Sake-Steamed Chicken and Kabocha Squash - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Sake-Steamed Chicken and Kabocha Squash
Servings: 4
Dinner

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat The secret to juicy, tender, delicately steamed white-meat chicken and squash? Going slow.

Ingredients

  • 2 dried chiles de árbol, seeded, crushed, or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup sake
  • 1 (2-inch) piece ginger, peeled, cut into thin matchsticks
  • 2 (8-ounce) skin-on or skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • Kosher salt
  • 1/4 small kabocha or red kuri squash, seeded, sliced crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick half-moons, then sliced in half again
  • 2 scallions, sliced on a diagonal, plus more for serving

Instructions

  1. Combine chiles, sake, and 1 cup water in a pot. Fit with a steamer basket and arrange ginger in basket. Season chicken with salt and place in steamer basket, skin side up; add squash and 2 sliced scallions. Cover pot and steam chicken and squash over medium heat, adding more water by 1/4-cupfuls if needed, until squash is tender and chicken is just cooked through, 16 –20 minutes.
  2. Remove steamer basket from pot and bring liquid to a boil. Cook until flavors are concentrated and liquid thickens, 6 –8 minutes (you should have about 3 Tbsp.).
  3. Slice chicken and arrange on plates with squash. Pour steaming liquid over and top with additional scallions.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Chicken Breast.

Skinless chicken breast, often heralded for its lean nutritional profile, is undeniably a powerhouse when it comes to protein content. With an impressive 21 grams of protein packed into every 100 grams of the breast, it emerges as a preferred choice for those conscious about their protein intake. Delving deeper into the nutritional matrix of chicken, one can't overlook the copious amounts of vitamin B6 it houses. This particular vitamin plays an indispensable role in our body, especially when di...

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