Steamed chicken a healthy chicken recipe quick and easy

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil provides healthy fats and is versatile.

black pepper

🥗Healthier: white pepper

💰Cheaper: ground pepper

White pepper offers a milder flavor.

ginger

🥗Healthier: ginger paste

💰Cheaper: ground ginger

Ground ginger is easier to store and use.

Start with chicken legs, you can use breast if preferred.

If you don't want the skin, you can remove it; otherwise, keep the skin on.

Marinate chicken with lemon juice, salt, and freshly crushed black pepper for about 1 hour.

Prepare a colander with a steaming pot underneath.

Place some julienned carrots, cabbage, and onions in the colander for plating later.

Put the marinated chicken on top of the vegetables in the colander.

Cover the colander and steam for at least 20 minutes.

Check the chicken for doneness; if not cooked, give it an additional 5 minutes.

Once cooked, serve the steamed chicken with the ginger and spring onion chutney on the side.

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