Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Wow it's been a long time since my last post. Things have been crazy busy and I've been cooking and baking a lot...just haven't had the time to upload my pictures and post them. I've been baking since Monday for a wedding cake order for Saturday and so I haven't had much time for home-cooked dinners. I even gave into my husband's requests for catfish nuggets. Yes, fried catfish nuggets in the mini-deep fryer. Needless to say I didn't eat much of that meal.

Back to my story. I had one more tier to bake tonight and so I was trying to think about what I could cook for dinner that would be tasty and healthy. After doing about twenty different mental scans of my pantry, fridge, and freezer while at work I decided I would use some frozen boneless skinless chicken tenders and brown rice with broccoli.

I know what you're thinking. That's it? Plain chicken, rice, and broccoli? Um, that would be a big fat NO!! I most definitely would not blog about that. After taking inventory I ended up making the following dinner:


Citrus BBQ Chicken Tenders, Spanish Style Brown Rice and Broccoli. Yummmmm.

I'll post a recipe for the rice a little later but for now, I leave you with my Citrus BBQ Chiken Tenders. I must make a disclaimer...I did not measure exactly so these are what I like to call "guesstimates."

Ingredients
2 oranges
3-4 TBSP BBQ sauce (I used original flavor)
2 tsp lite soy sauce
2 TBSP chili sauce
3 TBSP Dijon mustard
10 chicken tenders (boneless, skinless...fresh or frozen)

Directions
Zest and juice the two oranges in a large bowl. Add the BBQ sauce, lite soy sauce, chili sauce, dijon mustard and whisk together. Add the chicken tenders and make sure they are coated well. Cover and place in the fridge to marinate for 20-30 minutes.

I used my George Foreman to "grill" the chiken tenders (again...limited on time and resources here). Meanwhile I pour the leftover marinade into a small sauce pan, add a little more BBQ sauce and chili sauce (maybe about 1-2 TBSP each), brought it to a boil, turned it on low and let it simmer 2-3 minutes so it would thicken. You can use this as a dipping sauce or do what I did and pour that citrus goodness all over those tasty chicken tenders!