Everyone has busy days. Sometimes you can see them coming and plan for them, and other times they just surprise you! But even if a day is really busy, your family has to eat! While ordering take-out or going out to dinner is an option, it’s usually not the most frugal choice. Instead, wouldn’t it be better if you had something inexpensive and healthy already waiting to be made into dinner? That’s what dump recipes are for! Make and freeze this Sweet Orange Ginger Chicken Dump Dinner and you’ll be ready for any busy days that come up!
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Dump recipes are such time savers! You can mix up a freezer dump meal really quickly, and when it comes time to cook it up all you have to do is dump the bag out into a baking dish or Crock-Pot! These can even be made without defrosting, for those really busy days! This particular recipe is from my very popular Dump & Go Dinners post! Take a look at the post for other possible flavors for chicken dump dinners!
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts or 8 – 10 boneless chicken thighs (you can cut the chicken into cubes or strips before before freezing, or you can leave it whole)
1/4 cup orange marmalade
1 Tbsp. honey-mustard
3/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp. dried thyme
1/8 tsp red pepper (optional)
salt (optional)
pepper (optional)
To Freeze:
1. Dump the chicken and all other ingredients into a gallon size freezer bag.
2. Squeeze out as much air from the bag as you can. Then label the bag and lay it flat in your freezer. Once your chicken dump dinner is frozen, it can be placed upright to save freezer space.
To Cook:
1. Defrost your frozen chicken dump dinner bag in your refrigerator overnight (I have also cooked these frozen and they were fine for us – I just increased my cooking time).
2. Take your bag and dump the contents into a greased baking dish. Cook at 350 in a preheated oven until done. This is usually at around 25-35 min for defrosted chicken breasts. If cooking in a Crock-Pot, dump the contents in the Crock-Pot and cook on LOW for 6 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours or until the chicken is no longer pink.
Enjoy your sweet orange ginger chicken dump dinner! This pairs well with rice!
Have you ever made a dump dinner?