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What can I do with chicken breast fillets...

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  • Toonie
    Toonie Posts: 1,154 Forumite
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    ...that doesn't involve onion? Had a bit of a disaster this morning, waking up to a flat which stunk of onion, even though I hadn't had any, this promptly made me ill and now I can't think what to do for dinner. My boyfriend found out the smell was coming out through a hole in our bathroom wall from one of the other flats :confused:

    I've got chicken breasts out of the freezer, have lots in the store cupboard (toms, flour, beans of different sorts etc), peas, sweetcorn in the freezer, dwarf beans, spinach, eggs and bacon in the fridge and potatoes. Any ideas would be welcome as I won't be cooking until after 6pm so have time to prepare.
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  • chuckles1066
    chuckles1066 Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    Toonie wrote: »
    ...that doesn't involve onion? Had a bit of a disaster this morning, waking up to a flat which stunk of onion, even though I hadn't had any, this promptly made me ill and now I can't think what to do for dinner. My boyfriend found out the smell was coming out through a hole in our bathroom wall from one of the other flats :confused:

    I've got chicken breasts out of the freezer, have lots in the store cupboard (toms, flour, beans of different sorts etc), peas, sweetcorn in the freezer, dwarf beans, spinach, eggs and bacon in the fridge and potatoes. Any ideas would be welcome as I won't be cooking until after 6pm so have time to prepare.

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  • nunnygirl
    nunnygirl Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    you could wrap the chicken in bacon and cook it, put the tomatoes in a pan with the spinach and make some sauted potatoes. I did this for my OH one day, without the spinach in the toms and he loved it
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  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    Chicken breast wrapped in bacon, with cheese on if you have some, yummy, serve with chips/rosti/saute potatoes and veg (maybe some sauce, dianne, barbeque etc if you have it)

    or maybe

    Italian chicken, basically chicken in bolognese style sauce, without onion or course, serve with pasta if you have some
    Chicken chilli, again without onions (use some of the beans up)

    I'm used to cooking without onions as DPs brother comes for dinner a lot and he doesn't like them, all of the above are nice without onion.
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
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  • I've decided to add Moneysaving Old Style to my daily 'check whats going on' threads. I've been loitering for a bit and now would like to steal some advice!

    Yesterday the £5 skinless chicken fillets were reduced to £3ish so I bought about 6 packs!! Now 5 are in me freezer and one pack is waiting for me to serve something fantastic to my family, but I'm stuck! I didn't buy any stir-in sauces as I thought I'd use my imagination....but I've now realised I don't have one!

    Don't really have lots in my cupboards and my grill doesn't work!!

    Any suggestions for different sauces or ways of preperation would be greatly appreciated as were gna be eating chicken for weeks!!

    Thank you in advance!! :money:
    I'm getting older, and lifes getting harder!:mad:
  • nuttywoman
    nuttywoman Posts: 2,203 Forumite
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    We`re having them for tea, what i`m doing is putting a sausage and a bit of stuffing with them, then wrapping bacon round them.Then cooking in oven with some roast potatoes.
    I also sometimes buy a can of cambells condensed soup, cook off a couple of the breasts, cut them up, add the soup then make into a pie.
  • gin
    gin Posts: 260 Forumite
    put some cheese in, wrap with ham or bacon and cook in the oven. my family's favourite!
  • Brown them then add stock and cream and simmer for 20 minutes and thicken. Could also add mushrooms. Lovely with roast potatoes and veg.
  • sadie22
    sadie22 Posts: 205 Forumite
    lay a centimetre of mixed up stuffing over the top and wrap bacon over the top, reallynice
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    We go through loads of chicken, this is what we mainly do with it

    Chicken fajitas
    Chicken enchilladas
    Italian chicken (same sauce as spag bol)
    Chicken in gravy (as a dinner)
    Chicken stuffed with cheese, wrapped in bacon then served with diane, peppercorn or bbq sauce
    Chicken nuggets (easy just dip in egg then roll in breadcrumbs, or can batter them)
    Chicken kebabs
    Chopped chicken in mayo with sweetcorn (lovely in sandwiches or on baked spuds) Chicken battered in tempura battter with sauce, veg and rice
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
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