One of my favourite Asian Diet meals
- allychuabz
- Oct 30, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 2, 2018
If you have read my previous post about my diet choice!, you will know I have mention steamed chicken and Chinese cabbage served with brown rice is one of my favourites. In this post I am going to share about this easy, healthy and yummy recipe!
Steamed of boiled food can be tasteless and boring but not mine. With my grandma's recipe sauces, this steamed meal is very fragrance and appetizing! I remembered when I was still in my primary school, after I come back from school, the moment I near the door of my house, I can smell "Today's lunch - Steamed Chicken" !!!
Chinese cabbage has a lots of health benefits like antioxidant, low in calories, high in floats, vitamins, minerals and also like other vegetables, a source of fibre. It is one of the Asian most consume vegetable. Korean use it to make kimchee.
Rice, why BROWN rice? It is because not only it has lowest calories but also higher nutrition due to it is unrefined. Unrefined food are better for our body to absorb and convert it to a good energy source. My grandma prepared white rice as it was common to consume white rice and less awareness about white rice is bad for us. However, now we are moving toward a healthy lifestyle, I choose to consume brown rice.
I like to use chicken breast because it contain less fat, calories and more protein but if you prefer the other parts, go ahead. Again there is no restriction of what you want to do with your own food ;)
Rice
1 cup brown rice
2 cups water
Steam chicken and Chinese cabbage
1. 900 grams chicken breast
2. 2 tablespoons water
3. 1 teaspoon salt
4. 1 teaspoon pepper
5. 3 slices ginger
6. 1 clove garlic
7. 450 grams of Chinese cabbage (Napa cabbage)
8. 1 stalk coriander
9. 1 Red chilli (optional)
10.1 tablespoon sesame oil
Sauce
1. 2 tablespoons Soy sauce
2. 1 tablespoons water
3. 1 teaspoon raw sugar
4. 1 tablespoon sesame oil
5. 1 teaspoon garlic
6. ½ teaspoon minced ginger
Directions
1. In a medium pot, combine the water, rice, and salt. Bring to a boil. Cover, lower the
heat, and simmer for 40 minutes.
2. Or put the rice and water in a rice cooker and press ‘COOK’
4. Spread salt and pepper on the cleaned chicken and put them on a plate which can be
used for steaming.
5. Place the cut Napa cabbage next to the chicken and put 2 tablespoon water.
6. Sliced the garlic and ginger and put it on top of the chicken
7. Then place the chicken and Napa cabbage to steam in the steamer.
8. Steam over high fire for about 15 to 20 minutes until done.
9. Prepare the sauce while waiting for the chicken to be cooked. Put the sesame oil on a
small pan, turn fire on and put it minced garlic and ginger.
10. Turn to medium small fire and put in soy sauce, water and raw sugar. Increase the fire
until its boil and bring down to small fire and let it simmer for about 30 seconds.
11. Chop the chicken breast into the size you want.
12. On a plate put 1 serve of rice, chicken and Napa cabbage. Pour some sauce of top and
put some cut red chilli and coriander.
* Try to have 3 different fruits a day and drink a lot water !!!
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