Stouffer’s Chicken Tenderloins

June 13, 2007 | Reviewer: Nicole

Stouffer's Chicken Tenderloins

Price: $2.00 (sale)
Serving: 1 entreé, 10 oz.
Calories: 430
Fat: 31%, 20g
Cholesterol: 23%, 70mg
Sodium: 51%, 1230mg
Protein: 26g
Carbohydrates: 12%, 37g
Fiber: 12%, 3g

Stouffer’s says: Juicy chicken breast tenderloins in barbeque sauce and cheddar potato bake with bacon

Nicole says: This looks so yummy, but how could it possibly be filling? You give me one medium (v. thick half dollar) and two medium-large (McD chicken nugget-sized) tenderloins in your fantastic barbeque sauce. And the cheesy potato bake looks AWESOME, but this tray could hold TWICE as much as you've offered.

The chicken is tender (as their moniker would suggest) and the barbeque sauce is a bit lumpy. It is on the cusp of gelatinous, but yummy with just the tiniest hint of zing. This stuff is definitely tasty enough that I lapped up a couple forkfuls after the chicken was gone because I was worried I'd will still be hungry after this meal. Eight bites of chicken is what you get when you order an appetizer and don't share. Eight bites of chicken is not an entreé.

The potato bake topping is actually crispy, and the potatoes are in a dense, creamy cheese sauce, with bacon backing up the taste. Heavenly, really. Crispy, cheesy, starchy, bacony heaven.

If you're a light eater who loves cheese and bacon, drop what you're doing and go get this meal right now. It's really delicious, both the chicken and potatoes.

But if you have a real appetite, you can wait until the next Stouffer sale. If I don't buy them all first, that is. Because this meal is delicious you will want to consume 1.5 boxes per sitting. Or have a nice dessert afterwards. So be prepared, ya hear?

Lucky me, I have some SmartFood cheddar popcorn hidden away for just this situation.

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4 Responses to “Stouffer’s Chicken Tenderloins”

Kristin on June 13th, 2007

I’m so impressed that this has been reviewed now. These entrees are amazing; I gave them up some time ago because I have to limit my unhealth-food intake but my roommate lives for them. They are also a little harder to come by than some other Stouffer’s standbys, but Safeway is pretty reliable about carrying them. I love mixing the potatoes, chicken, and sauce together on the fork - mmm…
Julie A on June 13th, 2007

I’ve been eying this Stouffers item for awhile myself. I’m so glad that HER exists so I have an actual virtual guinea pig testing these before I toss one in my shopping cart.

As far as the health concept goes, my trick is to eat one unhealthy one and then follow it up with a healthy one e.g. lean cuisine.

I’m not exactly sure if there’s any “real” scientific logic to this but it leaves me feeling guilt free which is what I’m looking for more than anything else.
ann on June 16th, 2007

http://dinnerclub.stouffers.com/index.tbapp?page=landing_page

Saw this on the package of a Stouffers frozen meal that I bought today at Acme. Bidding does not start until August 1, though, and the website does not give any indication of what is being auctioned for the “dinner club” points.

I don’t think that the lean cuisine stuff is included in this; just the regular orange packages.
Holly on June 29th, 2007

Incidentally, they sell the “cheesy potato bake” as a side dish all of it’s own… For a while I would get one of these meals, and an extra “side” of the potatoes. They are a bit pricey (in my opinion) to be as small as they are, but they are very good and occasionally I crave them like whoa. /end Joey Lawrence.