Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Chicken Meatballs Bolognese

Well, I was looking in the fridge hoping to cook something non-carb for out diet.
So I came up with chicken meatball bolognese.



Yeah I know it's messy but I was very hungry so what the heck!

Ingredients:

2 big skinless chicken breast - minced in a food processor
1 stalk of celery - diced
1 whole carrot - diced
1 onion - diced
1 egg
A handful of breadcrumbs OR flour - put in little by little whilst mixing until you get
right texture OR until you can form it into a ball
2 tablespn chilli pepper/flakes - omit this if you don't like spicy
1 teaspn of powdered chicken stock
1 teaspn black pepper
1 teaspn of salt
~ Mix all above in a bowl. Take a bit of the mixture, form to a patty,
fry it in a pan with some oil & taste it, see if it needs more salt OR pepper.
~ When seasoning is perfect, wet your hands with water & form the mixture into balls.
(I made huge balls out of it, as big as a golf ball) Fry it in some shallow oil until
brown & crispy. Drained it on a kitchen towel.

1 handful of cauliflower & broccoli
~ Sprinkle with little salt & bake in 150 degrees celsius until brown & caramelized

1 tablspn of mix herbs
2 cloves of finely chopped garlic
1 - 2 cups of tomato sauce
1 - 2 cups water (depends on how thick you want your sauce to be)
1 handful of canned button mushrooms - sliced thinly
Seasoning, black pepper & sugar to taste
~ Fry garlic with some oil & add in mushrooms. Pour in tomato sauce, water & mix herbs.
Seasoned, add black pepper & sugar to taste.
~ Dunk the balls in one by one & make sure that every chicken balls are covered with sauce.
Let it sit for 2 - 3 minutes & stir just to make sure every chicken balls are coated evenly.
Serve hot & sprinkle some of the baked veggies on top.


Baked Chicken Roll Ups & Sauteed Onion Sauce

Here's another chicken dish I made. Also for the sake of cutting down on
carb.


Ingredients

Preheat oven to 150 degrees celsius

2 thick skinless chicken breast - butterflied
1 carrot - peeled, cut into stick like, thicker than french fries, blanch in hot water until almost soft
(length depends on how big your chicken breast is)
4 french beans - blanch in hot water until almost soft
1 celery stick - cut into stick like, thicker than french fries
(length depends on how big your chicken breast is)
2 handful cauliflower - blanch in hot water until almost soft
1 handful of broccoli - blanch in hot water until almost soft
1 - 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic
3 tablspns of butter
3 tablspns of Heinz BBQ sauce
seasoning & black pepper to taste
5 - 6 toothpicks
Sauteed Onion Sauce

~ Seasoned the butterflied chicken breast & add Heinz BBQ sauce. Any BBQ sauce will do.
~ Get 2 sticks of blanched carrots, blanched french beans & celery, put in the middle of seasoned
chicken breast. Wrap it tightly & using toothpicks to seal the ends. Make sure the veggies
doesn't fall out easily & if it does, unwrap & wrap it back tightly.
~ Grease a baking pan with oil & place the wrapped chicken breast on.
~ Bake it for 30 - 40 minutes or less until golden brown/cooked through.
~ Heat the butter in a non-stick pan & fry garlic until fragrant.
~ Add in cauliflower & broccoli, stir fry until all veggies are coated with garlic butter. Seasoned &
black pepper to taste.
~ Plate nicely & pour some Sauteed Onion Sauce .
Serves 2 big veggie eaters.



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