Chicken Korma - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 cups coarsely chopped onion (1 onion)
- 2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups (1/2-inch) cubed peeled baking potato
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick
- 1/2 cup plain fat-free yogurt
- 4 cups hot cooked long-grain brown rice
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; sauté 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove chicken from pan; place in a 5-quart electric slow cooker. Add onion to pan; sauté 3 minutes. Add ginger and next 5 ingredients (through garlic); sauté 2 minutes. Pour mixture over chicken in slow cooker. Stir in potato and next 4 ingredients (through cinnamon stick).
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours. Discard bay leaves and cinnamon stick. Turn slow cooker off; let stand 15 minutes. Stir in yogurt. Serve chicken mixture over rice. Sprinkle with cilantro.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Brown Rice.
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). Brown ric...
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