I have had a field day this summer appreciating the ripe and inexpensive produce. One area I would like to improve in my meal planning is cooking seasonally. Sure, you can get raspberries year round, but you’ll spike up your grocery bill and still have some pretty bitter berries in the winter. This has brought about some pleasant experimentation with crops I’ve not worked with before. Today – swiss chard. I love the nutritional part and it’s kind of like a lesser known, cool kale, now that kale has become so popular.
THAI CHICKEN WITH COCONUT SWISS CHARD
Serves 3-4
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flake
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 tablespoon parsley
1 tablespoon dill
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder
4 cups swiss chard, de-stemed and chopped
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Salt & pepper
Drizzle olive oil over chicken breasts. Stir together red pepper flake, sesame seeds, parsley, dill, onion powder, and garlic powder.
Coat chicken in seasoning and cook in a skillet over medium heat until no pink remains. Remove chicken from pan and set aside. Cook chard in skillet over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
Add coconut milk and lemon juice, continuing to stir until chard is wilted. Serve chard with chicken over brown rice.
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flake
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- 1 tablespoon dill
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 4 cups swiss chard, de-stemed and chopped
- ½ cup coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt & pepper
- Drizzle olive oil over chicken breasts. Stir together red pepper flake, sesame seeds, parsley, dill, onion powder, and garlic powder.
- Coat chicken in seasoning and cook in a skillet over medium heat until no pink remains. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
- Heat chard in skillet over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Add coconut milk and lemon juice, continuing to stir until chard is wilted.
- Serve chard with chicken over brown rice.
Adapted from Bran Appetit.