Here is an easy meal plan with a 2 ingredient barbecue chicken recipe, coleslaw and more! You can easily make this meal with just a few minutes’ work for less than $5 for your entire family!
Easy 2 Ingredient Barbecue Chicken Recipe And Meal Plan
Need a quick and delicious dinner that won’t break the bank? This easy meal plan is perfect for busy nights—featuring our 2-ingredient barbecue chicken recipe, creamy coleslaw, crispy fried potatoes, and a frozen fruit cocktail dessert that’s cool and creamy! You can get this entire meal on the table with just a few minutes of prep—for less than $5 total!
This family-friendly dinner is big on flavor, super simple to make, and uses ingredients you probably already have on hand. Whether you’re cooking for a crowd or just need something easy tonight, this budget meal plan is a keeper!
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Meal Plan:
2 Ingredient Barbecue Chicken
Cole Slaw
Fried Potatoes
Frozen Fruit Cocktail Dessert
Recipes:
Print2 Ingredient Barbecue Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
4 chicken quarters
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Plae chicken quarters into a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Pour barbecue sauce over chicken.
- Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. The internal temperature should be 165° or higher.
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Easy Coleslaw Recipe
- Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1/4 cup sugar
1 small head cabbage, shredded
3 carrots, shredded
Instructions
- Mix mayonnaise or salad dressing in a bowl with the sugar.
- Mix cabbage and carrots together.
- Add sauce to cabbage and carrots just before serving.
The dressing can be made in advance and stored in a separate container in the refrigerator. Serves 8.
Easy Fried Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
6 potatoes, peeled and sliced
2-3 Tbsp. bacon grease (You can use margarine but the flavor isn’t quite the same)
Instructions
- Melt bacon grease in a hot frying pan.
- Add the potatoes.
- Cook over medium high heat.
- When golden brown flip to the other side and cook until the other side is brown and the potatoes are tender.
- Salt and pepper, to taste.
Frozen Fruit Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1(16 oz.) can fruit cocktail
Instructions
- Whisk or beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Drain fruit.
- Mix fruit into cream cheese.
- Pour into a loaf pan (or anything freezer proof and about that size).
- Freeze.
- Let thaw slightly before you are ready to serve.
- Slice like you would bread. Sometimes a warm knife makes it easier.
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