Friday, January 18, 2008

Orange Chicken and Rice

Ingredients:

2 T Frozen concentrate orange juice, $.25
1 can cream of chicken soup, $1
1 cup milk, $.25 (we use powdered milk for cooking, any kind will work fine)
1T honey, $.25
1T dijon mustard, $.25
2 cups uncooked rice, $1
1 & 1/2 cups cut up chicken (we use breast meat but any kind will do), $2

Total cost: $5.00
Cooking time: 20 minutes (a little longer if you use brown rice)

This is my kids' favorite dinner. First start cooking the rice according to the directions. Use whatever kind of rice your family prefers. Then, put the chicken into a frying pan and cook it over medium heat until it's done. Then add the milk, cream of chicken soup, honey, mustard, and orange juice to the chicken pan and stir. You may add more milk or some water if you need more sauce. If the sauce needs to be thicker, mix a bit of flour or cornstarch with water and stir into the sauce. Serve over the rice. We usually have either fresh steamed broccoli or corn on the side. Our kids eat a lot of this meal, and usually we have at least 2 lunches from it as well.

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