New ways with chicken

Chicken with orzo and beans

1cup uncooked orzo
1pound chicken cubes
Olive oil
Garlic
2 - 14 oz  cans  diced tomatoes
1 can white beans, rinsed and drained
1.5 tsp Italian seasoning
Salt
1 package frozen broccoli chopped, or 1 broccoli bunch, cut up.

Cook orzo according to package directions.
Sauté garlic in olive oil. Add tomatoes, beans, seasonings and broccoli.
Simmer slightly.  Add cooked chicken and drained orzo.  Heat through.  Stir gently.
Note.  If orzo is not available you could use broken spaghetti.  Orzo is cooked easily on a pasta cooker.  My daughter got  one from Big Lots for 5 bucks.

Buffalo  chicken pizza

Make  pizza dough , flatten in pan and pre cook crust or use pre made crusts.
Place 2 cups cubed, cooked chicken in bowl.  Add 2T melted butter and Tabasco sauce to taste.
Toss.
Spread blue cheese or ranch dressing over crust.  Top with chicken mixture.  Sprinkle with cheddar and/ or mozzarella cheeses.  Bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes.  Let rest to cool the cheese about 5 minutes.  

Cost:
Crust 1.20----or .30 if you make it yourself.
Chicken .50.  -1/2 lb at 1.00 a pound
Blue cheese dressing  1/4 of a bottle .25
Cheese 1 cup equals 4 ounces at 2.18 is .55

Total 2.40.
Add a salad and you are still well under a five buck meal.
Note when I cost out a recipe, anything that is under a couple of tablespoons is not counted.  I'm talking figuring our how much a teaspoon of butter costs.  I do count the staples in my total food bills.


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