Mission: Healthy(er) Meals

Mom2M
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:53:00 +0000

Ok, here’s another quick recipe, didn’t think about it earlier, I mostly cook it in the summer:

Chicken breasts (boneless, Skinless, cubed)
bean sprouts
snap peas
mushrooms (or not in no one likes them)
carrots (sliced on diagonal)
zucchini (sliced on the diagonal, and generally not peeled)

Put some olive oil in the fying pan, add chicken and stir fry. Remove chicken add vegtables except bean sprouts, cook until crisp/tender. Add chicken, heat through. Add soy sauce and bean sprouts. Serve with rice.

Lemon Chicken
Chicken breast fillets (thin or pound them out)
flour
egg
bread crumbs
lemons
chicken broth

Coat chicken in flour, then egg, then bread crumbs (you could use egg substitute). Flash in hot frying pan with olive oil, a couple at a time, then remove to casserole dish. I cook in batches, then stick the foil covered casserole in a low oven to stay warm while I make the sauce. To make the sauce: Wipe out the fry pan with a paper towel, but not too clean. Add some flour, then whisk in the juice of one lemon and oh, about a cup or so of chicken broth. Cook it down until it thickens. Season, maybe add more lemon. Serve over orzo with broccoli. (sorry, I cook this one on the fly, and don’t really measure anything).

I cook the chicken fillets that way and then use whatever flavor sauce I am in the mood for (and have ingredients on hand). DH and DD prefer the lemon version and we have a couple lemon trees, so it’s generally lemon.