Today, I am sharing two different ways to prepare chicken in a foil pack. I also did this with fresh cod, potatoes, onions, garlic, lemon and parsley on Friday night and it was easy & delicious too! These should take about 10 min to prep and 30 min to cook. If you are doing fish though I would turn the temp up and lessen the baking time. More like 15 min at 450 degrees.
*This first one has mostly ingredients from Trader Joe’s and the second from Aldi*
I used some of their frozen pearl onions, frozen tri-colored fire roasted onion & peppers and chicken but you can use whatever brands you have of course. I also used their red lentil pasta which I just adore. I am thinking Max (my 8-year-old son) would really like this meal even if he picked around the peppers and onions he would like the pasta and chicken.
For this recipe follow these few simple steps (makes 2 servings):
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
Place a handful of pearl onions, frozen peppers on the bottom of a foil sheet
Place one piece chicken breast on top of the veggies (you can, of course, use fresh)
Sprinkle chicken with garlic powder, paprika and chili powder to your liking. Add a tbsp of olive oil and spread with your hand over the chicken
Wrap the foil packet up tightly and place in oven for 30 to 40 minutes depending on the thickness of your chicken
Cook pasta or rice to serve with it when finished. Sprinkle some shredded cheese or fresh herbs as well
For this one, I used some traditional Mediterranean ingredients
Most of these ingredients came from Aldi
To make this foil pack chicken (2 servings) follow these few easy steps:
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
Make a dressing with 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp pesto (jarred from Aldi) and the juice from 1/2 lemon
Take 1/2 cup each of cherry tomatoes sliced in half, kalamata olives (jarred from Aldi) and sliced red onion divided into two portions on the bottom of each of the foil sheets. Also, add some minced garlic to your liking
Salt & pepper the chicken then place it on top of the tomato, onion & olive mix
Pour half of the dressing over each piece of chicken & add a slice of lemon. Then wrap them up
Bake in oven for 30 to 40 minutes depending on their thickness
While that is baking make potatoes, rice, pasta or something to serve it over.
Put it over your carb and add fresh mozzarella (got from Aldi) or feta with some fresh chopped parsley
I hope you enjoy these foil pack chicken ideas and will give them a try with your own spin or use my versions for dinner soon! I really think the possibilities are endless here. It doesn’t matter where you get your ingredients. I just wanted to share that there are some amazing options at both Aldi and Trader Joe’s that I found and keep going back to, using them in different dishes and different ways.
xo, Adrienne
