Turmeric Chicken with Zoodles

You’re going to love this Turmeric Chicken recipe! It’s an excellent source of lean meat for the week. The lightness of white meat turkey mixed with a combination of ground chicken and turmeric creates a tasty and healthy meat dish.

Turmeric’s warm flavor, along with its numerous benefits — it’s an anti-inflammatory and can boost norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin in your body. — makes this dish all the more nutritious and comforting. Plus, the addition of bone broth will add a boost of collagen and help boost your immune system.

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Turmeric Chicken with Zoodles

(GLUTEN-FREE, PALEO, WHOLE30)

Makes 4 servings.


What You’ll Need

1 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 cup onion, minced
1 lb ground chicken
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 tbsp herbs de Provence
1/2 tsp Smoked sea salt
1/4 tsp fresh-ground black pepper
1 tbsp turmeric (I used MRM brand*)
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp coriander
1 tsp garlic powder
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, cut in halves
2 tbsp coconut aminos
4 medium zucchini, zoodled
4 tbsp Pine nuts

* MRM brand use promo code ‘valerie’ for 40% off your MRM order!

What You’ll Need To Know

1. Heat coconut oil in a skillet over medium heat and sauté onions until fragrant and translucent. Add in chicken. Break the chicken into chunks with a wooden spoon or metal spatula.

2. Add 1/4 cup bone broth, shiitake, turmeric, cumin, coriander, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and coconut aminos.

3. Continue to break up the turkey into small pieces as you stir all ingredients together. Cook for 4 minutes.

4. Add remaining 1/4 cup bone broth, and cook for another 4 minutes.

5. Allow to cool. Plate zoodles and top with Turmeric Chicken mixture and garnish with 1 tbsp pine nuts for each plate.

1. Cox KH1, Pipingas A1, Scholey AB2. Investigation of the effects of solid lipid curcumin on cognition and mood in a healthy older population. J Psychopharmacol. 2015 May;29(5):642-51. doi: 10.1177/0269881114552744. Epub 2014 Oct 2.

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