Pressure Cooker Chicken Breasts
Packing school lunches was a new challenge last year when Leo began Kindergarten. I settled into a routine of packing a simple bento box lunch of one protein, one veggie, one fruit, and one cheese. These chicken breasts are easy to prepare in the pressure cooker while you’re making dinner the night before, and they always come out perfectly. Half of one chicken breast, cubed, serves as the protein for one school lunch.
This is also the perfect way to prepare diced or sliced chicken breast to top salads, and the original recipe on The Kitchn includes modified instructions for making shredded chicken for tacos and other dishes.
Poached Chicken Breasts
This simple chicken preparation is perfect for salads, pasta dishes, or a school lunch bento box.
Chicken, Broccoli, & Mushroom Stir Fry
This dish is so good, our five-year-old loves it even though the ingredients are all mixed together. Fresh broccoli, mushrooms, tender chicken, and teriyaki sauce pair with rice for a satisfying weeknight family dinner.
Cashew Chicken
This homemade version of the Americanized Chinese food classic is fool-proof enough for a harried weeknight and delicious enough to make you happy you’re making the effort of cooking. Kids and adults wolf down the tender chicken, bite-sized chunks of bell pepper, cashews, and delicious sauce.
Guy’s Chicken Skewers
Chicken breasts, thinly sliced against the grain, marinated in prepared korma masala sauce, and then threaded onto skewers, cook quickly on the grill for a delicious appetizer or main course.
Romesco Bowls with Farro & Chicken
Top chewy farro, perfectly cooked chicken, and sautéed bell peppers with romesco, a gorgeous orange sauce made of tomatoes, pimentos, parsley, and almonds.
This recipe has a lot of elements, but they can be made in advance to simplify dinner prep.
Moist & Tender Chicken Breasts
This method of preparing boneless skinless chicken breasts is perfect if you need sliced chicken for topping salads or pasta dishes.
Guy’s Chicken Roulades
Guy has made these chicken roulades, stuffed with chorizo, Manchego cheese, parsley, and almonds, for our yearly Wild Game Dinners as well as Winner Dinner, a yearly fantasy football bet I routinely lost to our friend Jarred.
They are moist and delicious, and worthy of a special occasion.
Black Bean, Chicken, & Red Pepper Stew
Browned chunks of chicken, sautéed onions, black beans, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, green chiles, cumin, and cilantro make this an easy and satisfying stew.
Quinoa & Chicken
This healthy dish of lean chicken, spinach, red bell pepper, and quinoa comes together in under an hour.