Cooking For One: Three Chicken Recipes with Pampered Chef

Pampered Chef seasoning blend

🥗Healthier: homemade spice mix

💰Cheaper: store-bought seasoning

Homemade mixes can be lower in sodium and tailored to taste.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breasts

💰Cheaper: bone-in chicken

Breasts are leaner; bone-in can be more economical.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point, while canola is often less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier; margarine is often cheaper.

Chop up 2 chicken thighs and a couple of slices of onion.

Preheat an 8-inch stainless steel non-stick skillet.

Add the chopped onions and chicken to the skillet and cook.

Set up a small bar stove with half of the crescent dough, laying it out and pressing down the seams.

Whisk together barbecue sauce with a little apple cider vinegar.

Add barbecue seasoning to the crescent rolls and mix it in with the chicken.

Pour the chicken mixture into the center of the crescent roll.

Snip the edges of the crescent roll and smush them together.

Place the crescent roll in the oven at 375°F for 12 minutes.

Cut the finished barbecue chicken braid and serve it on a plate with creamy coleslaw.

For the second recipe, debone and skin 2 small chicken thighs and season with Jamaican jerk rub.

Place the chicken in the air fryer with peppers and onions.

Cook the chicken on roast for 15 minutes, adding the vegetables halfway through.

Flip the chicken after 7.5 minutes and add the seasoned peppers underneath.

Add mayonnaise to a sesame seed bun while the chicken is finishing.

Remove the chicken from the air fryer and assemble it on the bun.

For the third recipe, rub chicken with garlic and herb rub and place it in a 375°F oven for 20 minutes.

Add asparagus to the oven after 12 minutes and season it before serving.

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