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OK, the screen name says it all. I have set the kitchen on fire with alarming regularity, and nothing I've ever cooked comes out right (except rice, which now works since I started baking it like Alton Brown says on "Good Eats").
I'm overweight, with chronic asthma, and now I've found out I have Congestive Heart Disease/ I have to start eating better. I live alone, don't have a lot of time to invest in meal preparation, and need to learn to make simple, healthy meals that are easy to cook.
Additionally, I hate fish, and stopped eating mammals a year or so ago, so that leaves me with chicken.
I tried this recipe from Quick Fix meals with Robin Miller and tried it:
6 - 5oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a plastic bag:
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
Place chicken breasts in a plastic bag, close and shake until well coated
Coat baking sheet with olive oil spray
Shake off excess coating from chicken breasts and place on sheet
Spray tops of chicken breasts with olive oil spray
Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes
I'll bet I've tried baking chicken breasts a dozen times, and these came out way better than any I have made before; tender and juicy. They didn't taste bad, but they were a little bland.
I have some questions on this:
1) Is getting more flavor simply a matter of increasing the amounts of spices? If so, which ones?
2) Is there a better method than using the white flour? I'm assuming that is there to make the spices to stick to the chicken?
3) Regarding the plastic bag of spices ... it seems pretty wasteful. I thought about reusing plastic bags I get from the grocery store, but wonder about what else might be in them. Also, can you hold on to the spices in the bag and re-use them, or is Salmonella a problem?
4) How long will the cooked chicken breasts last in the fridge? They seemed a little slimy after 5 days in a sealed plastic container, which made Lily the Sabre-Toothed Retriever very happy, indeed.
5) What are the best sources for more simple, healthy recipes for boneless, skinless chicken breasts?
Thanks
I'm overweight, with chronic asthma, and now I've found out I have Congestive Heart Disease/ I have to start eating better. I live alone, don't have a lot of time to invest in meal preparation, and need to learn to make simple, healthy meals that are easy to cook.
Additionally, I hate fish, and stopped eating mammals a year or so ago, so that leaves me with chicken.
I tried this recipe from Quick Fix meals with Robin Miller and tried it:
6 - 5oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a plastic bag:
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
Place chicken breasts in a plastic bag, close and shake until well coated
Coat baking sheet with olive oil spray
Shake off excess coating from chicken breasts and place on sheet
Spray tops of chicken breasts with olive oil spray
Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes
I'll bet I've tried baking chicken breasts a dozen times, and these came out way better than any I have made before; tender and juicy. They didn't taste bad, but they were a little bland.
I have some questions on this:
1) Is getting more flavor simply a matter of increasing the amounts of spices? If so, which ones?
2) Is there a better method than using the white flour? I'm assuming that is there to make the spices to stick to the chicken?
3) Regarding the plastic bag of spices ... it seems pretty wasteful. I thought about reusing plastic bags I get from the grocery store, but wonder about what else might be in them. Also, can you hold on to the spices in the bag and re-use them, or is Salmonella a problem?
4) How long will the cooked chicken breasts last in the fridge? They seemed a little slimy after 5 days in a sealed plastic container, which made Lily the Sabre-Toothed Retriever very happy, indeed.
5) What are the best sources for more simple, healthy recipes for boneless, skinless chicken breasts?
Thanks