Easy Chicken Recipes
• Avocado Chicken with SalsaServes: 4
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 ruby red grapefruit
1 cup cubes avocado
4 radishes, sliced
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1/8 tsp. salt
4 red or green lettuce leaves
Place the chicken in a large saucepan with 4 cups salted water and bring it to a boil over high heat. Turn off the heat and cover and let stand for about 15 minutes.
Remove the peel and pith from the grapefruit with a knife while the chicken cooks. Working over a bowl to catch the juice, cut the segments into bite sized pieces. Add the avocado, radishes, basil and salt. Toss to gently mix.
Drain the chicken and cut crosswise into 1/2″ slices. Divide the grapefruit mixture into 4 portions and add a quarter of the chicken to each, drizzle the chicken with the grapefruit juice, serve this over the lettuce leaves and garnish with additional basil.
• Oven-Barbecued Chicken
Serves: 6
2 small lemons
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
2 cloves garlic, peeled
1 whole chicken about 3 lbs.
1 pkg. stuffing mix for chicken
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Great 1/2 tsp. lemons peel and set aside. Cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juice into a small bowl. aAdd the bbq sauce and seasoning to the lemon juice and mix. Place the chicken on baking pan. Place 2 of the lemon halves and the garlic cloves inside the chicken. Rub the skin with the lemon halves from before and tie the legs together with twine.
Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes brushing with bbq sauce every 5 minutes during the last 20 minutes. Sprinkle with reserved peel during the last 5 minutes.
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