Tesco BBQ chicken with jasmine rice ready meal

Ready meals have such a bad reputation, but at times when you really can't be bothered to cook, but want a nice hot meal, they're a life saver! Tesco have recently revamped their ready meal range, so I grabbed a couple, one of which was this BBQ chicken with jasmine rice.

I blitzed this is the microwave and it smelt delicious, some how the packet split during the cooking process, which meant some of the sauce escaped, but still plenty of it to accompany my rice!

As you can see, the dish had plenty of chicken, which was still juicy and tender, in spite of the 5 minute microwave. I find some ready meals scrimp on the meat, but that certainly wasn't a problem here, and it was a good quality meat too. The bbq sauce was really tasty, smoky and sweet and there was enough to cover all of the rice, so there was bbq flavour in every mouthful.

The rice was plentiful and had a good amount of stickiness, it hadn't dried out during cooking and tasted fresh.

Overall this is a great new addition to the Tesco ready meal range, plenty of flavour and a healthier alternative to a Chinese take away. The meal costs £2.75 or you can get 3 for £6.50, so is pretty good value for money. Don't expect restaurant quality, but for an easy tea this definitely hit the spot.