Spiced Chicken Breasts
Low Fat Recipe - Fight the Fat!
By Fitness and Freebies
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts spiced up with green chili, ginger root, coriander, turmeric, cumin, black pepper, nutmeg and cloves.
Recipe Ingredients
Spiced Paste:
1 large garlic clove
1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 small fresh red or green chili such as serrano or cayenne
1/3 cup low fat plain yogurt
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger root
1-1/2 teaspoons ground coriander seeds
3/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Rest of ingredients:
4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (approximately 1-1/4 pounds total)
1 small red onion
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Yogurt Sauce:
1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Pinch cayenne
Recipe Directions
To Make Spice Paste:
Mince garlic with salt and mash to a paste. Mince chili (including seeds for a spicier paste). Stir together with garlic paste and remaining spice paste ingredients in a bowl.
Cut onion in half through root end and reserve one-half for sauce. Slice remaining onion half in thin slices, separating layers. While broiling chicken, soak onion slices in ice water in small bowl. Arrange chicken leaving plenty of room between each piece on broiler pan. Coat chicken with 1-teaspoon vegetable oil and broil about 3-inches from heat eight minutes.
Turn chicken over and brush with remaining teaspoon vegetable oil. Broil chicken about six minutes or until lightly browned and no longer pink in the center. Prepare sauce while chicken is broiling: Mince enough reserved onion to measure 1-tablespoon and stir all sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. Drain soaked onion and pat dry between paper towels. Top chicken with onion slices and serve with yogurt sauce.
Nutrition information per serving, including yogurt sauce:
Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories: 222
Fat: 5g
See also:
Honey Dijon Chicken
Five Star Feta-Stuffed Chicken
Oven Barbecued Chicken
Barbecued-Chicken Potpie
Spicy Chicken Chili
