Make Your Life Easier…Grill 2 Chicken Meals at Once!

Written by admin on December 23, 2008 – 10:51 am -

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First off let me explain why I’m posting my first grilling recipe in December.  I’ve been wanting a bbq grill for a while, so my husband got me one for our anniversary (which is in October).  Being the busy people that we are (I like that better than “procrastinators”), we just recently set it up a few weeks ago.  So, that, combined with the fact that our oven broke (and, being the busy people that we are, we haven’t made time to find our warranty information), our dinners have been made either on the grill (who cares if it’s snowing right?), or by using my friend Jess’ oven who lives two houses up from me (I’m probably the most annoying neighbor/friend that anyone’s ever had but what can I say?  That warranty information is hiding from me!).

Anyway, so that’s why you’re getting my grilling advice now.  :)  Here is one of my favorite ways to save time on dinner during the week:  cook something once and use it twice.  Here’s one way I cooked once and ate twice this week.  Now I know this isn’t an amazingly unique or impressive way, but hey it saved me time:

BBQ Chicken & Chicken Tacos (cooked once, eaten twice)

  • Defrost some chicken (enough for two dinners); if desired, cut into strips (to make cooking time faster)
  • Separate into two bowls:  in one bowl mix some bbq sauce with the chicken.  In the other bowl add olive oil, lime juice, salt & pepper, & worcestershire sauce.
  • Marinade both at least 4 hours, or overnight.
  • Preheat grill to medium heat.  Grill both the bbq and the lime marinated chicken at the same time.
  • Eat the bbq chicken that night (we had it with mashed potatoes and salad).
  • The next night, heat up the lime marinated chicken; cut into cubes.
  • Heat up some flour tortillas; fill with chicken; top with black bean and corn salsa (I had some leftover that I had made for a party that weekend).

There you have it, two simple but delicious weeknight meals!  You could also serve the bbq chicken with rice, and serve the chicken tacos with the leftover rice, but make Emerald Rice with it…that way you’re cooking the whole meal once and using it twice!

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One Comment to “Make Your Life Easier…Grill 2 Chicken Meals at Once!”

  1. outdoorgriller Says:
    December 23rd, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    I love grilling and that is great you had two meals from the grilled chicken.If you want more recipes or if you want to take a look at the collection of tips I have for grilling you can visit http://www.cookingandgrillinoutdoors.com

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