Chicken on the Cheap
Posted by Mom at 8:08pm in Saving MoneyWe have a local food market that has a nice variety of produce and ethnic foods. I stopped by there yesterday to pick up some sweet rice and coconut milk to make a Coconut Rice recipe which I found on Sora’s blog.
While I was at the market, I browsed the meat section and found chicken thighs (free range) for 99¢/lb What an incredible price! I picked up a family pack that was a little over 4 pounds. This was bone in, so I trimmed away the bone and used that to made chicken soup stock for tommorrow’s dinner. I used the boneless meat for Teriyaki Chicken that we had today. I served it with brown rice and fresh green beans. Yum!
Here is a simple recipe I use for the sauce:
Teriyaki Sauce
1/2 cup Soy Sauce
1/2 cup Honey (could use sugar)
1/4 cup Rice Wine Vinegar
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1 tsp Fresh Ginger, grated
1/2 tsp Sesame Oil
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer on low heat until thickened. If a thicker sauce is desired, combine 1 Tbsp cornstarch with 1 Tbsp of water and add to other ingredients.
This sauce is good on chicken, steak, or salmon. For my chicken thighs, I just put them in a shallow baking dish and baste with the sauce. Bake at 400º for 50 minutes, (baste with remaining sauce at the halfway mark).
Tommorrow I will make the soup with homemade noodles and serve with fresh baked bread. It’s amazing that we can get two nice meals from $4 of meat! I’m going back to the market tomorrow to stock up!
