Chicken breast with carrots and onions in a frying pan

Quick to prepare, juicy and flavorful, for dinner! Chicken breast with carrots and onions in a frying pan is a very simple recipe, it requires ordinary products that can be found in any kitchen. The breast is obtained with a rich aroma of herbs and vegetables, soft and not dry.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 52 % 12 g
Fats 30 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 17 % 4 g
128 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 44 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make chicken breast with carrots and onions in a frying pan? Prepare the ingredients. It is better to take the meat chilled, then it will turn out more juicy. If the breast was frozen, then pre-defrost it according to all the rules. You can change the set of spices according to your taste or availability.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the vegetables, peel, cut the onion into half rings. To avoid irritating the mucous membrane of the eyes when slicing onions, rinse the onion and knife with cold water. The cutting board will not absorb the unpleasant onion smell if you rub it with a piece of lemon before slicing.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Keep in mind that the final result in this dish also depends on how you chop the carrots: grated carrots will turn into mush during heat treatment and mix evenly with the rest of the ingredients, cut into strips or cubes will retain their shape.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Lightly fry the vegetables in a frying pan with by adding vegetable oil until half-cooked, it will take about 5 minutes on low heat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Wash the breast, dry it well and cut into medium pieces.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Put the chopped breast to the vegetables, mix, add salt. Simmer under the lid for 15 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Cut the tomato into medium cubes. If the skin is thick, then remove it.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add the tomato to the chicken and vegetables, stir, and simmer for another 5 minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Add the herbs, mix.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Simmer the dish until cooked for 15 minutes. When serving, sprinkle the breast with vegetables with finely chopped herbs. Enjoy your meal!

Note that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the proper defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way to defrost chicken read in  article about proper defrosting of products .

How easy is it to peel tomatoes? Wash them, make criss-cross incisions on top with a sharp knife. Put it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Remove, cool slightly and remove the skin.

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can spoil even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast - 113   kcal/100g
  • Oregano dry - 306   kcal/100g

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