Smoked Chicken with Mango and Mint - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds smoked boneless chicken breast*, skinned and cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 3 to 4 firm-ripe mangoes
- about 48 fresh mint leaves
- about 48 wooden picks
- Garnish: mint sprigs
- *available at some butcher shops and specialty foods shops
Instructions
- In a small bowl whisk together vinegar, oil, and salt and pepper to taste. In a resealable plastic bag combine chicken with oil mixture and marinate, chilled at least 8 hours or overnight.
- Cut mangoes by slicing just to sides of each pit and with a 3/4-inch melon-ball cutter scoop flesh from mango halves. (There should be about 48 mango pieces.) Mango may be scooped 8 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
- Just before serving, assemble hors d'oeuvres by threading 1 chicken piece, 1 mint leaf, and 1 mango piece on each pick and arrange on a platter. Sprinkle hors d'oeuvres with freshly ground black pepper if desired and garnish with mint sprigs.
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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