Chicken and Veggie Stir Fry Over Spaghetti Squash
Tasty main dish chocked full of veggies and seasoned with serrano pepper for a little heat. This recipe is healthy, low calorie, dairy free and gluten free.
Ingredients
- 3 cups leftover rotisserie chicken see note
- 1 spaghetti squash baked, halved, seeds removed, and flesh pulled out of shell with a fork, set aside
- 3-4 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 ribs celery cut on the diagonal
- 3/4 cup carrot chips or thinly sliced carrots
- 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. fresh green beans ends removed
- 8 oz. container fresh mushrooms sliced
- 1 red bell pepper cut in long strips
- 1 yellow bell pepper cut in long strips
- 1 orange bell pepper cut in long strips
- 1 zucchini sliced
- 1 head broccoli florets cut in bite sized pieces
- 1 small serrano pepper seeded and sliced, add more for additional heat, less for less heat
- 3 green onions sliced
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. parsley
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. leaf sage
- poultry seasoning see note
Instructions
- Place spaghetti squash in oven at 350° to bake about 1 to 1 ½ hours.
- If using uncooked chicken, see note below and follow directions.
- Meanwhile, heat a large sauté pan on medium burner.
- Add olive oil.
- Add celery, carrot chips or slices and green beans and cook 3-5 minutes with lid covered.
- Add mushrooms, peppers, onions, and Serrano pepper and cook about 3-5 minutes with lid covered.
- Add broccoli, zucchini, and seasonings.
- Then add chicken.
- Continue cooking with lid covered until vegetables are cooked crisp-tender.
- You don’t want them soggy or overcooked. It is better if they are slightly crisp to taste rather than limp.
- Meanwhile, remove squash from oven when done.
- Slice in half on bread board, remove seeds carefully.
- Using a fork remove the meat of the squash and place in serving bowl.
- To serve, spread spaghetti squash on a plate.
- Top with chicken and veggies.
Notes
NOTE: Preparation time does not include time required to bake spaghetti squash, or chicken.
NOTE: You can also bake two boneless, skinless, chicken breasts in the oven at the same time as the spaghetti squash is cooking. Sprinkle with poultry seasoning and bake about 45 minutes to an hour or until chicken tests done. Cool slightly and cut down into strips or bite-sized pieces.
NOTE: The Serrano pepper provides a lot of heat so this dish is not at all bland! Reduce amount if you don’t want the dish so spicy.
NOTE: This recipe can easily be halved for smaller families.
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