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    Chicken and Summer Squash Skillet

    October 9, 2012 by Alea 4 Comments

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    chicken with summer squash skillet

    The inspiration for this recipe is extreme fatigue. My family was craving a home-cooked meal and I really wanted to make them one. I went so far as to plan on making garlic chicken and sauteed squash. But as I started cutting up squash in preparation for dinner, I began to wonder if I could get away with combining the ingredients from the two recipes and quickly cooking the chicken with the squash on the stove top.

    Summer Squash and Chicken Recipe

    The result? A home-cooked dinner on the table in 20 minutes. Not as pretty as roast chicken with squash on the side, but just as flavorful and twice as easy. This is going to be added to my “real food, real fast” list of recipes for busy nights or nights when I am tired, but still want to serve a home-cooked meal.

    I made this with free-range chicken thighs that I found on sale for $2.99 a pound. I was able to keep this dish under $5.00 by using veggies from my garden and serving rice cooked from scratch on a “batch cooking day“. I just had to reheat the rice in the microwave, further reducing my work.

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    Chicken and Summer Squash Skillet

    A delicious weeknight skillet dinner!
    Prep Time5 minutes
    Cook Time20 minutes
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 1 lb chicken, cut into strips
    • 1 Tbsp olive oil
    • 1 small onion, cut into thin strips
    • 4 cloves garlic, minced
    • 4 cups summer squash, diced
    • 1 Tbsp parsley
    • 1 tsp seasoned salt
    • pepper to taste

    Instructions

    • Add oil, chicken, onion, and garlic to a large skillet. Cook over a medium-high flame until chicken in cooked through, approximately 10 minutes.
    • Add squash, parsley, seasoned salt, and pepper to the chicken. Continue to cook over a medium-high flame until the squash is fork tender, approximately 7 minutes.
    • I served this with brown rice.

    Chicken with Summer Squash Recipe

    Article by Alea

    Alea Milham shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home at Premeditated Leftovers. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less. Alea can be found on Twitter and Facebook.
    Alea has written 52 great articles for us.
    View all posts by Alea

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    Comments

    1. Jordan Little says

      October 9, 2012 at 9:45 pm

      This looks delicious! I love squash of all kinds so this would be perfect. Thanks for posting this!

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    2. donna says

      September 18, 2014 at 12:17 pm

      I make something like this but add a bit of chicken broth to it then throw in cut up wheat spaghetti. Nice healthy dish that tastes great.

      Reply
      • Bonnie says

        July 10, 2016 at 4:18 pm

        Great Suggestion! Do you cook up the noodles first or cook them together?

        Reply
    3. Corinne says

      June 27, 2016 at 5:56 pm

      Also good with ground pork if you don’t have chicken.

      Reply

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