Make Ahead Honey Lime Chicken

Submitted by PickyEater101

"I found this recipe online but wanted to post it for the nutritional facts. This is a great make ahead meal. Perfect for when you need to provide a meal for a friend in need. Just pull out of the freezer, thaw in fridge and reheat!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken tenders
• 1⁄2 tablespoon garlic salt
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple rings
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

directions

1. Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt.
2. In large skillet brown in oil.
3. Drain pineapple and save juice.
4. Add one fourth of the pineapple juice to skillet.
5. Cover and simmer 6 to 8 minutes until chicken is golden.
6. Remove chicken.
7. Add honey, lime juice, soy sauce, cornstarch and remainder of pineapple juice.
8. Bring to boil.
9. Cook and stir until thick and clear, about 1 minute.
10. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
11. Place chicken, pineapple rings and sauce in freezer bag.
12. Label and freeze.
13. To serve: Thaw in fridge.
14. Heat until sauce is hot and bubbly and chicken is heated through.

Reviews

[lbandbuggy]

We thought this was fantastic! I absolutely loved the sauce, we served it over buttered noodles. I didn't use it for make ahead, wanted to try it first...but I am definitely going to make several batches at once next time to freeze. I may try making the sauce without the cornstarch, and using it for a marinade, it was just so good!

 

[DaddyO]

I ended up sitting for some friends of ours on short notice and this was on our two-week menu for the night. One of our friend's children told me "I don't eat chicken", but alas our rule is one family - one meal. I ended up increasing the honey to a little over 1/2 c since I knew my main audience was kids, and it turned out great! Mr. Picky wouldn't eat it until I said there was honey, then he took a bite, and then proclaimed "this is awesome!!" :)

 

[Blond one]

Excellent. We had it for diner tonight really loved it. I was worried that it would be overly sweet but it wasn’t. Light, refreshing easy and a family pleaser.