Low Fat Chicken Recipes Food Cooking International Guide
Low Fat Chicken Recipes Help You Make Delicious Meals
By Julia Taylor-Fernandez
Low fat chicken recipes are popular these days. You can even
order a low fat chicken meal at many restaurants. If the low fat
meal is not on the menu, ask the waiter to inform the chef that
you like the chicken to be low fat. All the chef has to do is
remove the skin and voila!, you will be served low fat chicken!
Taking up a low fat diet, does not mean you cannot eat chicken
anymore. As most of the fat is in the skin and if you remove the
skin, then you will have lean meat. You can now cook your favourite
chicken recipes with low fat chicken and do not feel guilty about
eating delicious chicken with your low fat meals.
Eating low fat foods, reducing your fat intake, with an effective
exercise program may help you reduce your weight.
Low Fat Skinless Chicken
If your doctor recommends that you reduce your fat intake due
to health concerns, or you decide it’s time to lose a few pounds,
we’ve got some low fat chicken recipes to help you along the way.
Chicken has some other virtues, too.
It’s still relatively inexpensive and the meat is lean. Most
of the fat content is in the skin. Removing the skin – and fat
– doesn’t mean it needs to go to waste. Let’s take a look at a
few ideas for low fat chicken recipes, without waste.
Save Costs By Removing The SKin Yourself
Chicken breast meat is the leanest cut of the chicken. If you
buy chicken breasts with the skin already removed, it may be more
costly than buying the whole chicken breast. It’s little work
to remove the skin, so compare prices when you buy.
By saving the skin in a freezer bag, adding to your stash each
time you buy chicken, you’ll soon have enough to make a flavorful
chicken stock. Allow the stock to cool and then put it in the
frig until it’s cold.
Removing The Fat
The fat will rise to the top, making it easy to lift it off with
a large metal spoon. You can discard it if you wish, or save it
to make gravies for other members of the family who don’t need
to restrict their fat intake – lucky them!
Chicken breasts are meaty and may be prepared in several ways,
offering a variety of low fat chicken recipes. Here are some delicious
ways to enjoy this low fat, high protein meat.
Chicken Breast Strips
1. Slice the breast diagonally into
strips about 1 ½ inches wide. Fry them over a medium high heat
in a tablespoon or so of olive oil, turning with a fork or spatula
frequently, until no pink remains. The chicken will cook in just
minutes. You can serve the strips on a bed of rice and dress the
dish with salsa, for a filling, tasty and nutritious meal.
2. Alternatively, you can cook the
strips in the same manner, letting them brown slightly. Set aside
to cool and then refrigerate until cold. This forms the basis
for a great Chef’s salad, combined with plenty of greens, tomato
wedges, a hard boiled egg, slices of cucumber or whatever other
veggies you prefer. Remember, in a Chef’s salad, the chef decides!
Serve with a low fat dressing of your choosing for a low fat chicken
recipe that tastes delicious.
3. Marinate whole chicken breasts
in a bottled or packaged marinade, or make your own favorite marinade.
Grill or broil. This low fat chicken recipe goes well with brown,
wild or white rice as well as pasta. This becomes an even tastier
dish if you skewer some mushrooms and pineapple chunks and grill
them with the chicken, to serve as a one-dish meal.
4. Cook your chicken breasts as described
above, without the marinade. Skewer chunks of onion – or pearl
onions – along with strips of red, orange and yellow sweet bell
peppers. Steam some fresh snow peas on the stove top. Put all
of these ingredients in a large bowl and stir in some teriyaki
sauce for a sensational flavor and another low fat chicken recipe
with a gourmet touch.
5. Slice each chicken breast lengthwise,
without completely cutting through the meat, to form a pocket.
Stuff with a mixture of fresh spinach, stems removed, sliced mushrooms,
shaved Parmesan cheese and orzo (cooked according to package directions).
Stuff each breast with a generous amount of this mixture. Wrap
each breast in individual foil packets and bake at 375 degrees,
for 30-45 minutes, depending on the size of the breasts.
Now that you have a number of recipes to eat low fat chicken,
there is no reason to miss out on chicken as part of your diet
plan. If your family enjoys chicken, but will like to keep out
the fat, then you can take advantage of these recipes to enjoy
healthy meals.
Replacing Ingredients With Low Fat Alternatives
If you have your own favourite chicken recipes, then you can
continue to use these recipes, all you need is to replace ingredients
with low fat alternatives like skinless chicken. By taking part
in a low fat diet, does not mean you need to learn your cooking
skills all over again. All you need, is to replace your regular
ingredients with low fat alternatives.
If you are not sure about the fat content of an ingredient, either
read the nutrition information on the label, or buy your food
from a health food store. Inform the staff you are on a low fat
diet and state the type of food your family enjoys and they will
be able to point out all the low fat alternative ingredients on
the shelves.
There is no reason, for you and your family to miss out on low
fat chicken recipes.
About the Author:
Julia Taylor-Fernandez has written a number of articles on food,
cooking and dieting including General
Nutrition, Meal
Plans, Salad
Dressings, Organic
Baby Food, Fruit
Flower Baskets, Fresh
Fruit, Low
Carb Cheese Cake, Nutritional
Information, Healthy
Appetizers, Low
Carb Dinners, Health
Food Store.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
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