Healthy Chicken Recipes

Healthy Chicken Salad with Walnuts and Fruit

Walnuts are known for their high amounts of Omega-3 fatty acids and have been proven to reduce cholesterol with just a handful a day. Combining walnuts with the obvious health benefits of fruit and chicken creates a healthy and delicious salad.

Ingredients

12 oz of chicken
8 cups of spinach
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
strawberries or apples

Directions

1. heat chicken until cooked thoroughly and cut into cubes or strips.
2. Chop walnuts
3. In a large bowl combine rinsed spinach, chicken, walnuts and fruit.

Try topping with a low fat raspberry vinaigrette for dressing or chunks of feta cheese.

Easy Chicken Salad Sandwich

If you're tired of the sandwiches you've been packing for lunch try this healthy recipe for a crunchy chicken salad sandwich.

Ingredients

1 cup cubed chicken
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/3 cup sour cream
chopped grapes or apples

Directions

1. Combine ingredients in a bowl and spread on whole wheat bread.
2. Low fat mayonnaise or salad dressing can be used instead of the sour cream.

Healthy Hawaiian Chicken with Brown Rice

Brown rice is a low calorie filler and full of protein and can be combined with almost any chicken recipe for a healthy dish.

Ingredients

12 boneless skinless chicken thighs
2 cans of undrained, unsweetened crushed pineapple
1/4 cup low fat chicken broth
1/4 cup brown mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

1. Arrange chicken in a non stick baking dish.
2. In a small bowl, combine pineapple, broth, mustard, honey and butter. Mix well.
3. Spoon mixture over chicken and sprinkle with paprika.
4. Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 35-45 minutes.
5. Serve over brown rice.

Simple Chicken Nuggets

Make your own healthy chicken nuggets. The key in keeping these chicken nuggets healthy are skinless breast meat and baking instead of frying.

Ingredients

1 cup dried bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons basil
2 teaspoons thyme
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon pepper
3/4 cup melted butter (for dipping in preparation)
2 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken cut into 1 inch cubes

Directions

1. Combine in a bowl bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, basil, thyme, paprika and pepper.
2. Place butter in a separate bowl.
3. Dip chicken in butter then roll into bread crumb mixture.
4. Place chicken in non stick baking dish or sprayed lightly with non stick cooking spray.
5. Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.

For dipping sauces, try lowfat salad dressings and mayonnaise.

Chicken can be added to almost any dish. Try replacing the meat in your other favorite recipes with chicken for a healthier dish.