Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner: 5 Easy Chicken Breast Suggestions

When you’re a novice in the kitchen, the thought of handling and cooking with meat can sometimes feel daunting. By far the easiest to cook is chicken, and the easiest cut to work with is the breast. How do you know if you’re chicken’s done? Well if it’s still pink, then it still needs more work. With a breast you don’t have to worry about boning it out or cutting the fat off. It’s so simple that you can literally bung it in the oven and it’ll work its magic.

The Right Equipment

If you have a kitchen-phobia and are currently king or queen of the takeaway, then it’s likely you won’t have many kitchen appliances other than a knife, a fork and possibly a plate. Oh, and maybe a bowl. You won’t necessarily need anything complex for the following suggestions, however, getting started in the cooking world might mean you catch a bug (not like salmonella, but like a bug for cooking). Places like Discount Promo Codes have a range of savings from kitchenware outlets such as Robert Dyas and Debenhams. So if you become fantastic at flipping or brilliant at bunging a tray into the oven, then there’s no excuse not to get the best kitchen equipment. And now you’re ready to get cooking!

Hunter’s Chicken

This version of the Hunter’s Chicken was inspired by the more in-depth recipe on the BBC Good Food website. Basically, pre-heat your oven to 200°C (gas mark 6, 220°C fan). Then wrap a chicken breast in two rashers of bacon and pop it in the oven for 15 minutes. Whilst you wait for it to cook, grate a handful of cheese. Once the 15 minutes is over, sprinkle on the cheese and allow it to cook for a further 10 minutes. Once ready, take it out of the oven and when plated, dress it in BBQ sauce. Serve either with chips or mash, and a choice of salad.

Easy Chicken Curry

Drizzle a bit of oil into a frying pan and turn the hob on to a medium heat. Once heated up, use a pair of kitchen scissors to chop the breast into chunks, and drop them into the pan. Once browned, turn the heat down to medium-low and add in a store-bought curry sauce. Stir in and let it cook for 10-15 minutes, occasionally stirring. Whilst that’s cooking you can either boil a portion of basmati rice in a saucepan, or you can use a microwave pouch. Serve with a naan bread, a couple of poppadoms, or both.

Simple Wraps

This one can be very versatile, with a variety of different options. But the basic patterns are pretty similar. Pre-heat your oven to 200oC (gas mark 6, 220oC fan), and pop in a chicken breast for 20-25 minutes. Whilst that’s cooking, take your choice of mediterranean vegetables (tomatoes, red onion, courgette, red/yellow/green peppers) and chop them up, placing them in a separate tray in the oven, letting them cook for no more than 10 minutes (basically so that they sweat well but before they burn). Take out a couple of tortilla wraps and divide the veg equally. By then the chicken should be done, and it will be easy to cut into juicy strips. Place them in the tortillas, drizzle with sour cream and wrap them up.

30-Minute Roast

This one is great for when you’re clamouring for a Sunday roast but you don’t have the time. If you’re the sort of person who likes to peel their potatoes, strip their chicken, and reduce their gravy, then this probably won’t be for you. But it’s quick and easy. Pre-heat your oven to 200oC (gas mark 6, 220oC fan), and bung in your frozen roast potatoes for 30 minutes. Whilst they’re cooking, you can get on with everything else. From 5-10 minutes after you put your potatoes in (depending on the size of the breast), pop your chicken breast in the oven. Next, fill your kettle to 2/3s full and boil. Use half of that water for your frozen veg in a saucepan that you put on medium-high heat for 10 minutes, and the rest goes with your gravy granules. With four minutes to go on the potatoes and chicken, bung in a couple of Yorkshire puddings. Then, take everything out and place it on a plate, serving it with the vegetables. And finally, smother it with that gravy.

Do It the Sorted Way

If you feel like stepping it up a level, then Sorted Food have it covered. The channel emerged from three students not knowing how to cook, so their foodie mate decided to teach them. In this video, they have three great suggestions for what you could use a chicken breast for, and they have a load of other great recipes ideas too.