Making chicken breasts less dull quickly

[DudleySquires]

Had chicken, chips and gravy tonight. To try and give the chicken a bit of flavour, before a put it in the oven I poured a drop of oil over it with some salt, pepper and chilli powder, rubbed it in and banged it onto a hot frying pan for a couple of minutes each side. It's not going to worry Jamie Oliver but it had the desired result: a bit more flavour than usual.

What other quick, easy and cheap (really important!) ways are there of achieving something similar? Ideally as quick, easy and cheap as above!

Edited by DudleySquires on Saturday 28th September 21:24

[jas xjr]

slash the meat and put a clove of garlic in it , innit

[grumbledoak]

Texture is massively better grilled than baked. Then I like a sauce; mushroom and garlic fried in butter, then add creme fraiche.

[fttm]

Frying pan , olive oil garlic and sliced onion , fry chicken , at the end add sliced mushrooms (add butter if reqd) , good glass of wine ,reduce , when ready to serve add some cream and season to taste .

[jas xjr]

fttm said:

Frying pan , olive oil garlic and sliced onion , fry chicken , at the end add sliced mushrooms (add butter if reqd) , good glass of wine ,reduce , when ready to serve add some cream and season to taste .

butter is great for chicken

[condor]

Chop them up, brown them and add a curry sauce to the mix

[Turn7]

Chicken is pretty bland, even if using free range. Its also quite easy to really overcook it and turn it into a horrid dry bit of meat.

I used to use breast in currys etc, but with the rising cost of free range meat, Ive found I tend to just make vege curries etc now and not bother with the meat.

I do like making goujons tho.

The bake in the foil bag technique works well for chicken too.

[eggchaser1987]

Had a Blue Dragon chow main sauce the other day. Browned off diced chicken breast put in some water chestnuts, green peppers, onion and bamboo shoots for a minute or so then in with the sauce. Nicer than I thaught it would be and very quick with egg noodles.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Here's another simple one for y'all.

Get a little pot, or even a tea mug - and pour in some honey, then add some mustard powder.

Mix it up with a spoon.

Brush it liberally onto the chicken breasts.

Honey and mustard glazed breasts is the result. Fabulous.

[Turn7]

Blue dragon isnt too bad, but I prefer the new Amoy ones...

[tedmus]

Make a paste of a chicken stock cube with a bit of oil, rub on the chicken breast, into a hot griddle pan and finish in the oven, serve sliced with linguini with pesto stirred through and grate Parmesan over the top.

[B17NNS]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Honey and mustard glazed breasts is the result. Fabulous.

Another one I do is a rasher of bacon on top, BBQ sauce and cheese.

[chrisispringles]

Slice in to the side of it; stick a slice of Dolcelatte in it; wrap it in Parma ham; stick it in an oven dish; add some double cream and more Dolcelatte to the dish to make a sauce and stick it in the oven. Serve with pasta. It's lovely, assuming you like blue cheese.

[DudleySquires]

Not a lover of mushrooms unfortunately. Grilling and butter both good ideas, will give them a go! Spices - can I just throw anything on there or is there a bit more science to it than that..?

[DudleySquires]

Glad I asked now, some great ideas

[Kudos]

Slice it open and put Sun dried tomatoes in the middle, wrap with pancetta then bung in the oven. Job jobbed

[mikial]

Ramekin, into this pour soy sauce, vinegar ( palm or sugar cane vinegar ) also add a chili and crush it then squeeze a fresh lime to finish, .....or vinegar again this just time just crush a garlic clove .
Both the above are served as accompaniments to chicken and fish dishes here and used as a dip.

[extraT]

a dollop of honey, soy sauce and chilli mmmmm. Works best on baked chicken so the honey goes sticky (dont put in for too long!)

[extraT]

a dollop of honey, soy sauce and chilli mmmmm. Works best on baked chicken so the honey goes sticky (dont put in for too long!)

[anonymous-user]

Cajun spice, always a treat..

Terrakiyi sauce is a nice quick sauce.