Healthy BBQ Chicken Mexican Street Corn in a Mug Recipe

Sep 5 2024
“Hungry Girl, are you just throwing a bunch of your favorite ingredients in a mug and calling it a meal?” Um, YEAH, that’s how we roll! This time, we added chopped BBQ chicken to an irresistible Mexican-street-corn-inspired base and heated it all up in a microwave-safe mug for a 10-minute lunch or dinner. Now THAT’s satisfying!

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Hungry Girl's Healthy BBQ Chicken Mexican Street Corn in a Mug Recipe

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Entire recipe: 345 calories, 8.5g total fat (4g sat. fat), 539mg sodium, 35g carbs, 2g fiber, 15g sugars, 31g protein

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Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes or less

Ingredients:

3/4 cup frozen sweet corn kernels, thawed

3/4 tsp. taco seasoning

2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro, divided

1 1/2 tbsp. whipped cream cheese

1 tbsp. crumbled feta cheese

3 oz. cooked and chopped skinless chicken breast

1 1/2 tbsp. BBQ sauce

Optional topping: jalapeño pepper slices 

Directions:

Spray a microwave-safe mug (or bowl) with nonstick spray. Add thawed corn, taco seasoning, 1 tbsp. cilantro, cream cheese, and feta. Cover and microwave for 45 seconds, or until hot. Mix until uniform.

In a medium bowl, toss chicken with BBQ sauce. Spoon over the corn mixture. Microwave for 45 seconds, or until hot.

Top with remaining 1 tbsp. cilantro.

MAKES 1 SERVING

HG FYI: Not all taco seasonings are gluten free, so read labels carefully if that’s a concern.

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Chew on this:

Happy National Cheese Pizza Day, September 5th! Make a lovely cheese pizza just for you on a squash crust base… or you can go ahead and share the other half if you feel like it.

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