How to prepare Healthy chicken and vegetable recipe

Healthy chicken and vegetable recipe

Total time: 20 mins               Serves: 3

Healthy chicken and vegetables recipe with Italian seasoning, olive oil, garlic and ginger. You can cook over heat in a pan for 5-10 minutes or bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven 180 degrees.

Ingredients Healthy chicken and vegetable recipe

• 2 medium chicken breasts,
• 1-cup capsicum chopped (squares),
• 1 medium sized onion chopped in squares,
• 1-cup cabbage chopped(optional)
• 2-tablespoon ginger garlic paste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (optional, you can add thyme, oregano, basil, rosemary, sage, if not then use normal spices; cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves instead in powdered form)
• ¼-teaspoon red chili or green chili ( 2-3)

Lets dig in and see how to cook this Easy Chicken with vegetables Recipes

Directions Healthy chicken and vegetable recipes

To bake:

1. If you want to roast in oven then pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees for about 15- 20 minutes.
2. Chop all the vegetables and chicken into bite size. Mix all the vegetables and chicken pieces, place them in a baking dish season them with all ingredients.
3. Using hands mix everything together to coat the vegetables and chicken with spices and oil.
4. Then bake for 10-15 minutes or until everything is tender, well cooked, and chicken change its color.

To Cook in pan:

If you want to cook this Healthy chicken and vegetable recipe then follow the below directions.

1. Place a pan on medium high flame, add oil, heat it up and then add ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute, or until the garlic will change its color.
2. Now add all the vegetables; bell pepper, cabbage and onions and sauté until the onion will be translucent and the vegetables will be tender it will take 3-5 minutes, depending on your flame.
3. Take out the vegetables in a plate, in same pan add chicken pieces, and cook until the chicken is done, it will take 5-7 minutes.
4. Now add back the vegetables and season with all the spices and cook for couple of minutes while covering the pot with a lid.
5. You are done. Take it out in a dish and enjoy with rice, boiled pasta or naan bread.

Note:

• If you need little soup in Healthy chicken and vegetable recipe then you can add ½ cup of water.
• You can also mix 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with little water and add in vegetables to have thick gravy in Healthy chicken and vegetable recipe.
• You can add broccoli, cauliflower, any color of bell pepper, zucchini or even beans or mushrooms.
• Finely chopped Tomatoes can also be added after ginger and garlic paste then continue.
• The choice is yours, try to experiment and finally settle with the taste that you actually want.
• You can change the recipe and give a complete changed look for your chicken by skipping vegetables and going for Chicken Karachi recipe or add some ketchup and other ingredients and prepare Chicken Manchurian.

Is not it simple?