5 Spice Chicken "Fried Rice" (Heart of Palm) Stuffed Pepper
Have you been having the best summer ever? Eating and drinking all the things? Living your best life? I sure hope so! If you’re anything like me, you indulge in amazing food, but appreciate healthy dishes to balance it all too!
Heart of Palm has been the most underrated vegetable until recently. it’s a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees. I buy them in a can and often include them in my salads. In the last year or so, I’ve been seeing them pop up all over the grocery store in pasta and rice form! My mind was blown and I immediately began cooking with it.
For this low-carb, high volume delicious recipe (yields 4 servings), you will need:
Hearts of Palm Fried Rice
1 Package (9oz) Hearts of Palm White Rice - I used Natural Heaven
4 Cups of Vegetable Mix - I used whatever was in my fridge:
2 cups cabbage
1 cup zucchini
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup diced onions
4 Red Bell Peppers
2 Cloves garlic
1/4 Cup Coco Aminos
1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
2 tablespoons Coconut Oil
5 Spice Chicken
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Tablespoon Chinese 5 Spice
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1 Tablespoon Onion Powder
1 Tablespoon White Pepper
3 tablespoons Coconut Oil
Directions:
Fried Rice
Cut the tops off of your bell peppers and remove the seeds
Dice the tops of your bell peppers to use for the Fried Rice
Dice all of your remaining vegetables and place them in 2 bowls -
1 bowl for firm/thick vegetables first (onions, bell pepper and zucchini
1 bowl for thin vegetables (cabbage, shredded carrots, garlic)
In a pan on medium-high heat, add coconut oil
Add in your more firm/thick vegetables, saute for 3 minutes
Add in your remaining thin vegetables, saute for 3 minutes
Add in entire package of Hearts of Palm White Rice
Add in coco aminos and sesame oil, stir well until combined, saute for 5 minutes
Turn off heat
5 Spice Chicken
In a bowl, cube your chicken breasts
Marinate your chicken breasts with
1 tablespoon coocnut oil
1 tablespoon Chinese 5 spice
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon white pepper
In a pan on medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
Add in marinated chicken, allow sear, 3 minutes
Flip chicken, cook for 3 minutes
Turn off heat
Add chicken into rice mixture
Mix until combined
Bell Pepper
Stuff your bell pepper in 4 layers: fried rice, chicken, fried rice, chicken
Roast your bell pepper in the oven at 375 for 10 minutes
Remove from oven
Add in 5th layer of fried rice
Sprinkle with parsley for garnish and chili oil
Enjoy! The best part of this recipe is that you can have a huge portion and still have energy afterward. Hearts of Palm - may you continue saving the world one dish at a time. I am forever a fan and can’t wait to make more high-volume recipes!
