2008 Menu: Chicken With Salsa
Review By Todd Farino
The Chicken with Salsa is one of the best MREs I've ever had when prepared special. Alone the Chicken with Salsa entree is alright. It does have a light salsa flavor that can easily be made hotter with Tabasco sauce. One thing I've learned over the years of eating MREs is mixing certain items, spices, and flavors make the MREs extremely tasty. In the case of Chicken with Salsa, I had a can of whole kernel corn. I ate it while camping and I have a gas stove, so I poured the contents of the entree into a small camping pan, and poured the corn (removing the water from the can first). I heated them up for 10 minutes or so, while mixing in salt and Tabasco sauce. It was absolutely outstanding. I encourage everyone to experiment with the MREs. Add flavors, vegetables, or flavors. It made an alright meal outstanding and that is worth packing a can of corn.
What was even better is adding the fried rice. I removed half of the meal onto a plate and then added most, but not all of the rice to the Chicken with Salsa and corn. Again, the meal was outstanding. It was a great mix of flavors that was both filling and tasty.
The rest of the MRE was wonderful as well. You got cracker sand Jalapeno cheese spread, which my wife loved and always does love. It had for a snack, shortbread cookies and they were somewhat moist, but could have used a bit more sweetness. The dessert was M&Ms and I loved those.
This was truly an excellent MRE.
OVERALL RATING:
The Chicken with Salsa is one of the best MREs I've ever had when prepared special. Alone the Chicken with Salsa entree is alright. It does have a light salsa flavor that can easily be made hotter with Tabasco sauce. One thing I've learned over the years of eating MREs is mixing certain items, spices, and flavors make the MREs extremely tasty. In the case of Chicken with Salsa, I had a can of whole kernel corn. I ate it while camping and I have a gas stove, so I poured the contents of the entree into a small camping pan, and poured the corn (removing the water from the can first). I heated them up for 10 minutes or so, while mixing in salt and Tabasco sauce. It was absolutely outstanding. I encourage everyone to experiment with the MREs. Add flavors, vegetables, or flavors. It made an alright meal outstanding and that is worth packing a can of corn.
What was even better is adding the fried rice. I removed half of the meal onto a plate and then added most, but not all of the rice to the Chicken with Salsa and corn. Again, the meal was outstanding. It was a great mix of flavors that was both filling and tasty.
The rest of the MRE was wonderful as well. You got cracker sand Jalapeno cheese spread, which my wife loved and always does love. It had for a snack, shortbread cookies and they were somewhat moist, but could have used a bit more sweetness. The dessert was M&Ms and I loved those.
This was truly an excellent MRE.
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