A dish of cauliflower is versatile, as it can be cooked at any time of the year. The benefits of these dishes are incredible, and they taste great.
It can be used as a dinner or lunch for every day or when adding ingredients to take their place on the holiday table. In addition, cauliflower can be used in baby food.
The article has recipes for casseroles, meatballs and other dishes with cauliflower, chicken fillet and other ingredients.
The benefits and harm of such a dish
The combination of these ingredients in the baked form is quite a dietary dish, since 100 gr dishes contain 98.6 kcal. However, this designation may increase, depending on which part of the chicken to use during cooking.
Also in 100 grams contains:
- 11.1 grams of protein;
- 4.9 grams of fat;
- 2.7 grams of carbohydrates.
Cauliflower has a large amount of dietary fiber, therefore produces a beneficial effect on the intestinal flora and the entire digestive system.
In addition, it contains vitamin C, potassium, folic acid and various minerals. And in combination with a large amount of amino acids in chicken fillet, this dish is undoubtedly one of the most useful.
A special feature of cauliflower is that it is well digested and digested by the body, and therefore suitable for both adults and children.
Along with all the advantages, there are also limitations of use associated with cauliflower.
Carefully eat these dishes:
- hypothyroidism;
- gout;
- with gastritis with high acidity.
Video about the benefits of cauliflower:
Step by step cooking instructions with photos
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of cauliflower;
- 200 gr. Chicken fillet;
- 3 eggs - 100 ml of nonfat kefir;
- 50 grams of hard cheese;
- vegetable oil for lubrication;
- salt.
Product Processing: Cauliflower rinse, boil for 5 minutes, rinse the fillet and dry.
Stages of cooking:
- Cut chicken breast into medium pieces.
- Grease the baking dish with butter and put fillets on it, not a lot of salt.
- Boiled cabbage lay out fillet on top.
- Mix eggs, kefir, beat well, add salt. Pour this mixture of fillet with cabbage.
- Coarsely rub the cheese and sprinkle on top.
- Send to preheated oven and cook for 25 minutes.
We offer to see a video recipe for another version of cooking cauliflower with chicken in the oven:
Different recipe variations
With garlic
You can chop the garlic to make it hot and add it to kefir with eggs.
With potatoes
In order not to prepare a side dish for a dish, you can cut peeled potatoes into circles, 1 cm thick, salt and place on the bottom of the form, and then follow the instructions. So the dish will turn out nourishing and more high-calorie.
Attention! If the potatoes are young and quickly boiled soft, it can be cut in half or into 4 parts.
More details about baking cauliflower with potatoes and other vegetables can be found here.
With sour cream sauce
For those who do not care about calories, can replace kefir sour cream. This combination will give the dish a more creamy, delicate taste, as well as richness and satiety.
With greens
In the end, when the dish is almost ready the top can be sprinkled with green onions or the whole combination of dill, onion, parsley. This will make the dish even healthier.
With carrots
The difference from the original recipe is that we put the slightly roasted carrots on top of the cauliflower, and then pour the mixture. Carrots will give in this case juiciness and saturation.
How to cook for kids?
The best recipe for kids is a souffle. For this:
- Cabbage must be turned into puree.
- Add butter.
- Meat is also skipped in minced meat.
- Lay out in layers and pour over with beaten eggs.
Be sure to lay out beautifully so that the child wants to try it. You can decorate with cucumbers and tomatoes, if there is no allergic reaction. And also add less salt.
A few quick recipes
Cutlets
Ingredients:
- half a kilo of cauliflower;
- minced chicken;
- 2 eggs;
- salt;
- vegetable oil.
Product Processing: Rinse the cabbage.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Boil the cauliflower and mince.
- Mix the minced meat with cabbage, add eggs, salt. Blind out the mass of cutlets.
- Grease the baking dish with butter and put cutlets on it.
Important! Finished patties can be served with cheese, sour cream or garlic sauce.
Casserole
Products:
- 300 grams of cauliflower;
- 6 chicken legs;
- 2 tomatoes;
- salt;
- vegetable oil;
- sour cream.
Product Processing: wash and dry drumsticks, tomatoes and cauliflower
Stages of cooking:
- Boil the cabbage for 5-6 minutes, cool, disassemble into inflorescences.
- Lubricate the baking dish with oil, lay out the cabbage, drumsticks and tomatoes, salt.
- Fill with sour cream and send in the oven for 30 -35 minutes.
Video recipe for cauliflower and chicken casserole:
Options for serving dishes
Best cooked dish served on a flat plate, decorated with greens, slices of tomatoes and cucumbers. If the chicken and cauliflower were cooked without potatoes, boiled rice, buckwheat, or pasta may still come as a side dish.
Conclusion
Currently developed many recipes for cooking cauliflower in combination with chicken. There is always a share for the fantasy of the mistress or the cook. Changing components, new tastes are introduced for your lunches and dinners.
