2-Ingredient Microwave Chicken

You've heard of 30-minute meals. What if you could have your dinner hot and ready on the table in about 10 minutes?

You can, and it will taste delicious AND be healthy. 

2-Ingredient Microwave Chicken

•1 lb thin sliced chicken breast (if you can't find thin sliced, pound out chicken breast with a meat mallet)

•1/2 cup Lawry's marinade (choose your favorite flavor...this recipe I'm using Santa Fe Chili)

1. In a flat-bottomed microwave safe dish, add 1/2 cup marinade. 

Add chicken breasts in a single layer. Make sure chicken is dipped and coated with marinade. Cover with plastic wrap. 

2. Microwave on High for 7 minutes. Carefully remove dish from microwave and allow to rest, still covered, for 1 minute. Carefully remove plastic wrap (remember, there's a lot of hot steam trapped in the dish).  Serve. 

What!?! Just 7 minutes? 

Yup! And you're going to love the flavor. 

Finished! Doesn't this look delicious!?!

This dish can be changed up in so many ways. And you don't have to use a store-bought marinade. The key to moist chicken prepared in the microwave is having some type of moisture, and covering to create steam. If you do that, you will always have a moist, fast cooked piece of chicken.  Make your own marinade/dressing, or you can simply add water or broth. 

My favorite brand of chicken is Harvestland. The nutritional info for a 4 ounce chicken breast is:

Calories 120

Fat 1 g

Carbs 0 g

Protein 26 g

You can use thighs, too. The nutritional info for a 4 ounce chicken thigh is:

Calories 160

Fat 8 g

Carbs 0 g

Protein 22 g

Serving suggestion.

Have this chicken along side 1/2 cup brown rice and 2/3 cup mixed veggies. 

IIFYM

This plate is only 

Calories 280

Fat 3 g

Carbs 30 g

Protein 30 g

Please, if you give this recipe a go, let me know what you think. Also, share any variations you've come up with and serving suggestions. 

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UPDATE 09/11/15

I had 2 packages of chicken breast that needed to be prepared ASAP. I used my microwave method. 

I dressed one package in balsamic vinegar it, and other package I dressed in ranch dressing and buffalo wing sauce.

Still wanting to cut my cooking time down, I decided to cook both batches at once. 

I don't have a shelf in my microwave, so I stacked one square dish on top of the other (off set). And microwaved them on HIGH for 10 minutes.