Peruvian-style ChickenThis recipe is tailored from
Danielle Walker's second cookbook, "Against All Grain: Meals Made
Simple" (Victory Belt Publishing, 2014). Even though you aren't against
all grain, this is a healthy and well-organized cookbook |to provide you
with whole-
Super Healthy food meals up for grabs without stress.
This
specific dish is really a riot of color and flavor with roasted chicken
pieces covered in paprika, garlic, cumin and oregano {on a|on the} bed
of yams, peppers and onions.
Since the chicken is cooked in pieces, it may be roasted in under an hour.
Makes 6 to 8 servings
Tested by Anna Thomas Bates
Ingredients
3 small sweet onions (or 1 large), cut in half and sliced
1 ½ pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
2 sweet bell peppers, seeded and sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced (divided)
3 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil (divided)
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt (divided)
1 teaspoon ground black pepper (divided)
1 ½ tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 roasting chicken (4 pounds), gizzards removed
1 lemon, sliced
Handful of fresh cilantro, chopped
Preparation
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Combine onions, yams,
peppers and 1 clove garlic in a roasting pan. Toss with 2 teaspoons
essential olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon black pepper.
Make
spice paste for chicken: in a tiny bowl, stir together remaining 1
teaspoon olive oil, the paprika, cumin, oregano, fresh lemon juice,
vinegar and remaining 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper and 3
minced garlic cloves.
Cut whole chicken into 8 pieces there are
numerous videos online if you aren’t sure how you can do this). Save
backbone/ribs for making stock later. Lay chicken pieces skin side up on
vegetables. Rub on half of the spice paste. Flip chicken pieces over
and rub on remaining spice paste. Place lemon slices over chicken.
Roast
in preheated oven Twenty minutes. Remove from oven and flip over
chicken pieces they ought to now be skin side up), return to oven and
roast and additional 25 minutes or until internal temperatures are 165
degrees. Remove from oven and add chopped cilantro before serving.
Cold Salmon Salad
This salmon salad, adapted from an Ina Garten recipe, doesn't contain
mayonnaise which means you could possibly even classify it as being a
reasonably healthy dish.
Makes 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients
2 pounds salmon fillets, skin on
½ cup peeled, seeded and diced cucumber
½ cup diced celery
½ cup diced red onion
½ cup diced red pepper
2 tablespoons drained capers
2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet.
Place
salmon fillets skin side down. Sprinkle with pepper and salt. Bake in
preheated oven Fifteen minutes, until just done. Remove from oven. Cool,
cover and refrigerate until cold.
When prepared to serve, remove skin from salmon and break salmon into chunks. Place in a medium bowl.
In
normal size bowl, combine cucumber, celery, red onion, red pepper and
capers. Add raspberry vinegar, dill, extra-virgin olive oil, pepper and
salt. Stir to combine. Add most of it to salmon and gently combine.
Chuck the ball rest with mixed greens. Serve greens separately as a bed
for salmon salad.
To get ready} ahead: You can bake the salmon up
to a day ahead. Cool, cover and refrigerate. In the morning, dice and
mix the vegetables with the dressing ingredients. Place the salmon
pieces in a bowl. Combine just before serving.
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