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Tuesday 17 January 2017

Thai Chicken with basil sizzle : Low Carb


Thai chicken does make a lovely, tasty meal. I always serve mine with cauliflower rice ...

Ingredients:
Serves Four
4 x 150g skinless chicken breast fillets
125g chestnut mushrooms
2 hot red chillies
3 cloves garlic
2cm piece fresh root ginger
1 medium pot fresh growing basil
2tbsp groundnut oil
2tsp (10g) Thai red curry paste
100ml chicken stock
juice of 2 limes
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste

Method:
Slice each chicken
breast into six diagonal strips and slice the mushrooms. Set aside. Halve the chillies lengthways and de-seed then cut into very thin long strips. Peel and finely chop the garlic and ginger. Cut all the basil from the pot and discard stalks; set leaves aside.

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan or wok and stir-fry the chicken for 2 minutes, then add the chillies, garlic, ginger and stir for another minute. Add the mushrooms 
and curry paste and stir for half a minute. Pour in the chicken stock and lime juice and stir for a further minute until sizzling an the chicken is cooked through, then stir in most of the basil leaves - immediately remove from the heat and serve straight away garnished with the remaining basil leaves.

Each serving:

Carbohydrate 1.6g Protein 37.1g Fibre 1g Fat 7.8g


Recipe idea from here

I would serve this with cauliflower rice ... perfect for those living the LCHF lifestyle and for those who do not want a blood sugar spike!

All the best Jan

13 comments:

Tom said...

...rice is a killer!

Debbie said...

this looks really good - and my basil is booming!!!

Christine said...

Great idea to use cauliflower rice. It looks delicious.

Mike@Bit About Britain said...

I think Mrs Britain would enjoy this.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Cauliflower rice is the best.. it's amazing what you can do with a cauliflower :) I think I might make this for Aimee the next time she comes for dinner, merci beaucoup Jan.

The Joy of Home with Martha Ellen said...

Lovely recipe to add to our menus, Jan. We eat a lot of chicken and I'm always looking for new ways to prepare it. Have a wonderful day. ♥

Magic Love Crow said...

Thanks Jan!! Yummy!

Martha said...

This is so delicious! I must try cauliflower rice as soon as the dust settles around here.

HappyK said...

Oh my does that look good!!!

Stephanie said...

This looks and sounds amazing, my friend! I have bookmarked the page and hope to try it soon. Thank you for sharing.

Have a beautiful week! Hugs!

Lorrie said...

Looks delicious and I can imagine it smells wonderful!

Conniecrafter said...

my hubby would just love this

Lisa said...

Quick and easy and very tasty, perfect for during the week.
Lisa x