I remember trying these Trader Joe's Curry Chicken Tenders
many, many moons ago and I just never went back and revisited them. I
think it was due to the fact I tried cooking them in a grill pan on the
stove and it just turned into a mess. So I gave it some time and this
time decided to bake them in the oven to make life easier and make the
chicken cook the way I wanted it to.
Now, I am a fan
of curry ... but for the most part I tend to eat Jamaican curry. Curry
spices vary region to region, and with that change the overall flavor
and spice category widely varies. For this particular dish I find this
to be more of a mild American flavored curry. Where it's got a little
bit of smokey flavor to it, but it's certainly not spicy on the tongue.
There's more of a turmeric and cumin flavor to it than the general spicy
heat that can come with other varieties of curry seasoning.
The
package states to grill up the tenders but I opted to bake mine in the
oven and I found they came out perfectly. I baked them at 350 degrees
for 20-25 minutes and removed them from the oven when done. I allowed
them to cool before packaging up into containers for meals during the
week.
Overall, they're not bad. The only thing I
wasn't a huge fan of was that on some of the tenders you could see
visible pieces of fat/cartilage. To some that wouldn't be bothersome,
but I'm a person who cleans their meat free of any trace of
fat/cartilage/etc.
A serving, 4 ounces, is 160 calories or 4 points plus values.
