Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan

Cheese. Definitely not healthy but so good! However I believe in moderation so a little cheese is acceptable in my books. As long as you don't go too crazy cheese is actually pretty good! It has lots of vitamins and minerals, and is a good source of protein :)

Made chicken parmesan for lunch the other day and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was so moist and juicy ❤ I even made my own breadcrumbs. Here's the recipe. 

What you'll need

•1/2 a slice of wholemeal bread OR some wholemeal breadcrumbs

•1/3 tsp of any salt free seasoning (such as lawry's, mrs dash.....)

•1 boneless skinless chicken breast (190g) 

•1 egg white

•Organic pasta sauce (low fat and sodium) (I used about 1/5 of a 339g bottle)  

•2 tsp grated parmesan 

•1 slice of reduced fat cheese (cut into 2)

•Dash of black pepper

How to

1. Preheat oven to 150C. Tear bread up into small scraps. Bake for 10min or longer until crispy. Blend the bread and seasoning in a food processor to get breadcrumbs. Pour onto a plate.

2. Preheat oven to 180C. Spread a spoonful of pasta sauce on to a oven proof dish. 

3. Beat egg white in a bowl. Coat chicken breast thoroughly in egg white and then coat in the breadcrumbs. Place on top of the pasta sauce in the dish. Bake for 18min**

4. Remove chicken from the oven. Increase the oven temperature to 200C. Pour enough pasta sauce over to cover the chicken. Just use as much as you like ^^ 

5. Sprinkle parmesan over and lay the cut up cheese slice over. Sprinkle a dash of black pepper over. Bake for 10-15min until the cheese melts and turns slightly brown!

** If you use a smaller chicken breast you can bake it for a shorter time in step 3.

Tabasco Chocolate Chicken

I do realise how strange this sounds. Tabasco and chocolate and chicken served with naan??? BUT 

It works.

It's such a #strangebutgood recipe and I have to share it! 

What you'll need 

150g chicken breast, chopped

3 tbsp water

1/2 - 1 tsp Tabasco sauce (to taste)

1 tsp cocoa powder

1 tsp honey

1/3 tsp ground paprika

1/3 tsp minced garlic 

1 tsp olive oil

Chopped red bell pepper

Serve with:

Naan

Lettuce 

How to

1. Mix all the ingredients except chicken and olive oil.

2. Marinate chicken in the sauce. 

3. Heat olive oil in a pan. Add in the chicken pieces and fry over mediu heat. When the chicken is opaque, pour the remaing marinade over and simmer till the liquid evaporates. Add in some chopped red bell pepper.

4. Serve with naan and lettuce.