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How to cook chicken breast in the oven. 7 delicious chicken breast diet recipes

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Chicken breast is the healthiest and most dietary part of a chicken carcass. Cooking from it is simple and varied. It is most economical to buy two whole chicken carcasses at once in the store. The wings and thighs will go to the roast, the ridges will make an excellent rich broth.

Breasts can be made whole baked, boiled, you can cook in pieces, twist into minced meat for cutlets, meatballs, casseroles.

So, we have chicken breast. Now we will show you step by step how to prepare ten interesting, original, and most importantly, dietary, healthy and tasty dishes from it. Diet recipes from chicken breast will help us prepare an appetizing dinner in a frying pan, in the oven, in foil, with vegetables and spices.


The recipe can be used by all happy owners of a non-stick frying pan.

We need:

  • Two chicken fillets
  • Kefir - a third of a glass
  • Salt and pepper, Provencal herbs seasoning - a large pinch
  1. My chicken fillet, cut into oblong pieces.
  2. Mix with spices, fill with kefir and leave to marinate for two hours.
  3. Drain the remnants of kefir and put the blank on a well-heated frying pan without oil.
  4. After ten minutes, the gas is made small and on it we bring the dish to readiness.

If necessary, you can add a little water during the process.

Chicken fillet with tomatoes


Diet dinner with a refreshing sour sauce to accompany the garnish.

We need:

  • Chicken fillet - two pieces
  • Tomatoes - one large or two medium
  • Onion - small head
  • Salt and pepper to taste, sugar - a third of a teaspoon.
  • Water - one glass.
  1. My fillet and cut into medium pieces.
  2. Finely chop the onion, rub the carrots on a coarse grater.
  3. Tomatoes must be washed and chopped in a blender along with sugar.
  4. Put all these products in a roasting pan, pour a glass of water, add salt and pepper and simmer until tender.

ATTENTION: if you bought tomatoes of non-acidic varieties, then you can refuse sugar, it will still turn out delicious.

Chicken stewed in sour cream


Adding a small amount of sour cream will not increase the calorie content of the finished dish, because we will cook without oil. At the exit, you will receive a second dish with sauce, which can be poured over the side dish.

We need:

  • Fillet - 600 grams
  • Low-fat sour cream - tablespoon
  • Salt, pepper - to taste
  • Water - half a glass
  1. My fillet cold water, dry with a napkin.
  2. Cut the meat into long cubes.
  3. In a brazier, heat a third of a glass of water, when it boils, add the fillet.
  4. Simmer for about twenty minutes under closed lid while stirring.
  5. In a glass, mix a tablespoon of sour cream, a little water, a pinch of salt and pepper.
  6. Pour the mixture into a roasting pan and simmer until tender.

Chicken breast in sour cream is ready - juicy and appetizing.

Chicken with champignons in the oven for those who are losing weight


Champignons, depending on the method of preparation and additional sauces, may have different calories. In our recipe, we have chosen the lowest calorie recipe.

We need:

  • Fillet - 500 grams
  • Champignons - one pack (about 400 grams)
  • Butter - 5 grams
  1. Take a glass or nonstick dish with a lid and brush it with a very thin layer of oil.
  2. Wash the chicken fillet, cut lengthwise like into chops - about a centimeter thick, beat with a hammer.
  3. Wash the mushrooms, cut into longitudinal pieces about 5-7 millimeters thick.
  4. Put the chicken chops in the mold, lightly salt, put the mushroom pieces on top, add a little salt again.
  5. Bake in the oven for about an hour, covered, and serve for dinner. It turns out a very tasty dietary chicken breast dish.

ATTENTION: Chicken and mushrooms will release a lot of juice during cooking, so no water needs to be added. The dish turns out to be insanely fragrant, and the juice flowing down from the mushrooms will not allow the chicken to become dry. If you don't have a mold with a lid, cover it tightly with foil.

Fillet in foil


In this way, you can cook diet fillets in the oven and this diet recipe will help you avoid dirty dishes in the kitchen.

We need:

  • Three chicken fillets
  • Three slices of lemon
  • Salt with pepper at your discretion
  • Spices "Italian herbs"
  1. Wash the breast fillet and dry it.
  2. Rub it with arrogance of spices, sprinkle with herbs
  3. Put on pieces of foil, put a slice of lemon on top.
  4. We wrap the foil, make several punctures on top with a toothpick so that steam comes out.
  5. We send to the oven for about 50-60 minutes.

ATTENTION: in order not to stain the dish, first cover it with several layers of foil, and only then put the chicken pieces in foil on top.

Boiled chicken


In this case, you do not have to make sure that the dish does not burn. The preparation will take about ten minutes, and you will have an hour and a half of free time.

We need:

  • Fillet - one piece per serving
  • Small onion
  • Small carrot
  • Half a bell pepper (preferably red or orange)
  • Several sprigs of dill or parsley
  • A pinch of salt
  1. We put a one-liter pot of water on the stove.
  2. While it is boiling, I wash all the products with cold water.
  3. Vegetables need to be peeled and cut into two or three pieces.
  4. As soon as the water boils, we send our products to the pan, salt.
  5. Close the lid loosely and simmer for an hour and a half.

The broth turns out to be very tasty, on its basis you can cook noodle soup for other family members. The chicken will melt in your mouth and have a slight vegetable flavor. If your diet allows it, you can have a cup of broth and cooked vegetables.

Diet dinner in a slow cooker


The slow cooker prepares simple dietary chicken dishes without the hassle and always turns out delicious. Let's prepare a delicious stewed chicken along with a side dish for weight loss - buckwheat

We need:

  • white chicken meat - about 700 grams
  • Buckwheat groats - two glasses
  • Small onion and medium sized carrots.
  • Water - 4-5 glasses.
  1. Wash fillets and chop finely.
  2. Sort out the groats.
  3. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots.
  4. Put the food in a slow cooker, add salt and water.
  5. Cook in the "porridge" mode for about an hour - until the meat is cooked.

ATTENTION: During cooking, check several times to make sure the water has not boiled away, add more if necessary. Using the same recipe, you can cook chicken breast in the oven.

Baked chicken breast


To diversify your diet, cook chicken in pots. This is not a troublesome and truly homemade dish that will fill the kitchen with warmth and amazing aroma. Onions are not only low-calorie, but also a very healthy vegetable, the amount of useful vitamins and minerals in it is very large. Chicken in onion juice will turn out juicy, with an amazing smell and a specific, slightly sweet taste.

We need:

  • chicken breasts - one kilogram
  • Small bay leaves - by the number of pots used
  • Black peppercorns - by the number of pots used
  • Medium-sized bulbs - by number of pots
  • Salt to taste
  • The water is cold
  1. Cut the onions into four pieces.
  2. My fillet and cut into large pieces.
  3. We put all the ingredients in pots in the following order: two onion slices, pieces of meat, the remaining two pieces of onion.
  4. Add some salt.
  5. In each pot we throw a small bay leaf and a pea of ​​pepper
  6. Pour water into the pot so that it covers the meat.
  7. Cover the pots with a lid or foil.

ATTENTION! Place the pots only in a cold oven so that they do not crack.

After two hours, the baked chicken breast can be served.

Oven breast is the easiest option


An original way to prepare a beautiful, golden chicken breast in own juice with minimal cost money and time.

We need:

  • Chicken breasts - two pieces
  • Sugar and salt - half a teaspoon without a slide
  • Cold water - half a glass.
  1. Take a small frying pan, heat salt and sugar on a dry surface, stirring constantly. As soon as the spices darken, i.e. sugar will begin to melt, pour in water and cook a little more to dissolve the spices in the water.
  2. Each fillet must be washed and cut into three pieces.
  3. Place the pieces in a mold, pour on top with about half of the prepared filling and send to the oven.
  4. If the liquid evaporates during baking, pour the remaining sauce over the chicken.

Due to the small amount of sugar in the composition, the food will acquire a beautiful golden color, and the calorie content will remain low.

Diet vegetables with chicken


A wonderful seasonal summer dish, a real storehouse of vitamins

We need:

  • Fillet - 400 grams
  • Eggplant - one piece
  • Small onion
  • Small carrot - one thing
  • Bulgarian pepper - one piece
  • Zucchini - about 200 grams
  • Incomplete teaspoon of vegetable oil
  • Any greens to taste
  • Pinch of salt and pepper

All ingredients from the list must be washed.

  1. We clean the vegetables and cut them into small pieces.
  2. The chicken breast should be cut to a slightly larger size than the vegetables.
  3. Heat the oil in a brazier.
  4. We lay the products in the following sequence with an interval of about 5-7 minutes: onions, eggplants, meat, Bell pepper, carrots, zucchini, herbs, spices.
  5. Simmer vegetables until soft.

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Chicken breast is the staple of any modern diet. Unfortunately, the monotonous food quickly becomes boring. Now you know how you can diversify your diet every day without harming your figure. The recipes presented in the article are suitable not only for losing weight, but also become an excellent dinner option for the whole family. You can change these recipes as you like by adding additional spices or vegetables.

Often women complain that it is difficult to prepare dietary recipes for themselves and food for the whole family at the same time. We can advise you to cook in the oven in two different braziers, changing their places from time to time. You can talk in pots by adding to some of them vegetable oil and potatoes or cereals so that your household has a complete dinner.

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Diet chicken dishes- the basis of the diet of everyone losing weight. V chicken meat more amino acids than beef and pork. In addition, the calorie content of chicken dishes is usually three times less than that of red meat.

OVEN CHICKEN WITH CAULIFLOWER

Ingredients:

  • 1 head of regular-sized cauliflower
  • a kilogram of chicken fillet, from which we first remove the skin
  • 150 g cheese, better than hard
  • favorite seasonings
  • vegetable oil

Preparation:

  1. We boil the washed white cauliflower inflorescences in salted water until half cooked, usually it takes 15 minutes.
  2. Cauliflower, like all vegetables, is placed in boiling water to preserve vitamins for boiling.
  3. Cut the chicken fillet, add a little salt, season with spices, fry in a hot pan until golden brown.
  4. Put on top of the chicken cauliflower and sprinkle with grated cheese.
  5. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at a temperature of 220 ° C. Read more:

CHICKEN WITH APPLE VINEGAR

Ingredients:

  • 1 small chicken
  • 4 small potatoes
  • 100 g hard cheese
  • condiments
  • sour cream
  • 4 tablespoons regular apple cider vinegar

Preparation:

  1. Cut the chicken into small pieces, get rid of the entrails, rinse, put in a bowl, add salt, sprinkle with black pepper, sprinkle with apple cider vinegar, mix all the ingredients.
  2. We leave everything to marinate for about 2 hours. Then we put everything in a frying pan, put on top the potatoes, cut into cubes, sprinkle with grated cheese and grease with sour cream.
  3. Leave in a hot (250 ° C) oven until tender (about 40 minutes). Serve the chicken green pea or corn.

CHICKEN "STROYNYASHKA"

Ingredients:

  • 1 small chicken
  • 2 cups long grain rice
  • 3 large carrots
  • about a liter of milk
  • spices to taste

Preparation:

  1. Cut the chicken into small pieces, salt, pepper and add seasonings, put in a large thick-walled saucepan.
  2. Place the onion, cut into rings, on top, then coarsely grated carrots.
  3. We level and fill in the pre-washed rice. We fill everything with milk, it should be 1.5 cm higher than the rice level.
  4. Salt, add spices and any favorite spices to taste.
  5. We put on fire, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to very low and at low boil, cover with a lid, cook for almost an hour.

Chicken under glass

The recipe is extremely simple: the main dish is only chicken. The garnish can be anything you like.

We remove the excess fat from the washed chicken legs, cut, salt and place in a glass jar with a capacity of one liter. One can can accommodate two chicken legs. The meat must be placed in a dried jar, without adding water. Cover the top with a non-plastic lid and place it in an unheated oven, turning on the fire to a medium level.

The fire can be below average.

That's the whole simple operation! And it took you only 15 minutes! Then, without your participation, everything will be prepared for another 1 hour and 20 minutes. You do not need to check anything, we calmly do our household chores.

After almost an hour and a half, turn off the oven. The glass jar should still cool, so we do not touch it yet, at this time we clean and cook the potatoes. Boiled potatoes, took out oven jar with chicken. At the bottom there will be chicken juice. Shake it and pour the resulting sauce over the potatoes right in the saucepan, after draining the water. So our side dish is ready. This recipe is low in calories as there is no added fat at all.

And we cook the side dish according to our mood: you can diversify the dish with rice or buckwheat, the gravy will perfectly complement them.

Such a dish can also be prepared for a holiday: we put several cans in the oven at once and you can forget about the main dish, having given time to numerous salads and snacks. Such simple and tasty dietary chicken dishes will help to feed the whole family deliciously and will not allow excess weight to be deposited on your body.

Baked chicken breast

A beautiful delicate dietary dish made from chicken breast. It is quite simple to prepare.

Ingredients:

  • Breast - 1 pc.
  • Kefir - 1 glass.
  • Prunes - 3 pcs.
  • Sour cream - 1 teaspoon.
  • Garlic - 2 cloves.
  • Dill - 1 bunch.
  • Chili pepper - 1 pod.
  • Salt and spices.

Preparation:

  1. Wash the prunes and cover with water, after 15 minutes, cut it in half.
  2. Wash and chop the dill.
  3. Remove the skin from the breast. Make cuts with a sharp knife and insert prunes into them.
  4. Pour kefir into a deep bowl, add chili, finely chopped, crushed garlic, dill, salt and your favorite spices to it.
  5. Immerse the breast in kefir marinade and leave for 2 hours, as long as possible. The meat must be completely covered in marinade.
  6. Put the prepared meat in a frying pan or ovenproof dish, along with kefir marinade. Smear the top of the breast with sour cream and put in the oven for 30 minutes.
  7. But pickled breast can also be baked in foil. In this case, you can add onion cut into rings to it.
  8. The meat is juicy and tender. It goes well with buckwheat, rice and fresh vegetables.

Bon Appetit!

Governor's salad

Light, low-calorie salad.

It will require:

  • Chicken breasts - 2 pieces.
  • Daikon radish - 2 pieces.
  • Fresh cucumber - 2 medium size.
  • Pickled mushrooms - 400 gr.
  • Low-fat sour cream (mayonnaise) - 2 tablespoons.

Preparation:

  1. Boil chicken breasts in water, adding a little salt. Cool and take apart into fibers.
  2. Grate the radish on a coarse grater. Squeeze the juice slightly.
  3. Cut cucumbers and mushrooms into thin strips.
  4. Stir all prepared products in a deep bowl, adding sour cream.
  5. There is no need to add salt, its presence is found in meat and mushrooms.
  6. Put the salad into a beautiful dish. Decorate with mushrooms and herbs.

This delicious and light salad suitable even for a festive table.

Chicken Pastroma

Ingredients:

  • One skinless chicken breast
  • A pinch of table salt
  • Dill and parsley 5 g each
  • Garlic one wedge
  • A little sunflower oil

Preparation:

  1. First, pour water into any container, add salt there and soak in such a solution overnight chicken fillet.
  2. The next day, parsley, dill and garlic need to be chopped with a knife or in a blender, mix the resulting mixture with butter and rub the whole chicken breast with this composition. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees and place the fillet there, having previously wrapped it in foil.
  3. After 15 minutes, turn off the oven and leave the chicken there until it cools completely. The dish is ready.

Chicken breasts with tomatoes

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet - 250 g
  • Tomatoes - 200 g
  • Curry pinch
  • Lemon juice - 10 ml
  • A little olive oil

Preparation:

  1. Tomatoes should be pre-scalded with boiled water, peeled and finely chopped.
  2. Add curry, lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
  3. Then separate half of this sauce and mix it with olive oil, then grate the breast with the resulting mixture.
  4. Put the meat on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for half an hour at 180 degrees. Chicken fillet is served with the rest of the sauce.
  5. For those who love exotic things, tomatoes can be exchanged for canned pineapples, while the calorie content of the dish will not suffer, and the taste will become unusual.

Chicken breast with pumpkin

Ingredients:

  • Ripe pumpkin - 300 g
  • Chicken fillet - 200 g
  • One onion
  • Carrots - 100 g
  • A jar of skim or yogurt with a fat content of no more than 2%
  • Pinch of dill
  • A teaspoon of olive or sesame oil
  • Salt and a little black pepper

Preparation:

  1. Pumpkins and carrots should be washed and peeled.
  2. The pumpkin is cut into slices, and the carrot is rubbed coarsely. The beam is cleaned and cut into thin rings.
  3. Then you need to take a small container in which the resulting dish will be baked. The bottom is well greased with oil. First, the pumpkin and onion are laid out, and the chicken fillet, previously cut into medium-sized cubes, is evenly distributed on top. Put grated carrots on top.
  4. After that, the dish is sprinkled with salt and pepper, after which it is sent to the oven for one hour. Chicken with pumpkin is baked at a temperature of 200 degrees.
  5. At this time, chopped dill is mixed with yogurt, and this sauce is poured over the dish ten minutes before it is ready.

Rice porridge with chicken breast

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet without skin - 300 g
  • Dry brown rice - 200 g
  • Onion - 1 pc.
  • Carrots - 150 g
  • Sunflower oil - 15 ml
  • Garlic one wedge
  • Salt and water

Preparation:

  1. Finely chopped carrots and onions need to be fried in a saucepan with a drop of oil, when the oil evaporates, you can add water so that the vegetables begin to stew.
  2. During cooking, diced chicken fillet and chopped garlic are also added there. While such a mixture is being prepared, the water must be boiled.
  3. Then, on top of the frying, rice is poured, which is slightly salted and at the same time does not mix. And in the end it is filled hot water... Such a dish is prepared under a lid over the slowest heat until all the liquid is evaporated.
  4. Five minutes before full cooking, the rice is mixed with the rest of the ingredients.

Diet pie with chicken fillet

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet - 200 g
  • Loose cottage cheese, fat-free - 200 g
  • Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
  • Bran rye and oat 2 tbsp.
  • Garlic one clove
  • Baking dough half a teaspoon
  • Dried basil pinch
  • A little thyme
  • Salt and pepper

Preparation:

  1. First, put the cottage cheese in a bowl, add eggs to it and mix everything well together.
  2. Separately, the bran is combined with a baking powder, and then the finished mixture is added to the curd. The dough can be a little salt and pepper, and also add a pinch of basil there.
  3. The chicken fillet is washed, dried on a towel and cut into small cubes. Chopped garlic is added to it.
  4. The meat is mixed with the dough, which is poured into a wide mold (preferably a silicone one) for baking.
  5. Cook the cake for about 30 minutes at 180 degrees. After readiness, the dish should be allowed to cool slightly.

Kharcho with chicken

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet - 400 g
  • White rice - 200 g
  • Tomatoes - 400 g
  • One large onion
  • Garlic two cloves
  • Pinch of dill

Preparation:

  1. Chicken fillet should be placed in water (about two liters) and cooked over medium heat.
  2. During this time, you can tackle vegetables that are cut into cubes. As soon as the chicken broth boils, rice is sent into it, which is cooked for about 10 minutes.
  3. Then you need to throw chopped tomatoes, onions and spices there.
  4. After five minutes, chiseled garlic, salt and herbs are added to the soup. The fire is turned off, and the soup is infused for up to two hours.

Chicken fillet and Chinese cabbage salad

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet - 300 g
  • Peking cabbage - 400 g
  • Lightly salted curd cheese - 100 g
  • Pine nuts - 5 g
  • Sour cream and yogurt 10 g each
  • A pinch of salt

Preparation:

  1. First, the breast is pre-boiled in water for about 15 minutes, then it is taken out and must be left to cool completely.
  2. At this time, the Chinese cabbage needs to be chopped, squeezed a little with your hands and add salt.
  3. Yogurt is mixed with sour cream, fillet is cut into cubes.
  4. Then the boiled breast is added to Chinese cabbage and curd cheese is sent there, which can be cut into pieces or simply torn with your hands.
  5. The salad is dressed with cooked yoghurt-sour cream sauce and sprinkled with pine nuts on top. The dish is ready to eat.

All of these recipes can be easily recreated at home. They are prepared from simple and affordable products. They turn out to be very tasty and at the same time they will help not only to lose weight, but also to maintain graceful forms. Moreover, each dish gives a feeling of satiety for a long time.

How to cook diet chicken in the oven

You will need:

  • chicken fillet
  • orange juice (lemon)
  • vegetables and herbs to taste

Preparation:

  1. It is enough just to grate the chicken breast with any seasonings and put it in the baking sleeve. You can sprinkle lemon juice on top, and immediately add a variety of vegetables to the sleeve. All this will be baked for a very short time, literally 25 minutes, and without oil, only in juice from meat (only, again, you will have to exclude some types of vegetables from your diet if you follow a medical diet).
  2. It turns out both meat and side dish at once. Dried fruits and fresh fruits can be added. The seasoning must be used the original, not the mixture. A lot of salt is added to the mixtures in bags, so you should abandon it in favor of natural fresh herbs, or, as a last resort, purchase dried herbs on the market. The baked chicken will be very tasty and without the addition of salt and your favorite packaged seasonings, unhealthy for diets.
  3. Try to grate chicken with garlic, add Provencal herbs, thyme and rosemary, and it is unlikely that the absence of salt will be noticed by anyone. In addition, in the absence of medical contraindications, spices will become useful addition... They accelerate the secretion of gastric juice, promote an accelerated metabolism and increase the absorption of the product. If there is no baking sleeve, baking foil will perfectly replace it (just cover a deep baking sheet with it and the meat will turn out to be very tender and juicy).
  4. Very popular chicken breast diet recipe steamed. To make the dish appetizing, it is better to marinate the meat. The marinade should not contain vinegar or mayonnaise. If your diet is aimed at losing weight, use red wine diluted with water as a marinade. Even additional spices are not required. If the diet is medicinal, opt for pickling in onions: pieces of breast are added to the pan and a large number of onions cut into rings.
  5. Fried chicken breast, even when using olive oil and no skin, is not considered dietary, although it is very tasty. Crisp can be obtained even when baked. Read more:

Crispy Diet Ginger Chicken Recipe

You will need:

  • white chicken meat, 4 fillets, 100 grams each
  • a tablespoon of honey
  • the same amount of orange or lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried ginger
  • any pepper to taste (if you can use it)
  • cornflakes (not sweet for breakfast, but plain cereals) in the amount of one third of a cup
  • greens to taste.

Preparation:

  1. The flakes need to be crushed into crumbs, for this use a simple blender or even a mortar.
  2. Add dried herbs to them, mix and set aside.
  3. Mix all remaining ingredients thoroughly in a small, deep plate.
  4. Put a couple of drops of oil in a baking dish and place the breasts.
  5. Brush the breasts gently with sauce and sprinkle with a thin layer of cornflakes and greens mixture on top.
  6. After twenty minutes of baking at 180 degrees, juicy crispy chicken is ready.

In pursuit of the desired centimeters at the waist, some girls commit desperate acts and exhaust themselves with rigid diets, while others are completely starving. But in order to lose weight, you just need to properly organize your diet and include balanced and low-calorie foods in it. These, without a doubt, include chicken breast.

Low-calorie and nutritious meat is popular among people seeking to lose weight and playing sports. So dietary product is the chicken. It has less collagen and connective tissue, so its fibers are digested and absorbed faster and easier in the body. In addition, chicken meat can rightfully be called the champion in protein content. The breast contains about 22%, 92% of essential amino acids and only 3 g of fat. These parameters will easily help you maintain the daytime. That is why it is necessary to use it for those who seek to lose weight.

However, in order to shed excess weight with chicken breast, it is important to cook it properly. It is best to boil, bake or stew such meat. It is recommended to do this without sour cream and especially mayonnaise. The energy value of 100 g of boiled chicken breast is only 114 kilocalories. It should also be noted that there are twice as many calories in chicken meat with the skin than without it. In 100 g of skin, about 33 g of fat, 368 kcal and 63 mg of cholesterol were detected. Therefore, it is best to cook and consume the breast without it.

Chicken breast contains a large amount of vitamin B2. It has a beneficial effect on metabolic processes and contributes to the normal functioning of the central nervous system... In addition, this meat contains iron in an easily digestible form. Among other things, it contains the following, B1, B3, B12, as well as minerals - potassium, calcium, iodine, sodium, phosphorus. All this makes chicken one of the best diet foods.

A large amount of protein in chicken meat serves building material for muscles and immune cells. The latter, in turn, protect the body from the penetration of viruses and bacteria, and also prevent the development of cancers. In addition, poultry meat contains selenium, which is necessary for the creation of thyroid hormones. The vigor, energy and vitality of a person depends on them. And tryptophan (an amino acid) produces serotonin, the hormone of joy, which subsequently, at night, promotes the production of melanin and ensures sound sleep.

Chicken Breast Diet Recipes

  • Baked chicken with broccoli. First, prepare the marinade for the meat. Peel the ginger root (15 g), grate it and finely chop the chili pepper (1 pod). Combine these components and pour in soy sauce(15 ml), olive or sunflower oil (30 ml) and lemon juice (30 ml). Season the mixture with salt and add salt and sugar (5 g). Soak a whole chicken breast well in the marinade and let sit for 15 minutes.

After that, cover a small baking sheet with foil folded in two layers, put the breast on it and pour the marinade over it. Disassemble broccoli (300 g) into inflorescences and send them raw to the chicken, pre-pepper and salt. Cover everything with foil on top and place in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 ° C. Open the foil 5 minutes before the end of cooking. Instead of sour cream for meat, you can use a low-fat yogurt sauce (150 ml) mixed with lemon juice and a chopped bunch of dill and parsley.

  • Chicken breast baked in a sleeve with vegetables. Chicken is easy to dry during cooking. Therefore, it is best to bake it in the sleeve. So, the breast will retain its juiciness. Rub it with pickling spices. Use paprika, turmeric, salt, curry, and a mixture of peppers. Leave the meat on for 15 minutes.

In the meantime, tackle the vegetables. Take a tomato, carrot, green pepper, leek and chop them coarsely. Sprinkle garlic into the breast before baking. Fold all the vegetables and meat into a sleeve, tie it up and make small holes for the steam to escape. Bake the chicken at 200 ° C for about 40 minutes.

  • Chicken curry with rice in a double boiler. Turmeric and coriander make this dish particularly expressive. What's more, the mixture of these spices improves digestion and even aids weight loss. Cut the chicken fillet (400 g) into cubes and the mushrooms (100 g) into wedges. Mix turmeric (5 g), nutmeg (2 g), coriander (5 g) and cumin (5 g), rub the meat with these spices and, if possible, leave to marinate for 6-10 hours. You can make such a blank for the night.

Pour the round rice (150 g) into the container specially designed for it in the steamer kit, as well as the mushrooms. Sprinkle the ingredients with a little salt on top. Place the chicken pieces in another bowl, leaving a space between them. Place it over the rice, and then, when the chicken juices, it feeds the porridge. Set the steamer timer to 30 minutes.

  • Chicken baked in pita bread. Peel the fillet (500 g) of film and excess fat and cut into cubes. Chop one onion and fry these ingredients separately. Sprinkle the meat with red pepper (1.5 g) and salt (8 g). Peel the garlic (3 cloves), grind it with a little salt, finely chop the chili pepper (1 pod), peel the two tomatoes, dice them and send the whole thing to the onion in the pan. Sprinkle with black pepper (1.5 g) and sugar (4 g) and pour in water (80 ml). Simmer the sauce for about 10 minutes.

Then remove the meat from the heat, pour over low-fat sour cream (40 ml) and sprinkle with cilantro (7 sprigs). Cut each of the two sheets of pita bread into 6 pieces, place the meat on them and sprinkle with grated hard cheese (200 g). Fold the sheets in a tube and place them seam side down on a baking sheet. Put half of the sauce on it first, and pour the pita rolls with the second on top. Preheat the dish in the oven for 10 minutes.

Losing weight with a chicken breast diet is not only effective, but also pleasant. The main thing is to choose the right side dish and cooking method for it. If you are frying meat in a pan, be sure to stew it or bring it to readiness in the oven. Avoid greasy sauces, and of course, control your portion sizes and timing.

Chicken breast is a staple of diet-obsessed people. Hearty and healthy white meat - the best option eat tasty and low-calorie. Diet dishes from chicken breast are prepared simply, even an inexperienced housewife can easily cope with them.

Pan-fried chicken breast without oil

Cooking technology is very similar to baking. It's important to be careful not to overdo it with salt. It is also required to avoid thin and finely chopped pieces. This will save the juice as much as possible.

Ingredients:

  • 400 g of white chicken meat;
  • ½ teaspoon shallow sea ​​salt;
  • ½ tablespoon chicken seasoning;
  • parchment paper

Preparation:

  1. Well washed meat is cut into small pieces.
  2. Every piece is fought back.
  3. The meat pieces are laid out in a cup, sprinkled with seasoning, salt and mixed well.
  4. The parchment, slightly sprinkled with water, is placed in a frying pan. The meat is laid on it and wrapped in a second half.
  5. Keep the pan on moderate heat, frying the dish on both sides.
  6. We separate the finished product from the parchment sheets and serve it to the table.

Delicious dietary dish in a slow cooker

A delicious dietary chicken breast dish is obtained if you cook it in a slow cooker.

Ingredients:

  • 1 chicken breast;
  • 1 bag of chicken spices;
  • 4 cloves of garlic;
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • salt to taste

Preparation:

  1. Cut the garlic into thin slices.
  2. The skin is peeled from the chicken breast. Small cuts are made in the washed and dried piece of meat, where the pieces of garlic are inserted.
  3. Salt, spices and olive oil are mixed in a separate container, then the breast is rubbed with this composition.
  4. White meat is wrapped in foil and left for 20-30 minutes, so that the piece is well marinated and soaked in salt and spices.
  5. A parchment sheet is placed at the bottom of the multicooker. Meat is put on it directly in foil. Cooking in a multicooker on the "Baking" mode for 1 hour 30 minutes.
  6. Open the finished chicken breast carefully so as not to spill the juice.
  7. It is better to serve the dish with vegetables or salad.

Today's collection is dedicated to dietary recipes for chicken breast. Chicken is a frequent guest on the table of diet lovers or exercise people. 5 recipes will diversify the menu, and a photo from step by step instructions will help you prepare meals without any problems.

Diet chicken breast and tomato salad

For cooking you need:

  • 2 breasts;
  • 150 g of arugula or other lettuce leaves;
  • 1 small red onion;
  • 8-10 cherry tomatoes;
  • 10 pitted olives;
  • 100 g feta cheese;
  • 3 tbsp oils;
  • 1 tbsp wine vinegar;
  • salt pepper.

Preparation:

Diet chicken breast with lemon and herbs

The recipe is simple, but worthy of attention. For him you will need:

  • 2 chicken breasts;
  • 2 sprigs of thyme;
  • 1 lemon;
  • some olive oil;
  • salt, pepper and your favorite spices.

Preparation:

  1. Preheat a frying pan over medium heat, add a little oil. Salt the chicken meat, pepper and wipe with seasonings and fry the fillets on both sides for 5 minutes.
  2. Remove the chicken from the heat, transfer it to a baking dish. Top with lemon and thyme slices.
  3. We put in the oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

Ready! It is better to take steamed or boiled vegetables as a side dish.

Light soup for light meals.

Soup Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp olive oil;
  • 1 onion;
  • 1 red bell pepper;
  • 2 chicken breasts;
  • 1 can of canned or fresh frozen corn
  • 2 cups diced pumpkin
  • salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

  1. Preheat a saucepan over medium heat, add oil.
  2. We spread the chopped onion and red pepper, fry for 3-5 minutes, until the onion becomes transparent.
  3. Add 1 liter of water or vegetable broth and thyme to the saucepan. Salt and pepper. Bring the broth to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.
  4. Add the diced meat, corn and pumpkin cubes. Cook for another 10 minutes until the pumpkin is done.

Chicken breast baked with pesto sauce and tomatoes

For 4 servings you will need:

  • 2 skinless chicken breasts;
  • 2 medium tomatoes;
  • 30-40 g of cheese - grate.

for pesto:

  • 1 bunch of basil
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 30 g of hard cheese;
  • 2 tbsp olive oil;
  • salt and pepper.

Preparation:

  1. To begin with, prepare the pesto sauce: basil, garlic, grated hard cheese, salt and pepper are mixed in a blender. During the mixing process, olive oil is gradually added. You can store the sauce in the refrigerator in a container or jar with a tight lid.
  2. Cut each chicken breast lengthwise into thin slices. This makes four slices.
  3. Put chicken on foil, season with salt and season. Grease each piece of meat with 1 tbsp. pesto sauce.
  4. Place the baking sheet in the oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.
  5. Remove the baking sheet after 15 minutes. Cut the tomatoes into circles and put on the breast, sprinkle with cheese on top and put in the oven for another 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
  6. Chicken breast with pesto and tomatoes is ready.