This is a recipe that my family will eat a couple times per month. We had it last night for dinner in fact. 🙂
Total Cost for this Meal:
At Save-A-Lot I bought some bags of brown rice for .79 per bag. I used half a bag for my family = .40
The Chicken was bought at Albertsons for $1.88 lb -I used 1.5 lbs = $2.82
The Can of Pineapple was .79 at Winco — all other ingredients I just always have on hand.
Total cost= $4.01 for my family of 6 for dinner!
This is one of my thrifty weeknight meals. Enjoy 🙂
Honey Lime Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken Breasts cut into strips
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 20 oz can pineapple tidbits keep the juice!
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 tbsp Lime juice
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 2 tsp Corn starch
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into strips or bite sized pieces and sprinkle with garlic salt.
- Heat oil in a skillet over med-high and add chicken.
- Cook chicken until golden brown.
- Drain the pineapple, keeping the juices.
- Add 1/4 cup of the pineapple juice to the skillet.
- Cover and simmer 6-8 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the pan.
- Add honey, lime juice, soy sauce, cornstarch and remainder of pineapple juice to the pan.
- Bring to a boil stirring constantly.
- Cook and stir until thick and clear, about one minute.
- Add chicken and pineapple tidbits last and heat through.
- Serve over hot rice and it's cool to garnish with lime wedges or Chow Mein noodles.
- To freeze this recipe, cook it all up as directed above. Then let it cool, and add it to a gallon size freezer bag. Label and freeze. Then warm it up and serve with fresh hot rice.
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Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Melissa Dawn says
Thank you This is a great recipe for Dinner 🙂
Karrie says
You’re welcome! Its one of our family favorites. 🙂
Dawn says
Is there a veggie that will go well, and freeze well with this as well?
Kim says
Can’t wait to try this one. Our freezer club is going to try some of these but I didn’t see the number of servings on the recipes? Do you have an average number of servings in mind for your recipes? THANKS!
Karrie says
Hello Kim, I would say each recipe would feed around 4-6 people depending on how big of portions you have. Each recipe feeds my family for the dinner and sometimes leftovers and there are 6 in my family. My husband and I, two 13 year olds, an 8 year old and a 6 year old.
Karrie says
Oh and a FREEZER CLUB? That is flippin’ awesome!
Chastity says
Sounds and looks fabulous! Love the real life pics too! Could you please describe how exactly you reheat your frozen meals? You take the ziploc baggies out of the freezer and then…how are you reheating? Any special method for certain meats? Thanks a bunch!!
Karrie says
Hello Chastity, Usually I take out the frozen ziploc in the morning and put it in the fridge to thaw all day. Then at night I make some rice, and add the honey lime chicken to a wok or larger frying pan and reheat for a few minutes till warm. 🙂
Sam says
This is a great idea. The recipes sound lovely. Thank you for sharing. But can I ask… Do you give your family some fresh greens and veg with their meals because it wouldn’t be too healthily only eating the meat and rice etc? I guess some frozen beans and peas etc would be ok with the meal.
Karrie says
Yes, we either use canned green beans, or corn, frozen vegetables or make a salad usually with every meal. 🙂
Karrie says
I cook it all up, let it cool a few minutes, add to freezer bag and freeze. Then we just reheat it up and serve over rice another day.
Melissa T says
How do you unfreeze it? Would you let it defrost and then heat it up stovetop?
Karrie says
Yep, just thaw it in the fridge and heat it up on the stove top! 🙂
Anna says
How long can you keep it in the freezer? Any other veg that can go with it? Thanks!
Theresa says
Your recipes will be a great way for me to prepare for my busy work schedule.
Thanks!!
Mim Corkins says
FANTASTIC recipe! All 4 of my kids loved it, and it’s very rare to make a meal they all love! I tried it with pork, too, and didn’t change anything else, and it was just as good (and still super inexpensive!).
Emily Bleazard says
I finally made this for dinner last night. It was delicous despite me wanting to use fresh squeezed lime juice and getting limes that didn’t have any juice in them! It was still yummy! Thanks again!!
Cherylene McDermott says
We ate this tonight for dinner. I loved it…My kids finally warmed up to it. At first they weren’t sure what was in there but after tasting it they liked it. Hubby not home yet to try it. I added onions in and carmelized them just after I cooked the chicken. I maybe would put them in with it but it was an afterthought. I think this would be a fabulous base to add anything you might see in mongolian. Asparagus cuts would be good, water chestnuts, etc.
Renee says
Had this for dinner last night, along with the biscuits….fabulous!! My picky family even though it was good enough to have again (and again), so thanks so much for sharing…love your sight/blog.
Kelsey says
I’m making this tonight! Can’t wait to try it out.
sarah dollar says
this was great…made it tonight…big hit w/ kids and hubby…used lemon juice instead of lime and added snow peas…great hot weather dish!!! THANKS!!!
Emily Bleazard says
This is one of my favorites of yours, thanks for posting it!
Brenda says
I made it – we ate it and everyone LOVED it! My kids were especially fond of the “Yummy Chummy” (Chow Mein) noodles.
Shanna says
This looks terrific! I’m impressed with the value of the meal, too. Will be trying this recipe at my house 🙂
Becky says
Thanks! Made it tonight-it was a hit!
Brenda says
This will be our dinner!!! I will let you know what the family verdict is. My menu ideas are getting boring and I Love that you are giving me some new family friendly ideas!!!
Chelsea says
I actually have everything for this a need a meal for tomorrow! Thanks!!
Angela says
Thanks for sharing, looks and sounds yummy! Will have to try it out soon!
Maddie says
How long will this keep in the freezer? I was wanting to try freezer meals and was wondering how long they typically last in the freezer.
Karrie says
This recipe should last 4-6 months! 🙂