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Healthy Chicken Recipes Aren't Boring Chicken Recipes

It is extremely easy in modern times to browse the Internet or refer to a cookbook and find healthy chicken recipes galore - but how many of them will actually be healthy as well as tasty? They may contain rich, over-powering sauces which are laden with sugar or salt, or call for the chicken to be cooked in saturated fat.

You will find no such chicken recipes on this site. This site will be updated on a fairly regular basis with more new healthy chicken recipes, so I very much hope you will take the opportunity to visit again very soon and sample some of the latest offerings. Let me show you how to prepare chicken in a simple, healthy and delicious fashion!

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Healthy Chicken Recipes - List of Content

A quick guide to what you will find on this site

You can either click on any of the links immediately below to go straight to the relevant part of the site, or take the recommended option and view all of the articles and chicken recipes in chronological order, to avoid the chance of missing the one most appealing to you! Either way, I hope you find what you are looking for and will take the opportunity to try out some of these healthy chicken recipes yourself.

Cooking Chicken
A Brief But Important Word of Warning - British Recipes v American Recipes
Healthy Tarragon Chicken and Mushroom Recipe
How to Get the Most Out of a Chicken
Chicken Tikka Masala
Healthy Avocado Rolled Chicken with Spinach Recipe
Healthy Chicken and Bacon Parcels with New Potatoes Recipe
Chicken and Bacon is a Popular Combination
Healthy Fried Chicken and Apple Recipe
Healthy Chicken and Mushroom Pie Recipe
A Variety of Healthy Chicken and Mushroom Recipe Links
Chicken and your Health
Healthy Pan Fried Chilli Chicken on Coriander Rice Recipe
Healthy Baked Chicken Breast on Potato Rosti Recipe
Chicken Cooking Videos
Healthy Chicken Recipes of the World!
Healthy Chicken Stock Recipe
Healthy Poached Chicken on Sweet Potato Mash Recipe
Healthy Chicken Broth Recipe
More Great Chicken Soup Recipes
Healthy Chicken Biryani Recipe
Healthy Chicken Stewed in White Wine Recipe
Healthy Chicken and Tomato Pizza Omelette Recipe
Chicken Omelettes

Cooking Chicken

The Golden Rule

It is vitally important that we always remember, when preparing any type of chicken recipe, that we make sure the meat is fully and properly cooked. Chicken is not like beef, game or certain types of fish - it must never be under done.

The easiest way to tell whether chicken is properly cooked or not is to stick a skewer - or even a fork - into the thickest part of the flesh and check that the resulting juices run clear. If there is any sign of red or pink at all, more cooking time is absolutely required.

Please always bear this in mind - under cooked chicken can be seriously hazardous to your health!

A Brief But Important Word of Warning - British Recipes v American Recipes

Are you aware of the likely differencies you will encounter?

Although English is our common language on both sides of the Atlantic, there are many differencies in the words we use and the definition of those same words. Food and drink is one of the biggest areas where discrepancies are found and it is always advisable to be aware of them before following recipes, particularly off the Internet.

Healthy Tarragon Chicken and Mushroom Recipe

A healthy chicken recipe with a very distinctive flavour

This is intended as a lunch recipe but that by no means precludes it from being served in a more substantial form as an evening meal. Try perhaps omitting the salad and serving the chicken along with, for example, some boiled broccoli and buttered new potatoes. Remember, experimentation is very often what creates the best recipes of all!

Per person for this dish, you will require:

1 skinned, free range chicken breast fillet
1 onion (peeled and sliced)
1 garlic clove (very finely chopped)
2 large closed-cup mushrooms (thickly sliced)
Olive oil
Generous pinch of dried tarragon
Salt/freshly ground black pepper

Put your oven on to preheat to 200 degrees centigrade or equivalent. Arrange the onion and mushroom slices intermittently in a circle on the bottom of a round casserole dish. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle about one third of the chopped garlic and some tarragon over the top. Place the chicken breasts on top, then the remaining garlic and a further sprinkling of tarragon. Season with salt and black pepper and drizzle with a little more olive oil. Put the lid on the dish and cook in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes, depending upon the size of the fillet. Take the dish from the oven and with a metal skewer, check the chicken juices are running clear and that the meat is properly cooked. Serve on a bed of fresh rocket leaves.

How to Get the Most Out of a Chicken

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Chicken Tikka Masala

The simple guide to making it at home

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Healthy Avocado Rolled Chicken with Spinach Recipe

Something just a little bit different

Although this may initially look and sound like a dish of some complexity, please believe me that it is anything but. It is actually very simple and quick to prepare. Just remember to take the extra couple of minutes and care required to roll the chicken properly.

Per person, you will require:

1 skinned chicken breast fillet
1 small avocado (stoned and peeled - see end of recipe for simple instructions)
1 clove of garlic (crushed)
1 small red chilli pepper (deseeded and very finely chopped)
Handful of fresh spinach
4 or 5 walnuts (roughly chopped or crushed)
Salt/freshly ground black pepper
Olive oil

Put the oven on to preheat to 200 degrees centigrade or equivalent. Mash the avocado in a bowl with a fork and add the garlic and chilli pepper. Season and mix well. Lay the chicken fillet smooth side down on a chopping board and either with a meat tenderising mallet or a rolling pin, gently bash it to a thickness of about 1/4 inch (1/2cm.) Care is required here or the tender flesh will come apart - remember it is not a beef steak! Spread the avocado mix evenly over the flattened chicken and carefully roll it in to a tube. Lightly sprinkle some olive oil over the base of a casserole dish and place the chicken inside. Cook for 25 minutes.

Toss the spinach leaves with the crushed walnuts and lay on a serving plate. Remove the chicken from the oven, transfer it to a chopping board and after allowing it to rest for a few minutes, slice and arrange over the salad.

Avocados

The process of removing the stone from and peeling an avocado is very straightforward, provided we tackle it correctly. Rest the broad end of the avocado on a hard, flat surface and hold it steady with one hand. Take a large, sharp knife and cut down through the centre until you feel it hit the stone. Hold the knife steady turn the fruit slowly away from you, so that the knife traces a pattern around the entire circumference. The two halves should then be twisted gently in opposite directions and should come apart quite easily, the stone still embedded in one of them. Tap the sharp blade of the knife once, gently but firmly, on the stone. The knife should cut in to the stone and a gentle twist should remove it. The two halves can now be peeled quite easily by hand.

More Healthy Chicken and Avocado Recipes

It's a more common combination than you may think

Cumin Chicken and Avocado Salad: A pinch of chilli gives this a nice kick, perfect in the garden with a few Mexican beers.
Chicken Fajitas with Crunchy Lime Cabbage and Avocado: Find delicious chicken recipes, like chicken fajitas with crunchy lime cabbage and avocado, and other Tex-Mex recipes at Epicurious.com
Cayenne-rubbed Chicken With Avocado Salsa Recipe: Cayenne-rubbed chicken with avocado salsa recipe from GroupRecipes.com. Cool,buttery avocado makes a soothing salsa to contrast spicy chicken. Tas
Chicken Rice Soup With Avocado Recipe: Chicken Rice Soup With Avocado recipe from GroupRecipes.com. My version of Mexican chicken soup served at a local restaurant.
Chicken Avocado Salad Recipe: Chicken Avocado Salad recipe. Tasty meal chicken avocado saled. Under 400 calories per serve, chicken avacado salad, low calorie, low cholesterol meal.

A Mixed Bag of Healthy Chicken Recipes

Other peoples' thoughts and ideas

WeightWatchers Chicken Recipes - 5 points or less!: This site is for specifically - though by no means exclusively! - for those of you who may be watching your weight and conscious of how many points each meal contains.
Three Quick & Easy French Chicken Recipes: Three quick and easy chicken recipes from different regions of France ....They have been simplified and streamlined for the amateur home cook .... And they all taste great!
Easy and Tasty Chicken Recipes: Chicken is a versatile meat. It can be cooked in many ways: frying, roasting, grilling and baking. If you have little time to cook dinner, fried chicken will do the trick. Or a simple baked chicken dish. For family occasions, roasted or grilled chicken will be great.
Cashew Chicken: Chinese cooking styles are of course among the healthiest in the world. Here is a fantastic recipe for chicken with cashew nuts.
12 Fantastic Chicken Recipes for all the Family: Pies, to stir fry, to grilled - and lots more besides!
Honey and Orange Roast Chicken: There is of course an inherent danger when roasting chicken that the flesh - particularly the breast - will be extremely dry following cooking. This is generally tackled by using some form of animal fat, such...
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Healthy Chicken and Bacon Parcels with New Potatoes Recipe

Two classic foodstuffs delightfully combined

Chicken and Bacon Parcel with New Potatoes

This is a delicious recipe which involves very little hands on preparation. It is therefore ideally suited to one of those days where one's tasks are many and time is short!

Per person, for this recipe, you will require:

1 chicken breast fillet
2 large rashers of unsmoked bacon
1 small tomato (sliced)
2 tsp coriander, cilantro in US (roughly chopped)
1 clove of garlic (finely chopped)
Freshly ground black pepper
Olive oil
4 or 5 small new potatoes (unpeeled)
Small knob of butter
Pinch of dried dillweed

Place a couple of slices of tomato on the underside of the chicken breast, cover with coriander and garlic and wrap the bacon around it. Place the parcel in the dish and cover with any remaining coriander. Add some pepper and olive oil. Put the lid on the dish and cook in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 20/25 minutes. Check that the chicken is cooked all the way through by inserting a metal skewer or fork and ensuring the juices run clear.

NB: no additional salt is required in this dish as the bacon provides all that is necessary.

Boil the new potatoes in salted water for about 25 minutes, drain well then add the knob of butter and the dill and swirl them gently around the pot to ensure they are fully coated.

Chicken and Bacon is a Popular Combination

Here are some more ideas for recipes incorporating both of them

Chicken and bacon Roulades: Find delicious pork recipes, like chicken bacon roulades, and other recipes at Epicurious.com
Grilled Chicken and Watercress Salad with Canadian Bacon Recipe - James Boyce | Food & Wine: The Good News This dish offers a fitness-minded mix of lean chicken and calcium-packed watercress. Canadian bacon, with just a fraction of the calories and fat of bacon, gives the salad a slightly sweet and salty flavor.
Three Ingredient Bacon Chicken Recipe - George Foreman Grilled Chicken Entree Recipes: Easy three ingredient recipe that cooks to perfection on a George Foreman or dual sided indoor contact grill.
Chicken And Bacon Pie: A delicious recipe from cooks.com

A Healthier Eating Plan You Will Stick To

Healthy Fried Chicken and Apple Recipe

Quick, simple and delicious

This is a recipe which I would suggest be made for lunch. It is incredibly simple and quick, if perhaps you don't have a lot of time, but does not sacrifice taste in this respect. It is also made all in one pan, which saves further time in relation to washing up!

For one person, you will need:

1 organic chicken breast fillet
1 large red, sweet apple (halved, de-cored and chopped)
1 medium white onion (quartered and segmented)
1 garlic clove (finely chopped)
Half tsp of chopped fresh sage leaves (or generous pinch of dried sage)
Salt and pepper to season
Tbsp sunflower oil

Put the sunflower oil in to a large frying pan and bring up to a medium heat. Add the chicken and fry for ten minutes on one side. Turn the chicken and fry for a further five minutes before adding the remaining ingredients for the last five minutes.

Ensure the chicken is fully cooked by inserting a skewer or fork to check the juices run clear and serve.

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Healthy Chicken and Mushroom Pie Recipe

Served here simply with mashed potatoes

Chicken is perhaps not included as an ingredient in pies as often as beef, pork or even fish but this is a recipe which I hope you will agree inspires us to change that fact.

For this recipe, which should serve two, you will need:

¾lb (350g) chicken breast, diced
1 small onion, halved then sliced
7 or 8 small button mushrooms, halved
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
¼ pint (150ml) fresh chicken stock
Pinch of dried thyme
5oz (150g) puff pastry
1 tbsp sunflower oil
Knob of unsalted butter
Beaten egg for glazing

Put your oven on to heat to 200 degrees celsius or equivalent. Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan and add the chicken pieces to seal. As soon as the chicken pieces have turned completely opaque, add the onion, mushrooms, garlic and thyme for thirty seconds to heat through. Add the mixture to an 8" (20cm) long, rectangular pie dish and pour over the heated chicken stock. Grease the edges of the dish with the butter and cover with the rolled pastry, glazing with the eggwash. Cut a small cross in the centre of the pie to allow steam to escape during cooking.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until pastry has risen and turned a deep shade of golden brown.

A Variety of Healthy Chicken and Mushroom Recipe Links

Two healthy ingredients deliciously combined

Chicken Mushroom Cashew Nut Sauce: Free Gourmet Recipes, Cooking Tips and Weight Loss Diet
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Fig, Chicken and Mushroom Salad: The photo accompanying this recipe alone will have you licking your lips and rushing out to buy the ingredients...
Teriyaki Chicken with Mushroom Gravy: This Teriyaki Chicken recipe with mushroom gravy goes well with mashed potatoes.
Chicken and Mushroom Soup: Chicken and Mushroom Soup Recipe

Chicken and your Health

Just how healthy is it to eat chicken?

We have all read or heard about how low in fat chicken is and the arguments about free range and organic in favour of other options - but just how healthy is it and what do "organic" and "free range" actually mean?

Hopefully these links will help to answer those questions...

World Poultry: Why are more people now paying extra for organic and/or free range chicken?
Hugh's Chicken Run: One man's campaign to rid us of intensive chicken farming methods and convert us all to free range.
IATP | Food and Health: Scroll a little way down the page linked to here for some disturbing facts about the arsenic levels in low quality chicken products.
Is Fast Food Chicken A Healthy Choice?: Skinless white chicken is one of the best meat choices we have. It's high in protein and low in fat and that's why it comes so highly recommended. That's why the Fast Food industry has been quick to jump on the band wagon and present healthy choices by offering up chicken. But is fast food chicken really so nutritious...?

Healthy Pan Fried Chilli Chicken on Coriander Rice Recipe

A delicious yet healthy way to enjoy fried chicken

This is an extremely simple and healthy recipe which I devised when debating with myself what to have for lunch one day. It is often the case that I create recipes simply by considering some of my favourite ingredients and pondering as to how I can combine them together in what I hope will be a novel and interesting fashion. I hope you like what I came up with here.

Per person, you will require:

1 chicken breast fillet (skinned)
3oz (75g) of basmati rice
1 small tomato (quartered)
1 tbsp of plain flour
½ tsp of chilli powder (or more if you like it hot!)
1 clove of garlic (crushed)
2 tsp of roughly chopped coriander (cilantro, in the USA)
Olive oil
Salt

The rice you buy will have cooking instructions on the packet so decide when to put it on in relation to the chicken - which takes about twenty minutes - accordingly.

Combine the flour, chilli powder and a pinch of salt on a flat plate and pat the chicken in it to coat it well. Add a splash of olive oil to a non-stick frying pan and bring it up to a medium heat. Fry the chicken for about ten minutes each side, depending on the thickness of the fillet, but always remember that chicken must be cooked thoroughly before being eaten. To check whether it is fully cooked, stick a skewer or even a fork in to it and ensure the juices run clear.

When the rice is cooked, drain it well and combine it in a bowl with the garlic, coriander (cilantro) and a pinch of salt. Plate the rice, put the chicken on top and garnish with the tomato.

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Delicious recipes not necessarily incorporating chicken

Healthy Baked Chicken Breast on Potato Rosti Recipe

A simple yet delicious healthy chicken recipe suggestion

This recipe is especially straightforward and simple yet certainly does not compromise on taste!

Per person you will need:

1 lean chicken breast
½lb potatoes (peeled and coarsely grated)
½ small onion (peeled and coarsely grated)
½ small beaten egg
2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
Pinch of dried sage
Salt
Tbsp low fat soured cream
Tsp freshly chopped coriander (known as cilantro in US) plus a pinch extra to garnish

In a small dish, mix the soured cream, one of the garlic cloves and the coriander thoroughly together and refrigerate.

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees centigrade or equivalent. Wrap the chicken breast(s) loosely in aluminium foil and place on a baking tray - no seasoning, no oil, just the chicken. Bake for 25/30 minutes, ensuring the chicken is properly cooked and the juices run clear.

Put the grated potato and onion into the centre of a clean tea towel, bring up the four corners to fashion what looks like a piping-bag and, over the sink, squeeze out as much of the water as you can. Place it into a bowl and add the egg, remaining garlic, sage and salt and stir well. Put a little sunflower oil into a large frying pan and bring it up to a medium heat. Add the mixture and shape into a circle about 1/3" (1cm) thick. Cook for ten minutes each side.

Put the rosti onto a large plate and the chicken breast on top. Spoon on the soured cream and garnish with a little coriander leaf.

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