What can I do with chicken breast fillets...

CCP

From what you've got already, I think I would do ratatouille style veggies (roasted veg, mixed with tomatoes and herbs), then put the chicken breasts on top, drizzled with oil and seasoning, and roast until golden. Lovely served with pasta and/or crusty bread to mop up the sauce. :drool:

If you don't mind going to the shops I'd second HannahIOW's suggestion, which is one of my favourite ways to cook chicken, too.

LJM

hmmm i would have them stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon, god im hungry now what did you make in the end?

kunekune

Mulligatawny soup (chicken and lentils)
Chicken with leeks, mushrooms & cream with a pastry topping

mazza111

Another good one with the chicken breasts as opposed to cheese stuffing with bacon is sticking a slice of black pudding or haggis inside, then wrapping in bacon.


Not everyone's cup of tea, but I can recommend the blackpudding. lovely

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Cut into chunks/strips, dust in cornflour, salt, pepper, maybe some turmeric. Drop into screaming hot pan with a little oil added.

It just changes the texture (and flavour) very slightly.

Yummy in rice noodle wraps with chopped up veggies, on top of a salad, with rice, whatever.

Or - become one of my DD2's heroes.

Cut into pieces. Dust in cornflour. Dip using left hand in beaten egg. Dip using right hand in panko/Japanese breadcrumbs. Drop in rapeseed oil (ordinary vegetable oil) about 1.5" deep heated to 170 degrees celsius (check with jam thermometer).

Gently place 4 - 5 pieces into hot fat and leave until they stop swimming around and decide to 'come up for air', making a slightly different sound. Turn to ensure all sides are golden brown. Place on cooling rack stood above kitchen roll whilst you finish the rest in small batches.

Serve with whatever you want.

Ladies and gentlemen, you have just witnessed - the missing link. Otherwise known as what chicken nuggets should have been. (Or chicken katsu if you are ripping the recipe off a Japanese cooking site )

triticale

Nargleblast wrote: »

In the North East, particularly round Middlesbrough way, they do a thing called a Parmo. One version I heard involved browning a chicken breast, covering it with bechamel sauce then putting grated cheese on top and finishing off in the oven. Apparently you can also add garlic, mushrooms, ham. peppers etc to the topping. Any other versions out there?

I usually do a parmo by butterflying (so it's flat) and browning a breast, then a smear of tomato puree, dried oregano, chopped crispy bacon and/or sliced pepperami, fried red onion, mushrooms etc (depends what I have in!) then bechamel + loads of cheese & oven till bubbling and cooked through. Mmmm. Just experiment with whatever you have in, anything that you might use on a pizza.

(Was first introduced to parmos thanks to a mate from Stockton! )

lucylema

I have a couple of chicken breasts in the fridge which i want to make dinner with but i'm not quite sure how. normally i would do curry but i am saving a couple of breasts for that for saturday. I don't want a casserole or anything sloppy. any ideas please?

moonpixiewitch

ideas so far:
pesto chicken - cut slits in chicken and spread generous amount of pesto over and rub in to the slits. Cook under the grill or in the oven .

cheesy chicken with bacon - cut a slit to form a pocket on each breast - insert either a small piece of cheese or a cheese triangle (laughing cow ) inside , wrap with bacon or parma ham (lidl black forest ham works really well). bake in hot oven or pan fry .

chicken cheesy peach thing - cut breasts in to chunks put in an oven proof dish into hot oven,meanwhile make simple cheese sauce (boil milk add cornflour , stir in cheese). Drain tin of peaches add peaches to chicken , pour over cheese sauce and then sprinkle with either crushed crisps or breadcrumbs or oats . bake for 15 mins until golden. (you can add veggies such as cauliflower or broccoli or leeks to make a one pot meal)

if i think of any more i will post them later :T

MichH

We are having this tonight:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4686/chicken-biryani

It's a one pot, easy recipe. Done in about 30 minutes in total (only takes about 10 minutes to prepare). Extremely yummy. Nice cold the following day too.

Pink.

Hi lucylema,

I love them wrapped in bacon and oven baked or made with a cheese sauce with a glug of wine added.

There are lots more ideas on this thread that should help:

What can I do with chicken breast fillets...

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

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