Low Carb Chicken Caprese w Cheddar Mashed Cauliflower
How to Make It
Step 1
Prepare chicken breast by cutting it into bite-sized cubes and toss them in a mixing bowl. Toss the chicken pieces with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and italian seasoning. Once the chicken is coated in oil and spices, heat a wide pan over high heat on your stove. Cook the chicken in the hot pan until the chicken is golden brown to charred on all sides. You can adjust the heat as necessary to make sure your chicken is cooked through.
Step 2
Leave the chicken aside to cool. In your food processor, pulse together whole basil leaves, parmesan cheese, chopped walnuts, raw garlic, salt, lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil. You can adjust the seasonings in your pesto sauce to your taste and add more olive oil as needed. Pulse until you have a beautiful green pesto sauce.
Step 3
Add the chicken bites and pesto sauce to a new, large mixing bowl. Add whole ciligiene mozzarella balls and grape tomatoes to the mixing bowl as well. However, if you find the mozzarella and tomatoes too large to your liking, you can cut these ingredients in half. Stir all the ingredients together in your mixing bowl until you have an even, green, saucy pesto mix. Set the bowl of caprese chicken aside and wipe your food processor clean for the next step.
Step 4
Bring a pot of water to a boil on the stove. Once the water is boiling, add raw cauliflower cut into 2 or 3 large pieces. Boil the cauliflower until it’s soft enough to pierce easily with a fork in the thickest parts. Then, transfer your soft cauliflower to your food processor. Let the excess steam coming from the cauliflower evaporate for 1-2 minutes before you add more ingredients close your lid on the food processor.
Step 5
Add salt, pepper, onion powder, and butter to the food processor. Pulse until your cauliflower blends with the seasonings and butter into a smooth, creamy mashed potato mixture. Then, pulse the shredded cheese into the cauliflower. Blend the mashed cauliflower just enough to melt the cheese but still see flecks of orange. Serve about 10 oz of your caprese chicken mixture with about 4 oz of cheddar mashed cauliflower.
Ingredients
- Chicken Breast Boneless Skinless Raw – 12 oz
- Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tsp
- Salt – 0.5 tsp
- Black pepper – 0.25 tsp
- Garlic powder – 0.25 tsp
- Italian seasoning – 0.5 tsp
- Basil – 0.75 oz
- Parmesan cheese, fresh (hard) – 0.13 cup, grated
- Walnuts – 1 oz
- Garlic – 0.75 tsp, chopped
- Salt – 0.5 tsp
- Lemon juice – 0.5 tsp
- Extra virgin olive oil – 0.25 cup
- Fresh Mozzarella Ciliegine – 4 oz
- Grape Tomatoes – 4 oz
- Cauliflower, raw – 8 oz
- Salt – 0.5 tsp
- Black pepper – 0.25 tsp
- Onion powder – 0.13 tsp
- Butter, unsalted – 0.5 tbsp
- Cheddar cheese, natural – 0.13 cup, shredded