Saturday, June 15, 2013

Asparagus stuffed chicken

Tonight for dinner we are going with chicken..yes, chicken again. We eat a lot of chicken and turkey here.  But I wanted something different. I did some thinking and decided to make breaded baked chicken stuffed with asparagus. I went about this in a way that would meet both my son's diet, and also mine. Part of my diet is being mostly gluten free. So I had to figure out how to bread the chicken without using flour/wheat, but also taste good. here is what I came up with:



Ingredients
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp parsley flakes
1/4 tsp pepper

Mix all of the above ingredients in a bowl
In another bowl you need about half cup of coconut milk. Coconut milk will help keep the chicken moist.

4 chicken breasts
8 asparagus stalks, trimmed of bottoms
2 tsp coconut oil

I cut the chicken almost in half lengthwise, making a "flap". I then dipped each piece of chicken into the coconut milk, then into the dry ingredients, coating everywhere including inside the flap. I sat each on a rack on top of a baking sheet. I then pulled open the flap and placed 2 pieces of asparagus into the middle of each piece of chicken. I then put about 1/2 tsp of coconut oil on top of the asparagus then folded the chicken back over itself. Bake in oven at 375 for 20-30 minutes or until chicken is done.

The chicken was a HUGE hit.. Kids and hubby all loved it. I made mashed cauliflower to accompany the chicken. Those were only so-so. I am going to have to research more on the cauliflower recipe for next time.

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