Sweet Asian Chicken: A Review

Since we made such a big deal about wanting to try the Fix, Freeze, Feast philosophy, I thought I would report in on my first week employing this time-saving strategy.

I will confess to having gone to BJs Wholesale Club with an incomplete list of ingredients. When I came home and tried to assemble some of the dishes, I realized I did not have some certain spices in my cabinet, or condiments in my fridge. I chose two recipes, one for chicken and one for pork, that were selected entirely because of the ingredients I had on hand.

Last week, I defrosted one bag of pork chops, only to realize I had to work late the night I planned to cook them. My husband decided instead to take the boys to McDonalds, so I saved the pork for the next night. Well, the next day was Friday and because it's Lent, I could not serve the chops. By Saturday I had cleaned more than my fair share of barf around the house and the pork chops no longer appealed to me. So, I tossed them. Meat wasted. I don't think this is what the authors had in mind when they put this book together.

After tossing the chops, I decided to take out the Sweet Asian Chicken for tonight's dinner. I followed the cooking directions for the chicken and also tossed in some additional minced garlic and broccoli. Threw in some boil-in-a bag rice, opened a can of mandarin oranges and viola, dinner! Of course, I also had to cook up some frozen chicken nuggets for the kids, but you knew that would happen.

Overall the dish was very flavorful and on the table in less than 30 minutes. My husband enjoyed it, but was looking for extra sauce. He did not, however, ask for bread. Score.

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