Easy, New Chicken Recipe {w/ photos}

My Menu for this week posted here. And here's a great and easy chicken recipe that's kid friendly!

Yummy Chicken Bits w/ Oriental Salad
Prep Time: 5-10 min / Cook Time: 15 min / Feeds: Depends on how much you make : )

{WARNING: This is not a precise recipe which is sorta the way we Italians do things.}

You'll Need:
Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts
Cooking spray
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Garlic Salt (or Garlic Powder and Salt)
Romaine Lettuce
Green Onions
1 Small Pkg Sliced Almonds
2 Packages Ramen Noodles

Clean and trim chicken breasts then cut into little chunk pieces. Heat skillet over medium heat. Spray pan with cooking spray. Add in chicken pieces and garlic salt, stir. Let chicken cook for a few minutes. It should look something like this:

While chicken is cooking, rinse and cut romaine lettuce. This is an entree salad so you can cut however much you'll need for each person to have an entree-sized portion. We use 1.5 bunches for three servings. Put lettuce in serving bowl.

Chicken should be cooking nicely. Once most of the juices are cooked off, add in enough balsamic vinegar to coat and stir again. This will create a nice glaze in the pan and will cause chicken to get a little brown. Add a small amount of olive oil and stir again. This will cause the chicken to get a little crispy. The chicken should look pretty done by now (about 10 or so minutes from when you first put it in). You can add more garlic salt if you'd like. Have a taste and see what you think. This recipe is really about how YOU want it to taste. If the chicken looks like it needs more time and the pan is really dry, add a tiny bit more oil or balsamic vinegar to get it going again. It should now look something like this:

Once the chicken looks done, remove from heat and cover pan while you put salad together. This will keep chicken moist.

Rinse and cut green onions. As many or as little as you'd like. I will warn you though the onion adds the best flavor to the salad to make sure there's enough. Add to lettuce in bowl and mix well. You can sprinkle a little salt on the lettuce and onions to bring out the onion flavor.

Add the almonds to the salad mixture. Crumble both packages of ramen noodles into small clusters and add to salad mixture.

In a small bowl or cup, take one (just one) of the packages of ramen noodle spices and add it to 1/3 cup of olive oil and 1/4 cup of balsamic. Mix well. The dressing should also be made to taste so feel free to add additional oil or vinegar to your liking. Like this:


Pour dressing over salad mixture.
You can serve chicken over the top or on the side.

Doesn't it look yummy? Hope will eat the chicken, the lettuce (somewhat) and the ramen (she calls them "crunchies") so this meal is very kid friendly for us.

{Keep in mind: leftover chicken bits make a great toddler lunch item.}

Enjoy!