Keto Bacon wrapped chicken
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Only .4g carbs per 100g, juicy and delicious bacon wrapped chicken breasts, choice of three stuffings, low carb healthy fat, (LCHF), banting, keto and diabetic friendly.
Ingredients
For this dish we have given you a few options of fillings. Each ingredients list will fill 2 chicken breasts or 1 turkey breast
Chicken
- 2 large chicken breasts or 1 turkey breast minimum 700g
- 4 long rashers of bacon
- string for cooking
Sauce
- 250 g reserved cooking juices
- 100 g single thickened or double cream
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp xanthan gum
- 80 g salted butter
- ¼ cup fresh sage torn or chopped
Stuffing 1 - mince meat and macadamia
- 30 grams Parmesan cubed
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup fresh parsley
- 40 g macadamia nuts
- 2 tsp. equivalent of fresh rosemary
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 egg
- 250 g mince – pork or pork/veal mixture
- 50 g mozzarella
- 4 asparagus spears hard ends trimmed
Stuffing 2 - mozzarella, Brie, oregano and asparagus
- 100 g mozzarella sliced
- 100 g Brie sliced
- 2 tsp. fresh oregano or 1 tsp. dried
- 6 spears of asparagus hard ends trimmed
Stuffing 3 - sun dried tomato/cherry tomato, Brie, asparagus and basil
- 8 cherry tomatoes or sundried tomatoes halved
- 120 g Brie sliced
- 8 spears of asparagus hard ends trimmed
Instructions
Stuffing
- Place Parmesan, garlic, parsley, macadamias and rosemary into the mixer, pulse turbo once (speed 10 / .5 seconds / mc on). You want all ingredients lightly chopped only; non-tmx users may need to repeat
- Tip out into a bowl and add salt and pepper, mince and egg and mix by hand until combined
- The mozzarella and asparagus is placed on the centre of the mince before rolling
Wrapped Chicken
- Butterfly your chicken breasts and bash out lightly to flatten (the easiest method is to cover with cling film and bash with a rolling pin (we have a video of this method loaded on our website)
- Season with a few pinches of salt and pepper
- Place mince meat or other stuffing on the breast and roll up (roll from the bottom of the breast up to the top, instead of closing it back up the way it was, this will help keep the thickness even)
- Wrap with bacon and tie up with string or hold together with skewers and sit in the large varoma steamer bowl
- Into the mixer place 700ml water then steam the chicken 30 minutes cheese/veg stuffing, 35 minutes mince filled, or 60 minutes stuffed turkey breast / varoma temp / speed 2. Squeeze the rolls with tongs to check the juices are clear, if they are pink you will need to steam a further 5-10 minutes
- Crisp up the bacon by searing in a hot pan on all sides, with the butter and sage, be careful of popping bacon fat
- With the juices remaining in the mixer, check you have roughly 1 cup (250ml) then to this add the cream, xanthan gum, and once finished cooking add the now browned butter and sage from the pan
- Cook 2 minutes / 70 degrees / speed 3 / mc on
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Notes
The Mince Stuffing recipe can also be used in a roast chicken with herb butter or Paris butter under the skin
The seasoning of this dish relies heavily on the bacon, so if not using the bacon make sure you season the chicken and sauce with salt to your tastes
If you are having a few people around, we recommend making a few of each flavour so people can sample them all. Simply steam them the day before to save time, and reserve all your juices, then double or triple the sauce, extending the cooking time until hot. Then to reheat the chicken, place into a hot 180C oven for 30 minutes, then turn it to grill and rotate a few times until the bacon is crispy, BEWARE of popping bacon fat.
Nutritional information for mince meat macadamia stuffed breasts with sauce
Nutrition Facts
Keto Bacon wrapped chicken
Amount Per Serving (95 g)
Calories 271.4
Calories from Fat 197
% Daily Value*
Fat 21.9g34%
Sodium 374mg16%
Carbohydrates 1.6g1%
Sugar 1.4g2%
Protein 17g34%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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One of my most favourite dishes. The sauce is so good you’ll want to just drink it. Each filling is also delicious and I recommend you try them all. I love to serve mine with silky cauliflower mash and steamed green beans.