đ« What Makes This Recipe So Good
I donât know what I love more â that Italian dressing chicken tastes so good or that itâs so easy to make. I mean, this is the epitome of a âno spoonsâ recipe. You know those days when you know you need to eat something nutritious but you just donât have the energy or the time to do anything super involved? Those days when youâre all out of proverbial âspoonsâ? Well, grab a package of chicken breasts and a bottle of Italian salad dressing. Your night just got so much easier. This is one of those recipes where you can keep the ingredients on hand at all times. Chicken and Italian dressing are both fairly budget-friendly, the chicken freezes well, and the dressing has a decent shelf life. An opened bottle of dressing can be refrigerated up to 8 months or so, and an unopened bottle can sit in the pantry up to 18 months! Keep an eye on those sales and coupons, and donât hesitate to buy a bottle or two to stash away! Itâs a simple recipe, and it goes really well with the simplest of sides. Sure, you can prep a creamy risotto or impressive fondant potatoes to serve with it. But you donât need to. Buttered pasta, a basic side salad, air fryer broccoli (cooked straight out of the freezer!), a microwaved sweet potato⊠Practically everything goes with Italian dressing chicken.
đ©đŒâđł Chefâs Tips
The longer the chicken marinates, the more Italian dressing flavor itâll soak up. Just be careful not marinate the chicken too long. Up to 24 hours is typically fine, though the USDA says even up to 48 hours is technically safe. If you leave the chicken in the marinade too long, the meat will start to break down. When it breaks down, it gets mushy and just really, really unpleasant. Do not recommend. Donât have much time for a marinade? You can cut it down to as little as 15 minutes, or, honestly, you can skip it altogether. That being said, I only recommend skipping it if you really have to! If you donât marinate the chicken for at least a little while, it wonât take on as much of the dressing flavor. Youâll definitely still taste it, though â youâre still using the dressing, after all! The marinade also tenderizes the chicken, so the unmarinated chicken wonât be quite as tender as it would otherwise. Still plenty tasty, though!
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