Nutrition Action
I know noone wants to log off and go searching for it, but here it is anyways:
There's a reallllly cool newsletter called, "The Nutrition Action Newsletter". It's one of the most serious, well-run nutrtion newsletters I've ever seen. It's run by one of those champion-over-evil watchdog types but not quite a rebel, he's very respected actually.
Every month he exposes all kinds of lies and deceptions found on labels and also reports on, and goes up against, the FDA on nutrition issues where the public is getting duped. So what's this gotta do with chicken?!
Well, he's got a section where, each month, he rates like 50 of a certain kind of product based on all sorts of things like
Sodium
Fat
Taste, etc.
He covers a lot, and the items that meet his criteria for healthy get a special mention. This last one was MARINADES! Man what a list. If you really want to make your chicken taste better, find that newsletter. They tested the marinades 3 different ways:
Letting the chicken soak for an hour,
Letting the chicken soak over night, and
Smearing it on just before cooking.
FYI, he said by smearing the marinade on just before baking there was no noticeable taste difference. Anyways, one of the marinades that I remember was called MIKO.
So just go to the supermarket and check out the marinade section. He listed a bunch that were healthy, low-fat and under 300mg sodium.
On my way out, here's how I make my chicken taste better. It takes a while but I make a lot and it's awesome:
- Put as much chicken as you want in a pot
- Cover with Water and Bring to a Slow Boil
- Add Tablespoonfuls of Tomato Paste to Thicken
- (the thickening happens quicker than you might think)
- Continue on a Slow Boil Adding the Following Spices
- Salt, Cumin, Garlic (fresh cloves best), and Crushed Red Pepper
- (Easy with the Red Pepper!)
- You can add Ochra to it but if its frozen, the ice will dilute the spices so taste test
- Slow Boil Until Just after the Chicken has really softened up and started to come apart
- Ladle over a bed of white rice
[/list=1] I got this from an African bro and it rocked. You will need breath mints. lol
Breezekeeper, trying to make chicken taste good