Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms

Name: Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms
Prep time: 370 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 400 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: keto
Ingredients: Chicken Breast Boneless Skinless Raw; Salt; Black pepper; Chicken broth; Lemon juice; Garlic; Jalapeno peppers, raw; Scallions; Brown mushrooms; Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Salt; Black pepper; Thyme, dried; Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Avocado; Butter, unsalted; Chicken broth; Cream Heavy Whipping

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Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms dish

Prepare Time 370 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Save this recipe for your next meal prep or when you want a hot dinner; it works for both! Chicago-style jalapeno lemon chicken is made with a simple marinade of chicken broth, jalapenos, and fresh lemon juice. To add Keto fats to your meal, included is a creamy avocado sauce made with real avocado and a dash of heavy cream. The thick sauce cools the palette and adds extra flavor. Served as a side dish are low-carb cremini mushrooms simply roasted in your oven. The mushrooms only need a few seasonings, but you are welcome to include fresh herbs while you roast them. You can store your portioned, completed meals in meal prep containers or tupperware for up to 5 days. Just microwave them to re-heat at mealtime! ### A Special Note About The Total Cooking Time If the 6 ½ -hour total cooking time makes you scroll, don’t worry! Most of that time is allotted to marinating your chicken, which is part of the preparation time. You’ll actually spend only about 10 minutes physically preparing the recipe and only 30 minutes cooking it. With just 40 minutes of work to do, Carb Manager makes full Keto meal recipes a simple task. ### Chicago Chicken Another name for jalapeno lemon chicken is “Chicago Chicken”. Nobody is quite sure who “invented” this dish, but it seems to be a variant of the more classically known “lemon chicken”. Chicagoans love to add hot elements to traditional foods! You might find a dish similar to this Keto rendition in restaurants in the “Windy City”. Jessica L.

How to make Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms

Marinate your chicken the night before you want to cook the recipe or at least 6 hours in advance. Clean 4-ounce chicken breasts and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Place the breasts in a large Ziploc bag. Combine a marinade of chicken broth, lemon juice, minced garlic, diced jalapeno, and diced green onion, then pour it into the Ziploc bag with the chicken. Seal the bag, and spread the marinade around the chicken breasts. Set the bag in your refrigerator to marinate.
When it’s time to cook, turn on your oven to preheat to 425 degrees and line a sheet tray with aluminum foil. Add whole, clean mushrooms to a mixing bowl, and douse them in olive oil. Gently fold the mushrooms until they’re all coated in oil, then pour the mushrooms into the center of the aluminum foil. Sprinkle salt, pepper, and thyme over the mushrooms. Fold the ends of the aluminum foil over to enclose the mushrooms. You can wrap additional foil if needed to cover any open spaces.
Place the tray of mushrooms in your oven and let them roast for at least 30 minutes. This will leave the mushrooms very tender with a slightly al dente center. You may roast for longer for softer mushrooms. Allow the foil to cool for a few minutes before unwrapping the mushrooms, and be cautious of hot steam. While the mushrooms are in the oven, you can cook the chicken.
Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat. Use a pair of tongs to transfer the chicken breasts from the Ziploc bag to the hot pan, reserving the marinade. Cook the chicken breasts on one side until they just turn golden on one side - about 3 minutes. Flip the chicken breasts over, and reduce the heat to low. Pour the reserved marinade from the bag into the pan, and cover the pan with a lid.
Let the liquid simmer in the pan as the chicken finished cooking. When the liquid has reduced, remove the lid and rotate the chicken breasts so some of the thickened marinade sticks to all of the sides. With the stove on the lowest heat, let the liquid finish reducing as the chicken takes on a slight caramelized color. Transfer the cooked chicken breasts to a serving dish, but leave any sauce and leftover jalapeno in the pan.
Smash your avocado in a small bowl using a fork until it’s softened with minimal lumps. Set the avocado near your stove as you melt butter in the pan over low heat. Once the butter is melted, stir the avocado into the pan. Continue stirring until the avocado and butter emulsify into a warm, creamy consistency. Pour chicken broth and heavy cream into the pan, stirring and heating until your soft green sauce appears. You can allow the sauce to bubble over low heat until it reduces to a thicker consistency.

Ingredients of Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms

Ingredient	Quantity
1. Chicken Breast Boneless Skinless Raw	undefined
2. Salt	undefined
3. Black pepper	undefined
4. Chicken broth	undefined
5. Lemon juice	undefined
6. Garlic	undefined
7. Jalapeno peppers, raw	undefined
8. Scallions	undefined
9. Brown mushrooms	undefined
10. Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil	undefined
11. Salt	undefined
12. Black pepper	undefined
13. Thyme, dried	undefined
14. Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil	undefined
15. Avocado	undefined
16. Butter, unsalted	undefined
17. Chicken broth	undefined
18. Cream Heavy Whipping	undefined

Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms nutrients

caloriesKCal: 438.775 caloriesKJ: 1835.836 totalCarbs: 8.327 diabetesCarbsADA: 8.327 netCarbs: 5.375 diabetesCarbs: 5.762 fiber: 2.177 starch: 1.211 sugar: 3.15 addedSugar: 0.013 sugarAlcohols: 0.775 protein: 27.877 fat: 34.362 transFat: 0.24 monousatFat: 17.746 polyunsatFat: 3.102 omega3Fat: 0.051 omega6Fat: 0.604 saturatedFat: 10.485 cholesterol: 105.228 vitaminA: 135.893 vitaminC: 16.528 vitaminD: 36.5 vitaminE: 3.671 vitaminK: 25.073 vitaminB1: 0.209 vitaminB2: 0.774 vitaminB3: 13.865 vitaminB5: 1.975 vitaminB6: 1.097 vitaminB12: 0.41 potassium: 1057.626 magnesium: 47.925 calcium: 50.289 iron: 1.388 zinc: 2.197 copper: 0.667 phosphorus: 398.313 sodium: 569.027 selenium: 60.686 folate: 57.669 choline: 32.305 alcohol: 0 caffeine: 0 gluten: 0 manganese: 0.302 conjugatedLinoleicAcid: 0.038 phyticAcid: 116.098 xylitol: 0 isomalt: 0 sorbitol: 0 maltitol: 0 lactitol: 0 erythritol: 0 pinitol: 0 inositol: 0.012 mannitol: 0.762

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Low Carb Jalapeno Lemon Chicken w Roasted Mushrooms

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