Shredded Chicken Bake

(4 servings)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. chicken breasts
• 32 oz chicken broth, low sodium, organic
• 1 tsp. poultry seasoning
• 1 TBS fresh sage
• 1 TBS fresh thyme
• 2 TBS flour (sorghum for GF)
• 2 TBS ghee (or butter)
• 1 cup artichoke hearts, frozen, thawed, sliced
• 4 cups fresh spinach, sliced
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth, low sodium, oganic
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 cup romano cheese (optional)

How To Prepare:

Boil chicken breasts about 20 minutes, or until done, in chicken broth, a dash of black pepper and poultry seasoning. Wash fresh herbs and spinach. Slice artichokes and chop spinach while chicken is cooking.

In a small saucepan, begin the roux by melting ghee and with a whisk, stir in sorghum flour until flour is melted into the butter with no lumps. Add the 1 1/2 cups of broth, salt and pepper to the saucepan and stir continuously with the whisk, until it becomes thick.

Remove saucepan from the heat and add in the fresh herbs, stir and allow it to sit while you shred the chicken. In a large bowl, combine the spinach, artichokes, shredded chicken and roux.

Place even amounts into individual ramekins (8oz), sprinkle with romano cheese and bake in the oven on 350 for 20 minutes and then broil for 3 minutes. Serve with Rice crackers for scooping and a side salad. FUN, EASY and TASTY!.

*Read about Sorghum in our Substitutions page. *Rice crackers are both light and healthy, they are replacing traditional white or wheat crackers, which can be used for people not abstaining from gluten.

Naturopathic Doctor Says:

The artichoke is a member of the thistle family, has as wonderful component called silymarin which is well known to be beneficial for liver to help the body detoxify, and can be useful in conditions such as cirrhosis and hepatitis. Ghee is clarified butter well used in Indian cultures and Ayurvedic medicine. It is useful to heal the digestive tract due to its wealth of butyric acid, and is an excellent carrier for medicinal herbs. Spinach has flavonoids and carotenoids shown to protect against prostate and ovarian cancer, as well as eye problems. The word sage comes from “salvia” which means savior, and can help stave off inflammatory conditions like asthma, atherosclerosis and atherosclerosis.

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Nutrition Information (amount per serving):

Calories 290, Total Fat 10g, Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 91mg, Sodium 940mg, Total Carbohydrate 12g, Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 1g, Protein 39g, Vitamin A 61%, Vitamin C 22%, Calcium 22%, Iron 15%, Vitamin K ~191%

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