J-E-L-L-O

So I mentioned in my last post that I have two nephews, and I must say that I truly love the little buggers with all my heart. (Well except for the day that the little wild animals were running around the Old Navy making me the woman that you look at and think, "wow she really has no control over her kids!" And to top it all off the five year old interrupted my scolding, i.e. yelling, to tell me that he "didn't really like the way I was talking to him." Seriously who the heck did the kid think he was talking to?) Anyway, I do not get to spend enough time with my two "angels" and look forward to visiting them, and the fabulous mall near their house. Usually I try to bring a new recipe to make for them and last night I tried something that I think will be a home run, Jello Chicken.

Okay I know that you are sitting there going, "gross!!!", and I was also sceptical when I first read it, but with a little tweaking I made it into something that I, and hopefully my little "angels", enjoyed.

First of all you need to make a marinade out of one cup each of soy sauce and orange juice, enough to cover four pieces of chicken. I used leg quarters but you can use breasts if that's the way you roll. Marinate this for at least thirty minutes and then place the chicken, skin side down in a baking dish with about half of the marinade, season with a little salt and pepper. Next comes the weird part, sprinkle half a package of orange jello over the pieces liberally. Bake at 350 degrees for about a half hour then flip the chicken, season again with salt and pepper and then sprinkle more jello over the skin side. Bake this for about another half hour and serve.

The jello gave the chicken a kinda of gooey sweet coating that I really liked and think would go over very well with a five and two year old. It was however a fairly bright orange color which made me happy that I decided against the lime jello that was my first choice. Of course a kid might think that it is fun to eat green chicken so maybe I will try that for them. And come to think of it pineapple jello would also be really good in combination with a pineapple marinade.

I actually can't wait to see those guys again and try out this recipe on them. They are quite the picky eaters, but seriously who doesn't like jello?


Jello Chicken
4 pc. Chicken
1 cup Soy sauce
1 cup Orange juice
1 pkg Orange jello
Salt & pepper

Preheat oven to 350. Combine juice and soy sauce, marinate chicken at least 30 min. Place in baking dish, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with half the package of jello. Bake for a half hour before flipping and repeating. Bake another half hour or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.