South Beach Coconut Chicken Food

SOUTH BEACH COCONUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes per side, or until browned and no longer pink in the center. Remove the chicken to a plate and set aside.
• Heat the broth in the same skillet. Add the onion, garlic, cilantro, ginger, lemon peel, cumin, and turmeric and cook for 5 minutes, or until the onion is tender but not browned. Stir in the coconut milk, nuts, sugar substitute, and red pepper. Return the chicken to the skillet, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
• Remove the chicken to a plate and keep warm. Do not discard the sauce in the pan.
• In a small bowl, combine the tamarind paste and water. Stir into the sauce in the skillet and gently boil until thickened and the mixture measures about 1/2 cup.
• Evenly divide the chicken among 2 serving plates. Top with sauce and garnish with the scallion. Recipe from The South Beach Diet® Cookbook.

BROCCOLI CHICKEN DIJON (SOUTH BEACH DIET)

Steps:

• Mix chicken broth and soy sauce; set aside.
• Cook and stir broccoli and garlic in hot oil in large skillet on medium-high heat until crisp-tender.
• Remove from skillet; cover to keep warm.
• Add chicken to skillet; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until cooked through.
• Add broth mixture; mix well.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Stir in mustard until well blended.
• Return broccoli mixture to skillet; mix lightly.
• Cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.

SOUTH BEACH INDIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Salt and pepper the chicken breasts. Lightly brown the chicken for 5 minutes over medium-high heat with the oil then set aside on a plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add onion, garlic, curry powder, and the ginger. Cook for 2 minutes. Add the califlower, coconut milk and broth or water. Cover and simmer about 5 minutes until the vegetables are crisp-tender. Add the chicken back and cook until sauce is thickened and reduced (about 5 minutes.

SOUTH BEACH CHICKEN SKILLET

Steps:

• Brush the entire bottom of a large nonstick skillet with the olive oil using a pastry brush.
• Cook the garlic for about a minute over a medium heat then add the chicken, stirring as required to cook all the sides of the chunks.
• Sprinkle the paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper over the chicken and stir to evenly coat.
• Add the onion and cook for a minute or two before adding all the peppers.
• Cook stirring occasionally until the peppers are tender and the chicken is done.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and stir well to mix.

SOUTH BEACH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the ricotta with the oregano, salt, and pepper. Blend together.
• Pretreat a large baking dish with PAM or rub the bottom with some olive oil so it doesn't stick.
• Rub the chicken with the garlic powder. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 10 minutes per side. You'll be tempted to move the chicken around but don't for at least 7 minutes, then check to see that it's not burning. Turn it over and do the same on the other side. Place the chicken breasts, side by side, in a lorge baking dish and allow to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Spoon 1/4 cup of the cheese mixture and 1/4 cup tomatoes onto each chicken breast. You can be liberal. Top each chicken breast with 1 slice mozzarella. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a thermometer inserted in the chicken registers 170°F.