Great food doesn’t need to cost the earth, nor be complicated.

This light meal is as cheap as chips, and so simple, you can throw it together with your eyes closed.

We usually make our marinades from scratch, but as we’re travelling Australia full-time cooking in a caravan, this isn’t always the case. Let’s be honest, sometimes we can’t be bothered.

We picked up this affordable and tasty marinade from Woolworths and it came up trumps! So long as you have some salad and rice on hand, all you need is some chicken and the marinade.

In fact, you don’t need the rice, we added it as our 3 and 5 year old aren’t too keen on salad just yet, so we needed to bolster the meal and give them some vegetables too.

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Sticky Texan BBQ Niblets with Salad & Veggie Rice

Ingredients (serves 4)

Please note: this meal contains nuts.

• 500g chicken niblets
• 400ml Whitlock & Sons Texas BBQ Style Marinade – from Woolworths
• Salad
  • 1/2 butter or fancy lettuce
  • 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 carrot, peeled into strips
  • Handful of danish feta, crumbled
  • Handful of walnuts, chopped
  • Splash of olive oil and balsamic vinegar
• 2 cups brown rice
• 1 cup frozen green beans

Method

• Chicken:
  • Place chicken into container and cover with 1/2 the marinade, place in fridge for minimum 30 minutes – the longer the better.
  • Add chicken to baking tray and cook in air fryer on 200 degrees for 15 minutes, rotate, then cook for another 15 minutes.
  • If using an oven, cook at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes, turning half way. Keep an eye on them, as cooking time varies depending upon size of niblets and ovens. You don’t want them to burn.
• Rice
  • Put rice on as per packet instructions.
  • Just before serving, cook beans in microwave as per instructions on bag, and mix in with cooked rice.
• Salad
  • Combine all salad ingredients in a bowl, drizzle with oil and vinegar, and toss.
• Place remaining marinade in small saucepan and heat on LOW. Spoon over chicken whilst in the pan before serving.
• Serve niblets with salad and cooked rice mix, drizzling extra heated marinade over rice if desired.