Menu Plan – Hoisin Chicken and Asian Cucumber Salad

Menu:

IMG_1483 Hoisin BBQ Chicken Breast

Shopping List:

  • 1 chicken breast per 2 people
  • 1-2 cucumbers

Pantry:

  • Hoisin Sauce
  • Honey
  • Rice Vinegar
  • Corstarch
  • Salt
  • Garlic Powder
  • Ground Ginger
  • Black Pepper
  • Five Spice
  • Sugar
  • Soy Sauce
  • Sesame Oil
  • Rice

IMG_1486 Hoisin BBQ Chicken Spice Mixture

Prep Day:

  1. Pound the chicken thin, cover and store (Hoisin Chicken)
  2. Spray small container with cooking spray – i use trader joe’s coconut oil spray. (Hoisin Chicken)
    • 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
    • 2 tablespoons honey
    • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
  3. Combine cucumber marinade  ingredients in a medium bowl that has a cover
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 tbsp sugar
    • 1 tbsp soy sauce
    • ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
    • 1 tsp sesame oil
  4. Make spice mixture for chicken (Hoisin Chicken)
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1/8 teaspoon five-spice powder
  5.  Peel and slice cucumbers
    • Store with a paper towel to absorb any liquid

Night Before

  1. Combine marinade and cucumbers

Day of:

  1. Make rice
  2. Add mixture of
    • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
    • 2 teaspoons water 

      to the Hoisin Chicken Sauce

  3. Heat sauce for the chicken
  4. Turn on the broiler
  5. Sprinkle spice mixture on chicken
  6. Prep pan – foil, cookie sheet, cooking spray
  7. Cook chicken per recipe
  8. Eat!

Options:

  1. Add an extra breast if you want left overs or cooking for more than 2
  2. Add a quick cooking soup – corn and bacon for example for a 3 course meal.