low carb barbequed chicken with peperonata
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Smoky chicken and sweet Italian peperonata served with an avocado salsa. What better way to wave goodbye to summer than with a tasty barbeque!
Author: Antya
Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: Ketogenic. Low Carb. LCHF. Grain Free. Gluten Free.
Yield: 2
Ingredients
- 2 chicken 'quarters' (leg and thigh)
- coarse Himalayan pink salt (U.S. option HERE)
- 3 small peppers
- 200g chopped or sieved tomatoes
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- a sprinkle of organic broth granules
- fine Himalayan pink salt (U.S. option HERE)
- a sprinkle of black pepper
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp paprika
- 30g extra virgin olive oil (U.S. option HERE)
- 1 ripe avocado
- juice of 1 lemon
- black pepper
- paprika
- 1 TBSP + 1 tsp coconut oil (U.S. option HERE)
Instructions
Chicken:
- sprinkle coarse salt all over and under chicken skin.
- barbeque until cooked.
Peperonata
- place extra virgin olive oil in a medium saucepan.
- add all ingredients and cook on low heat until very soft, then add a tablespoon of coconut oil and stir.
Avocado salsa
- mash up the avocado, then blitz it in a blender, together with coconut oil, salt, black pepper and paprika, until creamy and smooth; taste test and adjust seasoning if required.
Notes
I use this blender, because it is powerful and extremely effective, without costing a fortune (U.S. option HERE).
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to ensure accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use. For U.S. option click HERE.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to ensure accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use. For U.S. option click HERE.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Calories: 1053 Fat: 77g Net Carbs: 13g Protein: 67g
Recipe by Queen Keto at https://queenketo.com/low-carb-barbequed-chicken-with-peperonata/