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Easy Kid Dinner Recipes - Poultry

Chicken and Turkey dinner recipes for kids and their grown-ups.

Italian Oven Chicken                          Easy
Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 can Italian tomato soup (or tomato soup and add Italian seasonings)
1 tablespoon vinegar
1-1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon packed brown sugar
1.  Put chicken in a baking dish and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
2. Mix together the remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Bake 30 minutes.

 

 

Crockpot Chicken                           Easy
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom soup
4-5 bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon (or 1/2 cube)
1. Put chicken in crockpot. 
2. Mix together the soup and sour cream and pour over chicken. Sprinkle chicken bouillon over top.
3. Cook covered on low for about 4 hours.
4. Sprinkle with bacon, salt and pepper.
 

 

Lemon Honey Glazed Chicken                Easy
Ingredients:
cut up chicken pieces
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1. Mix together the lemon juice, honey, and parsley.
2. Bake chicken in a greased dish at 375 degrees for 1 hour, or until juices run clear. 
3.  Brush the glaze over the chicken for the last 15 minutes of baking.


 

Chicken and Rice                            Medium
Ingredients:
6 chicken pieces
1 cup uncooked rice
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups chicken broth
1 package dry onion soup mix
1. Spread uncooked rice on bottom of greased baking dish and add chicken broth.
2.  Place chicken on top and sprinkle with onion soup mix.
3. Spread creamed soup over all.
4. Bake at 3250 for 1-1/2 hours. Then cover and bake another 30 minutes.

 

 


Cheesy Chicken Bake                        Easy
Ingredients:
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
cheddar cheese
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup dry stuffing mix
1. Place chicken in baking dish. Top each with a slice of cheese.
2.  Spread soup over the chicken.
3. Mix together the stuffing mix and melted butter. Sprinkle over the top of chicken.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Serve over rice.
 

 

K's Quesadillas                              Medium
Sent by Karen in Woodinville, WA
Ingredients:
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
large flour tortillas
sour cream
salsa
grated cheese
taco seasoning
1. Cut the chicken breasts in strips the long way.
2.  Toss the chicken strips in the taco seasoning, making sure they are well coated. Cook them in a frying pan with some olive oil and some water.  When the strips are half cooked, turn them over carefully and cook the other side. They cook fast.
3. Layer a tortilla with some sour cream, chicken strips, salsa, and grated cheese. Roll and nuke 30-60 seconds and chow down. 
This recipe should make enough for 4 people.
 

 

Turkey Tortillas                               Easy
Sent by Marcia in Highlands Ranch, CO
Ingredients:
2 cans beefy mushroom soup
turkey or chicken, chopped up
mozzarella cheese, shredded
flour tortillas
1. In a medium pot, heat the soup and turkey to a slow boil.
2.  Lower the heat, and add as much mozzarella cheese as you want.
3. Warm tortillas in the microwave or oven, and spoon the turkey mixture into each tortilla.
 

 

Crockpot Mexican Chicken Tortillas           Easy
Sent by Alice in Highlands Ranch, CO
Ingredients:
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 jar salsa
2 cans of your favorite beans, like pinto
flour tortillas
1. Place chicken, with a little water, into crockpot. When chicken is cooked, take it out of the crockpot and shred it with a fork.
2. Put the shredded chicken back into the crockpot and add the salsa and beans.
3.  Cook on low for at least an hour and serve in warmed tgortillas.

 


Peppered Salmon Steaks or Chicken Breasts         Easy
Sent by Bea at www.sagehillfarmsandvintagestore.com
Ingredients:
2 small salmon steaks or skinless chicken breasts
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
1 teaspoon crushed dill weed
1 cup very fine bread crumbs
1. Mix all the dry ingredients together.
2. On a wax paper sheet sprinkle half of the mixture and lay the meat of choice on top. Sprinkle the other half of the mixture on top.
3. Roll up and let sit for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
4.  Cook on the grill or under the broiler until done to taste.
5. Dash generously with fresh lemon juice.
 

 

Blue Cheese Chicken Salad              Easy/Medium
Ingredients:
3 cups cooked  and cooled chicken, cubed
2 cups green grapes, whole
1 can quartered artichoke hearts (not marinated)
3 ounces blue cheese
12 ounce package large shell macaroni
2 to 3 green onions, chopped
1 cup light mayonnaise
2 T lemon juice
Garlic powder
1. Cook macaroni al dente and drain.
2.  Crumble blue cheese over warm macaroni.
3.  Mix together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and garlic powder.  Add to pasta.
4.   Add all other ingredients and toss.  Chill for a few hours or overnight.  Add more mayo if dry.
 

 

Cassoulet Junior                             Easy
Ingredients:
14 ounce lean smoked turkey sausage, sliced
1 can diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon beef bouillon
2 cups water
1 can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons seasoned bread crumbs
1.  Put everything but the bread crumbs in a slow cooker or a big pot and simmer for 1/2 hour.
2. Add the bread crumbs and simmer for another 10 minutes.

 


Honey Mustard Chicken                      Easy
From Dahc in Georgia
Ingredients:
bone-in poultry
mustard (regular table mustard, dijon, or your favorite spicy)
honey
1. In a covered casserole dish, lay an even, single layer of bone-in poultry cuts. Any cut will do and any type of poultry will do as well.
2. Spread mustard liberally on the pieces and then put honey on in the same fashion.
3.  Cover and cook this for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees. For boneless cuts, reduce the cooking time to 40-45 minutes.

For tangy chicken use regular table mustard, for spicy chicken use dijon or your favorite spicy mustard.

 


Easy Barbeque Chicken                      Easy
Ingredients
4 skinless chicken breasts (or 6 thighs)
1 cup favorite barbeque sauce
1 green pepper sliced
2 carrots cut up
2 potatoes, chunked
hamburger buns, optional

1.  Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray.
2. Pour a small amount of the barbeque sauce into bottom of large baking dish. Arrange chicken evenly spaced apart in dish.
3.  Pour remaining barbeque sauce over chicken. Distribute cut up veggies around the chicken. 
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.
This can be served as is, or shred the chicken up and put on hamburger buns with the veggies on the side.

 


Honey Soy Chicken                         Medium/Hard
Sent in by Rhiannon http://rhiannonsrecipes.com
Ingredients
small fresh piece of ginger (about 2 cm. long)
2 boneless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoon honey
2 green onions
1.  Peel and skin ginger, then grate or finely chop. We substitute "ginger in a jar" or "ginger in a tube" which you may be able to get at your local grocery store in the fridge section. Use about 2tsp. full.
2. Take any skin off the chicken breast. Cut into slices.
3. Heat oil in a wok or frying pan over a medium heat. Add chicken.
4. Fry chicken for approximately 5 minutes, turning occasionally to brown nicely.
5. In a bowl, mix soy sauce, 50 ml. water, honey, and chopped ginger. Carefully pour mixture into the wok or frying pan.
6. Bring liquid to boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Cut tops and bottoms off spring onions. Chop finely. Stir into chicken mixture and serve.  
      Serves 2

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