Clean Eating Coconut Cauliflower Chicken With Green Onions

There’s just something about the combination of coconut milk and chicken that I love.

I’m not a big chicken fan (or a big meat fan in general), but since I need to get more protein into my diet, I have to find ways of making it taste good.

And this…. definitely tastes good!

This recipe was inspired by the South Beach Diet. I have several (okay… all!) of their cookbooks. Many of their recipes fall under clean eating. The recipe that inspired me had an ingredient list that was way to long, with ingredients I didn’t have. So I improvised.

And I just have to say that this was so good, I didn’t even share any with my husband. Bad, I know. But that’s life. He’ll live.

Clean Eating Coconut Cauliflower Chicken With Green Onions
(Makes 4 servings)

Ingredients
1 (15 oz.) can light coconut milk
2 chicken breasts
1 head cauliflower
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. cumin
2-4 green onions

Directions

Step 1 – Clean your cauliflower and steam it in a large pot.

Step 2 – Slice your chicken breasts into strips.

Step 3 – Place all ingredients (except the green onions) in a second pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. But don’t let it boil too hard, or it will burn. Just a nice medium boil will do.

Step 4 – Using a meat thermometer, test your chicken when it looks done. It’s finished cooking when it reaches 170 degrees F.

Step 5 – Ladle into bowls, add as much cauliflower as you like, top with green onions and serve.

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

I don’t recommend letting kids deal with raw chicken until they are old enough to properly wash their hands. But they can certainly add all the other ingredients to the pot and help stir.

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Nutritional Content
1 serving – 1/4 recipe

Calories: 251
Total Fat: 8 gm
Saturated Fats: 5 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 68 gm
Sodium: 185 mg
Carbohydrates: 12 gm
Dietary fiber: 5 gm
Sugars: 5 gm
Protein: 33 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 6

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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