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Steamed apple chicken and roast vegetables

Ingredients
Serves 4

  • 4 skinless organic chicken breasts
  • 2 tsp avocado or olive oil
  • 3cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
  • 2 small onions, peeled and finely diced
  • 2 carrots, trimmed, peeled and finely diced
  • 1 small red pepper, deseeded and finely diced
  • 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets
  • 20 baby corn, trimmed
  • 250ml freshly pressed apple juice
  • 100g raw beansprouts
  • Method

    Preheat oven to 200°C/Gas 6.

    Take a large piece of aluminium foil and place the chicken breasts in the centre. Drizzle over the oil and add the ginger, garlic and vegetables. Draw up the sides of the foil and pour in the apple juice.

    Scrunch up the foil to seal everything in and place in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes.

    Transfer the foil parcels to four serving plates, open the parcels slightly and serve immediately.

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    Chicken stir fry

    Ingredients
    Serves 2

  • chicken breasts
  • olive oil
  • tamari
  • mixed vegetables - cabbage, broccoli, carrots, courgettes, bean sprouts or whatever you have left over
  • Method

    Chop chicken and stir fry in olive oil and tamari with vegetables until the chicken is cooked through.

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    Roast chicken breast and roast vegetables

    Ingredients
    Serves 4

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • lemon juice
  • mixture of vegetables (swede, carrots, beetroot and squash), chopped
  • broccoli
  • Method

    Marinate the chicken breasts in lemon juice for at least 30 minutes. Chop up a mixture of vegetables (swede, carrots, beetroot and squash). Roast the chicken and vegetables in a hot oven until cooked. Serve with steamed broccoli and onion gravy.

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    © Gillian McKeith 2005

    For more recipes go to www.drgillianclub.com


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