This is one of my favorite skillet meals. It’s complete with protein and nutrients and definitely filling with not just the chicken breast and eggs, but also plenty of delicious vegetables. And the the vegetables I used here are just an idea, you don’t have to use exactly what I put in! Make it your own! It’s best to use fresh and keep it healthy without adding anything unneeded. This is a meal that is cooked lightly, sauteeing the vegetables using Coconut Oil, Ghee or Extra Virgin Olive Oil! The herbs of oregano, basil and garlic do the flavoring while the combination of all the ingredients bring all the flavors together fantastically! Plus, this is a meal that can be a great breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or meal prep for tomorrow!!!
If you’re not crazy about chicken, I understand. With the many options of chicken out there, I’ve no doubt seen some really gross cooked chicken myself! Images of live chickens crammed in warehouses, farm factories and cages and just raw chicken breast is unappetizing! It can be a turn-off or massively confusing trying to choose chicken to purchase to eat. Chicken as well as eggs for that matter! Often you’ll see cage-free, free-range or pasture-ranged chicken. An article here at Defining Egg Labels and Pasture Raised or Free Range is great. Pasture-Raised is the best option to go with!! If you live in an area where you can buy chicken and eggs from a local farmer you’re buying a much healthier chicken, where the animals have a more humane lifestyle in how they are raised. A healthier chicken means healthier eggs and that means a healthier meal and a healthier well-fed you!
Pasture-Raised Chickens are not fed antibiotics, they don’t have their beaks cut and are free to roam, peck and forage, naturally eating greens and insects with room to frolic in the sunshine! Happier hens! Just look at the space difference from free-range to pasture-raised! Look at how sad the life of a chicken must be in a caged and cage-free environment, never outdoors.
And this is the way the chickens are meant to live, so they’re healthier themselves allowing for your pasture-raised purchased poultry to have more vitamins, more Omega 3’s, more nutrients!
So back to this recipe. We are now possibly able to answer another question after the first being farm-raised vs pasture-raised; what comes first, the chicken or the egg? Well, when preparing this recipe, high-protein chicken breast is first! Then high-protein eggs! Well.. actually there’s some vegetables that happen in between there, which totally makes sense! The chicken would need the correct nutrients to produce a great healthy egg!
These are some main players in this meal! Obviously the chicken breast (not shown because raw chicken breast never looks good.) and I do use a bit of chicken broth to cook the chicken breast in so it stays nice and juicy. Water will do the trick if you don’t have any broth. Other ingredients are the Pasture-raised eggs, leafy super-food greens such as kale, spinach and swiss chard. Sweet potato and red onion, as well as sweet peppers and sliced garlic.
To begin, cut all vegetables into nice bite-sized pieces. We’re going to make a sweet potato vegetable hash first, simply by sauteing everything in a healthy coconut oil and ghee combination. Add sliced garlic, ghee and coconut oil to skillet over medium heat. Add all vegetables to allow to soften and cook.
Herbs I liked to use are oregano and basil, a bit of sea salt and ground black pepper.
As the vegetables are cooking, place chicken breast on a plate and sprinkle with sea salt and ground black pepper, as well as a bit of oregano and basil. In a separate skillet from the vegetables, one that has a top, heat olive oil and sliced garlic over medium heat. Add chicken breast and allow both sides of the chicken to brown lightly. Add a bit of chicken broth or water, not too much, then place the lid on the skillet. Allow to cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, perhaps more if the chicken is thick.
I did add a touch of french tarragon I had growing in my garden. I had snipped a few and allowed it to dry. Tarragon can have a rather pungent flavor, that similar to black-licorice, so this herb is definitely optional. It can also help a wide range of issues: Read more at Dr. Axe’s website where the image below is found:
Once you see the chicken is cooked almost thoroughly, place pieces on cutting board and slice into easy to eat pieces. Then add to vegetables.
Now you have your chicken and potato vegetable hash ready! Next is just adding more protein! The egg comes next!
Make sections in between the vegetables and chicken so you can place and egg where it will cook nicely.
Allow the eggs to cook thoroughly, then scoop up in sections and arrange nicely on a plate!
This is where you have control! You can place the chicken first… or the egg! Or just grab a mixture together and enjoy, it’s delicious and healthy no matter! This is clean eating!
You are not only being nutritiously well-fed, but you’re also brighter, having answered an age-old physiological question. Ahhh, the CHICKEN comes first! Or wait, did you have the egg come first on your plate? It was the vegetables all along!!! Ok, maybe the question isn’t quite clearly answered but you being a top-chef is obvious!
| Prep Time | 5-10 mins |
| Cook Time | 10-15 mins |
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- 1-2 lbs Chicken Breasts I guess the chicken does come first.
- 4 cloves Garlic sliced Need two cloves sliced for chicken skillet and two cloves for the vegetables in separate pan
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Chicken sauteed in olive oil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1-2 tbsp chicken broth or water
- 3 eggs pasture-raised is best!
- 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tbsp ghee
- 2-3 tsp oregano use some for the chicken skillet and some for the vegetables in separate pan
- 1 Sweet Potato Cubed
- 1 small red onion
- 1 yellow, red and/or orange pepper sliced
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp basil
- 1-2 bunches kale, purple or green curly or flat kale along with any other supergreens you want to add! Spinach, swiss chard!
Ingredients
Chicken (and eggs)
Vegetable Hash
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- Slice garlic cloves and add to skillet with olive oil over medium heat.
- Add salt, pepper and oregano to Chicken Breasts then place in hot skillet to brown both sides. Add chicken broth or water to keep juicy, then place lid on top to cook for about 8 - 10 mins, checking to be sure it is not overcooking.
- While Chicken is cooking, in separate skillet, heat coconut, ghee, garlic, herbs, sweet potatoes, onions, peppers and kale (or super greens you're using) over medium to hot heat soft and sauteed. Add any other vegetables you might prefer such as mushrooms or tomatoes.
- Once chicken is cooked, slice on cutting board and then add to vegetable hash.
- Make small spaces and add eggs in separate areas around skillet in between chicken and vegetables.
- Allow eggs to cook with lid over the skillet for about 5-8 minutes.
- Place Chicken and Eggs.... or Eggs then the Chicken, whichever order you prefer, with baked sauteed vegetables on plate and enjoy!