Since I had a pretty busy weekend and didn't get back into the city until 9:00 last night, I didn't have time to cook. And, since my sister and I both had work today, we knew that neither of us would be able to make dinner today either. Lucky for us, there was a package of Pulled Chicken Breast in our fridge that I bought at Trader Joe's a few weeks ago and a bag of Sweet Potato Tots in my freezer. I had been waiting to try the Pulled Chicken ever since I tried the Pulled Pork a few weeks ago, and was hoping that it would be just as good.
In the package, the Pulled Chicken is pretty much the same as the pork, since it is in the same sauce and takes the same amount of time to heat up. But, since it is chicken breast instead of pork, the nutritional content is much more appealing. Whereas the pork has about 20% DV of fat and 25% DV saturated fat, the chicken only has 1% and 0% respectively. And, if you follow weight watchers like my sister and I do, one portion is only 3 points instead of the whopping 6 points for the pork.
Since it was only 3 points and the buns that I use are 2, I decided to complete the meal with some of Trader Joe's Frozen Sweet Potato Tots. I have had them before, and they are a delicious alternative to the usual frozen fries. The tots take about 30 minutes in the oven and the chicken takes only 3 minutes to heat up, so it was a very easy dinner prep. I completed the meal with some steamed broccoli, like I always do, and overall it was a very delicious and balanced meal!
The chicken was great and had a lot of sauce on it, which made it even more tasty. It fits perfectly on the Martin's sliced potato rolls that I use, and it even falls off the edges because the portion is so big. The sauce tasted exactly the same to me as the pulled pork, as it had a bit of a kick to it but it wasn't overwhelming. And, the chicken actually tasted like real pulled chicken breast and not anything fake or processed, so I would definitely buy this product again. The sweet potato tots are also delicious and are the perfect thing to have in the freezer when you are in need of a side dish. They are sweet and get a nice crunch to them when you leave them in the oven for long enough. Mine always tend to get burnt a bit, as you can see in the picture, but in order for them to get crisp enough the heat has to stay pretty high. I like when things are well done though, so I don't mind.
Overall, this was a solid dinner and if you have a Trader Joe's near you, I recommend you buy either the Pulled Chicken or the Pulled Pork to keep in your fridge and the tots to keep in the freezer for when you are in a bind like I was today. Both the pulled chicken and pork stay good for about 2 months in the fridge, so you have plenty of time to eat it!
One of the worst products sold by Trader Joe's. The picture on the package has no resemblance to what they expect you to eat when you open it. The sauce is sickly sweet, with very little BBQ flavor. I like a lot of TJ's foods, but this one needs to go bye-bye. No wonder the search on traderjoe.com comes up "no result" when you enter "pulled chicken". I think they are ashamed of this product as well and will not cop to selling it.
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