Last Night's Dinner: Fried Chicken Over Spaghetti Squash

This is one of my favorite meals! Instead of bread crumbs I use almond flour. I spice up the almond flour with different ingredients. It tastes exactly the same! This meal took a total of 20-25 minutes from start to finish.

Prep Time: 7-10 minutes
Bake Time: Spaghetti Squash: 10 minutes, chicken: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:
1 spaghetti squash
14 ounces of chicken
1 large egg
1/2 cup of almond flour
4 ounces of canola oil
1/2 cup of Don Peppino's pizza sauce



Spaghetti Squash

Step 1:
Use a knife/fork to poke deep holes into the spaghetti squash.
Keep rotating the squash until you have holes on all sides.

Step 2: 
Place spaghetti squash into the microwave for 3 minute incriments.
Rotate spaghetti squash after the 3 minutes is done.
The amount of increments depends on the size of your spaghetti squash.
Once skin on the spaghetti squash feels softer you can let it sit for a few minutes while it's finishing cooking.

Step 3:
Cut the spaghetti squash in half.
Remove the seeds from the center of the spaghetti squash.
Use a fork to scrape the inside of the spaghetti squash.

 It should look like spaghetti.
 1 cup per serving of spaghetti squash.









The macros for this full portion are: 2 grams of fat, 10 grams of net carbs and 2 grams of protein. If you were to eat half of this, the macros would be: 1 gram of fat, 5 grams of net carbs and 1 gram of protein. This is can be made with other meals. It's a good macaroni substitute.

Fried Chicken

Step 1:
Put a 1/2 cup of almond flour in a bowl.
Season the almond flour how you would with bread crumbs.
I used old bay, crushed red pepper, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, paprika, and chilli powder.
Crack 1 large egg into a bowl.

Step 2:
Dip chicken pieces in the egg then into the almond flour.

I used tenderloins but feel free to pick fattier cuts of meat. I tried this recipe with chicken cutlets before but did not have the same success with frying as I did with the tenderloins.

Step 3:
Place 4 ounces of canola oil into a frying pan. My cast iron pan works wonders!
After the oil heats up place tenderloins in the pan.
Tenderloins should cook about 5-7 minutes on each side.
Make sure you measure the oil after the chicken is done. This way you can tell how much your chicken absorbed! This batch absorbed 2ounces of canola oil. 

The macros for this full portion are: 70 grams of fat, 12 grams of net carbs and 146 grams of protein. If you were to eat half of this, the macros would be: 35 grams of fat, 6 grams of net carbs and 73 grams of protein.

Don Peppino's Pizza Sauce

Measure 1/2 a cup of Don Peppino's pizza sauce.
Heat the sauce in the microwave or stove top.








The macros for this full portion are: 3 grams of fat, 6 grams of net carbs and 2 grams of protein. If you were to eat half of this, the macros would be: 1.5 grams of fat, 3 grams of net carbs and 1 grams of protein. I use this sauce in other recipes!

Yummy!
1 cup of spaghetti squash
7 ounces of chicken
1/4 cup of Don Peppino's pizza sauce





Remember to drink lots of water! That seems to be my biggest challenge. It's hard to drink when you are busy! I need to find a better solution to getting the amount of water I need. 

If you chose this meal for dinner, make sure your after dinner snack has fat!