Let’s Get Started!

Pictured here is a piece of chicken thigh with an Italian-style sauce.  I chose to serve my chicken with some mashed cauliflower and broccoli, but of course, you can choose any vegetables you like!  Before I started out, I actually had intended on trying out a paleo barbeque sauce recipe I had found. I followed the recipe but ended up with something that was certainly delicious but not so barbecue-y.  So…we shall call this an Italian-style sauce.

Ingredients for sauce:

1 6 oz can of tomato paste

1 1/4 cup of beef stock

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 an onion

2 tablespoons dijon mustard

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoon Olive Oil

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 tablespoon chili powder

Instructions for sauce:

1. Dice up the onions and garlic as finely as possible.  It’s ok for the sauce to be a little chunky but not too much.  Sometimes I find it easier to just stick it all in a food processor for a few seconds.

2. Heat up a sauce pan on medium-high heat and add olive oil when warm.  Add onions and garlic and stir for a minute or so.

3. Add all remaining ingredients and bring heat down to low and let simmer with the cover on.  Simmer for about 20-30 minutes.

4. Taste it as you go. If you feel like it needs a little salt, go ahead and add some! Maybe a little more spice? More chili powder!

Chicken

As for cooking the chicken, it’s up to you how you do it. You can oven cook it, pan fry, grill. . .I chose to go the easy route and wrapped up the chicken with the sauce in tin-foil and threw it on the grill for 25 minutes.

. . .and that’s it! Buon Appetito.

Come back soon! Stay tuned for my mashed cauliflower recipe. . .