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Chicken Recipes Series

I have this thing for baked chicken breast recipes, mainly because it is so easy to prepare and secondly because it is healthy, lean white meat cooked in an oil-free way. Now, baked chicken are usually soft and moist so what if I wanted something crunchy? I do love fried chicken but it is not all that healthy to be eating fried chicken all the time. Besides, deep frying stuff always left the kitchen oily and that means I have to do loads of clean-up. Uggghhh…the only thing I hate about cooking is the cleaning up. So, I usually like to experiment using the microwave oven. It is definitely easier to clean up the oven than the whole kitchen!

Anyway, it seems that I can still get to eat crunchy chicken even when I baked it!

Here is the recipe for:

Healthy Crunchy Baked Chicken Breast Recipe

Ingredients

150g chicken breast meat, cut into strips

1 tbsp garlic powder

1 tbsp chili powder

1 tbsp sea salt

7 tbsp instant oats

1 egg white

extra virgin olive oil, to drizzle

Instructions

1. Season the chicken strips with the garlic powder, chili powder and salt. Place the oats in a bowl and the egg white in another bowl (as below).

2. Dip the chicken pieces in the egg white.

3. Then, roll the chicken in the oats to completely cover it with oatmeal.

4. Place the oat-covered chicken pieces on a tray of foil.

5. Then, drizzle some olive oil over the chicken pieces (about 2 – 3 tbsp). Bake in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 8 minutes. Then turn over and bake for another 8 minutes. The chicken is done when it turns golden and if you test it, the juices ran clear.

Healthy crunchy baked chicken breast meat

The good thing about this recipe is that the chicken meat remains tender and moist inside while the oatmeal outside is crunchy.

It is exactly like eating fried chicken without the oily residue! Also, it is pretty easy to make. Of course, you can add other types of seasoning such as dried herbs or black pepper. You can also leave out the chili powder if that’s not your thing. I added it because I like it to have some spicy taste to it.

Chicken Recipes Series

Putting apples and chicken may seem a tad weird but I have good reason to use apples. For one thing, apples are healthy and they are one of the fat burning foods you should have in your diet. For another thing, do you know that apples could act as a natural tenderizer for meat? It is true. Especially if you use green apples where the acid content is higher. Apple juice has been used to season meat overnight for really tender meat so I figured, using fresh apples to bake it with chicken should do the trick too.

Earlier, I’ve posted a recipe for some warming, comforting baked chicken breast recipes under this chicken recipes series, now, it is what I would call a refreshing baked chicken breast recipes with apples. So, in all manner of the ways, this recipe is as healthy as it can be!

The best part about this healthy baked chicken recipe is that it requires very minimal preparations. Meaning, you only need a few minutes to prepare it and then it is all up to the oven to do the rest of the work! You can count on Foong for simple and easy to prepare recipes since I am always short of time when it comes to cooking, especially on evenings after rushing back from work.

Here it is:

Baked Chicken Breast Recipes with Apples

Ingredients

250g chicken breast meat, cut into strips for easy cooking.

2 apples, peeled, cored and sliced

4 tbsp fresh mixed herbs, chopped finely

4 tbsp garlic powder

1 tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. Rub the chicken pieces with garlic powder and sea salt, then place it on a casserole dish.

2. Place the apples and mixed herbs on top of the chicken

3. Bake the whole dish in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes then turn over the pieces and bake for another 15 minutes. (the baking time really depends on your oven’s wattage so you will need to check on the chicken. It is cooked when it has turned white and the juice runs clear)

4. And you have your simple baked chicken breast with apples! No sweat.

And by the way, the gravy is also really good as it has the sweetish sourish tang of the apples mixed with the juices from the baked chicken. So, still think combining chicken and apples as weird? Try it and you won’t think its that weird after all.

I have other chicken recipes  and baked chicken recipes coming up soon.