Seasoned Chicken Breasts
This seasoned chicken breast recipe is painfully easy and possibly boring for a food website, but I must tell you it is insanely useful for keeping in the freezer.
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I like to have food on hand and available when I’m short on time. Precooked and cubed seasoned chicken is one of the most valuable foods I can think of to keep on hand. I try to keep some in the freezer at all times.
This recipe is delicious right out of the oven for dinner or cubed and used in enchiladas, tacos, nachos, soups, chicken alfredo, or salads. It is very easy and pretty much mess-free.
– chicken breasts ~ I use frozen ones. Since I live in a small town I buy in large quantities when I go shopping.
– Seasonings.
The first thing I do is fill two large baking sheets with a single layer of chicken. If you line baking sheets with foil, clean-up is easy, and the foil is recyclable.
Next, I grab my favorite McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Chicken seasoning and, if available, Kroger Grill Time Chicken Seasoning. From my research, these are gluten-free. Some McCormick spices do have gluten, so you have to read the label carefully or look it up on the internet. I usually do both.
If you can only get the McCormick in your area, don’t worry. That is the most important one. The chicken will be great with just that one. You will simply shake the spices over one side of the chicken.
That’s pretty easy, right? Â I like easy. Next, you will take another piece of foil and cover the chicken while you bake it for the first 40 minutes.
Bake the chicken in a 375 oven.
Again, keep covered for the first 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and remove the foil from the top. Turn the chicken breasts over and season the new side. If there is a lot of moisture in the bottom of the pan, don’t worry; just leave it there around the chicken; it will cook away.
Return the chicken to the oven, but keep it uncovered this time. Bake for 20 more minutes or until there is no pink on the inside.
Serve now or cut into cubes to freeze for later. Defrosting a small bag of chicken cubes for one or two people just takes a couple of minutes in the microwave. I hope you find this recipe as useful as I do.
If you count Weight Watcher Points Plus, it counts as the same as plain chicken, 1 point per ounce.
Enjoy!