One cool thing now that I have a decent library of healthy dishes, is the ability to combine techniques, flavor profiles, and ingredients from previous recipes and construct new ones.
This recipe is a combination of three previous recipes:
- the broiled chicken cooking technique from the Chicken Shawarma
- the spicy flavor profile from the Nashville Hot Chicken
- the herbed yogurt sauce from Mediterranean Meatballs
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The Chicken
Chicken breast sliced into three tenderloins, 260grams of chicken in total. Turned broiler to high, coated each piece in Crystal hot sauce, then rubbed in smoked paprika, cayenne powder and salt. Broiled for 10 minutes.
While that's cooking I made the sauce.
Herbed Yogurt Sauce
85g nonfat greek yogurt
cilantro, dill, or mint
salt
pepper
oregano
red wine vinegar or lemon juice (+ lemon zest)
minced onion (optional)
This time I use cilantro and mint, and lemon juice, no vinegar or onion. I think I preferred the cilantro + dill combo, but this was still an excellent sauce. Fresh herbs + lemon juice, seasoned well. This sauce slaps. I ended up having a few small spoonfuls at the end by itself. It's funny that America always tries to position yogurt as a sweet dessert, when it's so good at being a cool, savory sauce. Other cultures have it figured out.
It says 260g of chicken breast is only 286 calories. And the sauce is only like 50 calories. Somehow this filling dinner is around 350 cals. You could easily pair it with a roasted veggie or side of rice for a more complete dinner, but I don't have a problem just protein + sauce for dinner.
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