Paleo Chicken Recipes: 45 Step-by-Step, Easy to Make, Healthy Chicken Recipes Delicious, Healthy, and Easy-to-Make Paleo Chicken Recipes Chef Paolo Ferrari Copyright 2015 by Chef Paolo Ferrari
Introduction:
The Paleo diet is the healthiest plan in the world, requiring no starvation, and no horrendous, continuous exercise. It looks to the ways in which our ancestors ate, all those thousands of years before, when things like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease did NOT rule the earthas they do today. And, with that past diet plan, we discover: a healthier way to lose weight, to prevent diseases, and to ward off serious mental issues, like depression and anxiety. The Paleo diet offers an essential weight loss and healthy lifestyle plan. The diet plan works with the way your body has evolutionarily evolved to give you the food you naturally cravethe food that will help you age well, live well, and drop pounds from your waistline. Chicken is the perfect ingredient in this Paleo diet recipe book, offered here over forty times to bring bountiful proteins, fats, and minimal carbohydrates for a perfect weight loss plan.
Chicken has an extraordinary amount of tryptophan, which is a comforting amino acid that refutes depression and boosts your serotonin levels. Therefore, eating chicken actually makes you happierwhich is very important during the winter months, when grey skies and general poor diets make us all feel a little blue. Furthermore, chicken is important as you age, because it actually prevents bone loss. Thusly, it can refute your chances for arthritis and osteoporosis. Because the Paleo diet works well with your body, giving you what you need to live well, to lose weight, and to feel fully satisfied, this book is an essential element on your way to bettering yourself. Good luck preparing these easy, step-by-step paleo chicken recipes.
Learn to better yourself, one delicious meal at a time.
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. Paleo Chicken Salad Recipes
Thai-Inspired Bok Choy Chicken Salad
Recipe Makes 4 Servings. Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 185 calories, 5 grams carbohydrates, 19 grams protein, 9 grams fat. sesame seeds Dressing Ingredients: 3 tbsp. coconut cream tbsp. chopped fresh ginger 1 tsp. sriracha 1 tbsp. soy sauce tbsp. fish sauce 2 tbsp. lime juice 1 tsp. honey 1 tbsp. sesame oil Directions: Begin by mixing the above salad ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Stir well. Stir well.
Next, pour all of the dressing ingredients into a food processor or a blender. Blend the ingredients until theyre completely assimilated. Pour the created dressing overtop the salad ingredients, and toss the salad until its coated. Allow the salad to chill in the refrigerator for one hour to allow the dressing to assimilate well with the salad ingredients. Enjoy!
From the Garden Basil Chicken Salad
Recipe Makes 4 Servings. Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 410 calories, 8 grams carbohydrates, 23 grams protein, 33 grams fat.
Ingredients: 2 large, shredded, and pre-cooked skinless chicken breasts 2 small pitted avocadoes 1/3 cup de-stemmed basil leaves 2 tbsp. olive oil tsp. black pepper tsp. sea salt Directions: Begin by positioning the shredded chicken in your mixing bowl. Next, add the olive oil, the avocado, the basil, the salt, and the pepper to a food processor. Pulse the ingredients until theyre completely smooth.
Add this mixture over the shredded chicken and toss the chicken well to coat it completely. Season the chicken to taste, and allow it to rest in the refrigerator prior to serving.
Chinese-Based Cabbage Chicken Salad
Recipe Makes 4 Servings. Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 207 calories, 13 grams carbohydrates, 19 grams protein, 8 grams fat. Ingredients: 1 cup chopped and cooked chicken 4 cups shredded savoy cabbage 1/3 cup julienned scallions 1 cup julienned carrot 1/3 cup chopped cilantro 1/3 cup julienned radishes 1/3 cup chopped mint Dressing Ingredients: 2 tbsp. coconut vinegar 2 tbsp. coconut aminos 1 diced chipotle pepper juice from lime 1 tsp. honey 3 minced garlic cloves 1 tsp. diced ginger Directions: Begin by mixing together the chopped and julienned carrots, cabbage, scallions, and radishes. diced ginger Directions: Begin by mixing together the chopped and julienned carrots, cabbage, scallions, and radishes.
Add the mint, the cilantro, and the chopped chicken, and toss the salad in a large mixing bowl. Next, position the salad to the side. To create the vinaigrette, begin by removing the chipotle pepper seeds. Cover the pepper with water and allow it to sit for thirty minutes. After thirty minutes, add the pepper to the food processor and pulse it for one minute before adding the other ingredients to the processor. Taste the vinaigrette and alter the spices, if you please.
Pour the dressing over the created salad, and toss the salad to coat. Enjoy!
Mexican-Inspired Chicken Taco Salad
Recipe Makes 3 Servings. Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 328 calories, 14 grams carbohydrates, 24 grams protein, 20 grams fat. Ingredients: 2 tbsp. taco seasoning (created below) pound shredded chicken 1/3 cup water 1 tbsp. olive oil 1 head shredded lettuce 1 diced tomato 1 diced red onion 1 small, pitted avocado diced green pepper Directions: Begin by mixing together the taco seasoning, as followings.
Bring together 1 tsp. garlic powder, 4 tbsp. chili powder, 2 tsp. paprika 1 tsp. onion powder 1 tsp. red pepper flakes 3 tsp. salt Stir the ingredients before taking out the 2 tbsp. of the taco seasoning you require for this recipe. (Note that you can keep the seasoning for a later recipe, if you so choose.) Next, heat the olive oil in the skillet. (Note that you can keep the seasoning for a later recipe, if you so choose.) Next, heat the olive oil in the skillet.
Add the chicken to the olive oil to give it a boost of flavor. Pour the water overtop, along with the taco seasoning. Allow the chicken mixture to simmer until the water completely evaporates. Next, slice and dice all the other ingredients. Create the salad by assembling together the vegetables, the chicken, etc. Toss the ingredients well, and enjoy!
Indian-Inspired Paleo Curry Chicken Salad
Recipe Makes 2 Servings.
Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 437 calories, 36 grams carbohydrates, 33 grams protein, 19 grams fat. Ingredients: 1 pre-cooked and cooled chicken breast 3 minced garlic cloves 3 diced green onions 2 tbsp. coconut milk 3 tbsp. green curry paste 1/3 cup golden raisins 1/3 cup sundried tomatoes 1/3 cup diced almonds salt and pepper to taste Directions: Begin by shredding the chicken. Place it in a mixing bowl. Next, add the coconut milk, the onions, the garlic, and the curry paste.
Stir well, making sure to coat the chicken. Next, add the almonds, the raisins, and the sundried tomatoes. Stir well. Add salt and pepper to taste, and enjoy the salad with greens.
Cilantro and Lime Tangy Chicken Salad
Recipe Makes 5 Servings. Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 391 calories, 10 grams carbohydrates, 42 grams protein, 20 grams fat.
Ingredients: 3 chopped, pre-cooked chicken breasts 1 chopped cabbage 1 sliced cucumber 2 diced avocadoes juice from 2 limes 6 minced scallions 1 cup chopped cilantro salt and pepper to taste Directions: Begin by mixing together all the above ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Enjoy!
Brussels Sprouts-Based Chicken Salad
Recipe Makes 4 Servings. Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving: 392 calories, 18 grams carbohydrates, 45 grams protein, 15 grams fat. Ingredients: 2 chopped pre-cooked chicken breasts 2 cups Brussels sprouts green apple cup diced almonds cup chopped grapes 1 diced white onion Dressing Ingredients: 1 tbsp. brown mustard 2 tbsp. honey 1 tbsp. olive oil tsp. sea salt tsp. black pepper Directions: Begin by slicing the Brussels sprouts in half. black pepper Directions: Begin by slicing the Brussels sprouts in half.
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