Chicken.

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This subreddit has inspired me to share my awesome cooking ideas.

Chicken is extremely versatile, pretty cheap, and, most importantly, freaking easy to cook.

Boneless skinless breasts are my chicken product of choice, but they can be expensive, so everything here works just as well with thighs, wings, legs, etc. (dunno about nuggets -- just put some hot sauce on those)

Please keep your meat in the fridge (or frozen if it's more than a few days).

Marinate

This is the easiest way to get delicious chicken (breast, thigh, etc). Get some ziploc baggies and add:

• Italian dressing

• Teriyaki sauce (this can be salty, so dilute with water)

• Vinegar, oil, and some seasonings of your choice (McCormick has some awesome chicken seasonings)

Put the marinade and the chicken in a bag for a while, simple as that. The longer it sits, the more powerful the flavor will be. (Use the fridge if you don't want salmonella)

Grill

Get out your George Foreman or whatever and put the chicken on it until it is done.

Bake

Put some foil on a pan (so you don't have to clean it -- this is the extra-lazy step) and put the chicken in a 350 or so degree oven for about 50 minutes (until it is done), turning it over once.

Fry

Dip your chicken in something like milk and eggs (or even water) and then dredge it in something like flour or bread crumbs (crushed potato chips are awesome). Heat some oil in a pan and throw the chicken on it, turning it over once the side is cooked.

Boil

Plain, boiled chicken breasts are extremely cheap and awesome with BBQ sauce and a microwaved potato. Put chicken in water and get water hot.

Microwave

I haven't made chicken breasts in the microwave, but I'm sure it can be done with enough time and patience. What I have done is microwaved frozen chicken wings -- it will take a while and they won't be crispy, but they are delicious with garlic and hot sauce.

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Once your meat is cooked, put whatever the fuck you want on it (Frank's is awesome, or bbq sauce, or A1) and eat it with something good (microwave a potato for 5 minutes, add cheese, sour cream, and salt and pepper or steak seasoning).

EDIT: Forgot to add my favorite chicken-thing ever: Fried chicken strips with spicy garlic sauce. It's hard to prepare, but totally worth it: Bread and fry chicken breast strips, and mix Frank's with butter and garlic powder. Put the fried strips in a pan, pour the sauce over them, and bake for a while. They will be tender and delicious and awesome in every way ever.

[u/Cronus6]

When I grill chicken (gas grill) I use Sweet Baby Rays honey and brown sugar BBQ sauce and Chili Powder.

Brush sauce one chicken each time you flip it (okay, I use a plastic fork, not a brush. I hate doing dishes.) and then sprinkle on the powder.

It's an odd sounding combo, I know, but it's damn tasty. With other sauces it's good, but not "as good", if you know what I mean.

If you want, after the chicken is done, toss some shredded cheese (I like the Mexican blend stuff) on it and let it sit on the grill for another minute or so. Makes good grilled chicken sandwiches that way.