green pepper cut into strips
- 1 package sliced mushrooms
- Sliced carrots
- 1 T vegetable oil
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 tsp diced garlic
- 2 cups rice
Cook rice according to package directions. Heat oil in wok or frying pan on high. Add garlic, onion, carrots. Mushrooms and green peppers. Stir constantly for 5 minutes. Add chicken. Continue stirring until the chicken is warmed through. Add soy sauce during last minute of cooking, and stir to coat. Dish stir fry mixture over rice, and serve immediately.
