Devon's Cooking.. Orange Baked Chicken and Turkey with Feta-Tomato Sauce

I'm watching an old epsiode of "The Soup" right now and Seth Green is on promoting "Robot Chicken." I have no idea what Robot Chicken is (nor do I care to see Tila Tequila singing about it), but this is the perfect intro to my blog this week. Why, you ask? Because on Friday night Dave and I went with Melissa and Derek to see Joel McHale, host of the amazing E! show, "The Soup," at Humphrey's by the Bay (he was hilarious, by the way. Well done, McHale.) And, more importantly, because it was poultry week at the Atchison house this week... no particular reason, but Dave was craving some bird. Even better, these are two of the easiest, quickest recipes around, which helped because I finally made an appearance at work this week after 5 weeks of being "absent."

ORANGE BAKED CHICKEN
Ingredients
2 Tbsp orange juice
2 Tbsp Grey Poupon (or other Dijon mustard)
1/2 tsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
3/4 cup crushed whole wheat crackers (to crush, just place the crackers in a plastic baggie and hit repeatedly with a rolling pin or crab mallet... good if you're frustrated about going back to work!)
1 Tbsp grated orange zest
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
4 three-ounce chicken breast pieces

Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine orange juice, mustard and soy sauce. On small plate, combine cracker crumbs, orange zest, onion powder, and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the orange juice mix, then roll the chicken in the cracker crumb mixture; place on wax paper-covered cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes, turn over and bake another 15-20 minutes, until chicken is cooked all the way through.


TURKEY WITH FETA-TOMATO SAUCE
Ingredients:
4 sun-dried tomato halves (either dried or packed in water, not oil-packed)
1/2 cup boiling water
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 scallion, minced
minced garlic (as much as you like)
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 package Jennie-O turkey cutlets

Directions: Spray broiler rack with Pam; preheat broiler. In a small bowl, combine tomatoes and boiling water for about 2 mintues (until tomatoes rehydrated). Drain and finely chop tomatoes; return tomatoes to bolw and stir in cheese, scallion, garlic, basil and oregano. Broil turkey 4 inches away from heat for 4 minutes. Turn turkey over (flip the bird?!?!) adn top with cheese mixture. Broil until turkey is cooked through and cheese starts to melt (about 4-5 more minutes).