I have dinner to cook, I have chicken fillets ... I don't have any ideas!

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So what can I cook tonight for my fussy lot? The 'no's' are curry, chicken chorizo pasta bake, pesto chicken. Got a store cupboard full of ingredients, stuff in the fridge but am sadly lacking inspiration!

Suggestions on a postcard please whilst I go and scrub bathrooms!

Thank you!

This is brilliant. Can we move it to food so it doesn't go poof?

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This is brilliant. Can we move it to food so it doesn't go poof?

Yes indeed

I like the sound of some of these

Yes please Olivia ... I was going to ask that very question! Thanks!

satay chicken..Jamie Oliver's recipe is good

Chicken noodles.

stir fry chopped up chicken with garlic, soy sauce & lemon & add noodles.

family favourite.

Firecracker chicken (although you can go easy on the chillies if children are involved).

Cut the chicken into bitesize pieces, dip in egg then cornflour and put in a baking tray.
Add pineapple, red chilli slices and red/yellow/orange peppers to the tray.
Mix (in a jam jar is easiest) equal amounts sesame oil, honey and a bit of vinegar. Pour it over, mix it all up and bake it.

Good with rice!

I did Chicken Enchilladas this evening for my crew

cool because prepare mid afternoon and leave in the oven to heat back up
even cooler because its all in the dish so people cannot fuss about bits

even even cooler that everybody else finished theirs before me

Brilliant thread, wish I'd spotted it earlier when I was having a chicken breast dilemma myself! Just to add what we did, I had wraps in the cupboard so I cooked the chicken breasts, bunged all sorts of dips/salads/cheese that were in the fridge on the table and they made their own combo's which went down really well. Good for three children who wilfully hate something if they know a brother or two like it .

I did sweet&sour chicken the other day, it's a bit faffy, but you can break it into sections and potter with it

...chicken into bits, sit in dish with lime or lemon juice, pinch of chilli flakes, S&P and a small tin of pineapple in juice...chop up the pineapple and throw it in too ..add a splash of anything chinesey you have in the fridge (soy/oyster/fish)
I you want it sharper then use more lemon/lime and less pineapple

Once it has been in there for a couple of hours pick all the chicken out and dust over enough cornflour (up to cup ful if you have lots of chicken) over the chicken to get a thin batter effect, best to put it in a dish and keep stirring, if you go too far with the cornflour just add a tsp or so of the pineapple juice marinade

deep fry the chicken in small batches at about 350....nice and hot, until it is golden and let it drain on kitchen paper.

put the marinade into a pan, tip in any of the batter that is left, add some honey or brown sugar and bring it to the boil, it should be quite thick....if it is too gloopy add a bit more lemon juice/pineapple

to serve I put the chicken into dish, poured over the sauce and set it into a really hot oven so the sauce sizzles and stickies up the battered chicken, serve with noodles or rice

I did this on Saturday and they have all asked for it again!

My super easy chicken recipe is fry some onions, add chunks of chopped chicken (breasts) and fry until lightly golden. Chuck it all in a casserole dish, add any chopped veg, peppers etc. Mix in dried pasta twisty bits. Add a tin of soup (chicken & mushroom?) and any seasoning and bung in moderate oven.
Uses up leftovers quite nicely.