Tropical Glazed Chicken South Beach Food

TROPICAL GLAZED CHICKEN STRIPS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. , In a saucepan, combine the juice concentrate, butter, ginger and soy sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or a thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally. Brush avocado slices with lime juice. Arrange chicken, avocado and nuts over rice.

PINEAPPLE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Brown chicken: Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Brown chicken lightly on both sides, about 4 minutes total.
• Assemble glaze: Drain pineapple chunks, reserving 1/2 cup juice. Whisk reserved pineapple juice, honey, soy sauce, curry powder, and cayenne together.
• Simmer chicken in glaze: Add pineapple juice mixture and pineapple chunks to skillet and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until chicken is no longer pink in center and thickest part registers 160 degrees F on instant-read thermometer, 8 to 12 minutes.
• Rest chicken and simmer glaze: Transfer chicken to serving platter, cover with foil, and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Return glaze to simmer and cook, uncovered, until thickened slightly and glossy, about 8 minutes.
• Finish glaze: Add accumulated chicken juices to glaze. Whisk cornstarch and vinegar together until smooth, then whisk into glaze. Continue to simmer glaze until thick and syrupy, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour glaze over chicken, sprinkle with toasted almonds, and serve.
• Note: To toast the 1/4 cup almonds, put them in a dry skillet over medium heat. Shake the skillet occasionally to prevent scorching and toast until they are lightly browned and fragrant, 3 to 8 minutes.

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.

TROPICAL ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange chicken pieces on prepared baking dish.
• In a small bowl, mix together ginger, paprika, onion powder and garlic salt. Add the Worcestershire sauce and mix well. Divide this mixture and brush half over the chicken pieces. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn chicken pieces and baste with remaining half of Worcestershire sauce mixture; bake for an additional 15 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, combine ketchup, soy sauce, pineapple and brown sugar. Carefully spoon the pineapple mixture over baked chicken. Bake an additional 30 minutes. Serve hot.

TROPICAL GLAZED CHICKEN STRIPS

Steps:

• In a big skillet, brown chicken in oil. Transfer to a baking dish. Back in the skillet, combine juice concentrate, butter, ginger and soy sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes to thicken slightly.
• Spoon over chicken and bake for 25 minutes basting once or twice until chicken juices run clear.

TROPICAL GLAZED CHICKEN STRIPS

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown chicken in oil. Transfer chicken to a greased 11 x 7 x 2-inch baking dish. In a saucepan, combine the juice concentrate, butter, ginger, and soy sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 - 30 minutes, basting occasionally. Brush avocado slices with lime juice. Arrange chicken, avocado and nuts over rice.

SOUTH BEACH DIET SMOTHERED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large, oven-proof skillet, heat olive oil and garlic on low. Be careful not to burn the garlic.
• In another pan, cook turkey bacon until almost done.
• In a zip-top bag, pound chicken breasts until thin. Season with pepper and seasoning.
• Place seasoned chicken into skillet, and brown on both sides until turkey bacon is done. Place turkey bacon on top of chicken, and place in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• While chicken is baking, in bacon pan sautee mushrooms and onions until carmelized.
• Remove chicken from oven, and top evenly with cheese. Return to oven for about 5 minutes, until fully melted.
• Remove chicken from oven and let rest about 3 minutes.
• Serve chicken with mushrooms and onions on top.

TROPICAL GLAZED CHICKEN - SOUTH BEACH

Steps:

• Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until it is reduced to 1/4 cup. Add the juice, mustard, garlic, sage, mustard powder, red pepper, honey. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Use immediately or refrigerate until ready to use.
• Coat a grill rack with cooking spray. Preheat the grill for 10 minutes on medium-high.
• Grill the chicken for 4 minutes. Turn and grill for 1 minute longer. Brush with the pineapple-mustard glaze. Grill for 4 minutes longer, brushing with the glaze, until a thermometer inserted in the thickest portion registers 170 and the juices run clear.