Moroccan Roasted Chicken - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 (3 1/2-pound) chicken, cut into 8 pieces
- 2 medium red onions, quartered
- 1 pound small red-skin potatoes, scrubbed and halved
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil; spray the foil with cooking spray.
- Mix together the honey, olive oil, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, and garlic in a small bowl. Place the chicken, onions, and potatoes in a large bowl. Toss with three-quarters of the honey mixture and arrange in a single layer on the prepared pan. Toss the apricots and raisins with the remaining honey mixture and set aside.
- Bake the chicken, onions, and potatoes for 35 minutes. Add the apricots and raisins and bake until the chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes more. Garnish with the pistachios and cilantro.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Honey, of...
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