Naked chicken burger bowl with homemade fries
Naked chicken burger bowl with homemade fries and spicy, zingy burger sauce.
I love salad, but in the winter it’s the last thing I want to eat. Annoyingly, it’s exactly what we need to keep our immune systems functioning the way we need to get us through flu season. The warm chicken and spicy burger sauce (and obviously a few home baked fries) helped make this super enjoyable, and me sad when I’d finished it.
For this I used two chicken breasts, avocado oil, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, rocket, Violife sliced cheese, Greek yoghurt, lemon juice, sriracha sauce. This recipe packs flavour, a good slap of protein, a nutrient dense salad, a low-fat spicy sauce, and some cheeky fries because why not?
What you’ll need (tailor to taste and number of mouths and season to preference):
Chicken breasts
Brown potatoes
Avocado oil
Garlic powder
Coarse black pepper
Salt
100ml water
Smoked paprika
Dried oregano
Dried parsley
Cheese
Sriracha
Lemon juice
Greek yoghurt
Your chosen salad ingredients
Instructions:
1. First, you’ll want to pre-heat your oven to 180.
2. Then take two small brown potatoes if it’s just for you, peel, and cut them into relatively thin chip shape. Remember, portion sizes are important to weight loss, and these fries should not be the focus of the meal. It’s not the star. It’s a little side dish
3. Rinse these off and if you have one, put them in a clay baking dish. Any dish suitable for the oven will work, but this is what I used. Dry the fries off as much as possible as this will help them crisp up, and add some garlic powder, coarse black pepper, a pinch of salt, and about a teaspoon of oil (I used avocado because it takes a while to reach a high heat)
4. Add your fries to the oven and leave to bake for 40 minutes
5. Place your chicken in a bowl, with smoked paprika, parsley, and oregano and massage into the meat well
6. Preheat a pan (one with a lid is best) and add a small amount of oil, and fry on a high heat on each side for a couple of minutes. While the chicken is lightly frying, boil water and add around 100ml of water to the pan, cover, and leave to steam through for 30 minutes on a low heat
7. During this time, you can have a little sit down. I prepped my salad and put it in the fridge until ready to serve. I used lettuce, spinach, cucumber, and tomatoes. Nice and simple
8. At the 25-minute mark, you can go ahead add the cheese of your choice. I avoid dairy and soya and used vegan pre-sliced violife cheese. Add on top of the chicken and cover back over for 5 minutes
9. Now create your sauce. Add yoghurt, as much sriracha as you can handle, and just a little squeeze of lemon juice to not thin your sauce too much. Taste and adjust as needed
10. Serve and enjoy
***If you are thinking about a major diet change, please consult your GP first and do your research***
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