Ginger Chicken Recipe

Dear Reader,

This recipe is perfect for the cold, windy days of fall. It will warm you from the inside out. It’s also deeply healing.

First, the recipe, and then some interesting information on the healing properties of ginger.

Ginger Chicken with Yams

Ingredients

3 cups homemade chicken broth Recipe for Homemade Broth

{Note: I always have jars of broth frozen in my freezer. When I know I will be using one in a recipe, I put it in the fridge 2 days before so it can thaw. Homemade Broth is truly healing. Visit the link above to find out why.}

1 cup water

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and chopped

1 teaspoon coriander powder

1/2 teaspoon ginger powder

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon sea salt

For the Yams

3 large yams

1/2 cup coconut oil, melted

1 teaspoon sea salt

Rice

1 cup basmati rice

2 cups water

Method

Preheat oven to 450. Peel and chop your yams into cubes. Toss them in the coconut oil and 1 teaspoon salt. Lay them out on a baking sheet, don’t overcrowd. Place in the oven. Set the timer for 25 minutes.

Prepare your chicken by chopping it into strips, and then into chunks.

Place chicken in a stock pot with the rest of your ingredients (minus yam ingredients & rice).

Bring to a boil. When you have a good boil, reduce to a simmer and cover.

Meanwhile, cook your rice.

Chicken should be done in around 15 minutes, check with a meat thermometer to be safe (165 internal temp).

After yams have been baking for 25 minutes, check them. Flip them and cook them another 10 minutes until soft and sort of browned on the outside.

Serve into big bowls, first placing the rice in the bowl, then the chicken mixture with the sauce that has been created with the chicken, and top with the yams.

Enjoy!

According to Ayurveda, the ancient healing art related to Yoga, herbs and spices are very healing.

Ginger is one of the most healing of all.

I included both fresh and powdered ginger in this recipe, because each has its own healing properties.

Ginger increases the digestive fire, called Agni in Ayurveda.

If you have Hashimoto’s and you’re hypothyroid, you most likely have a low digestive fire.

This results in all sorts of digestive discomfort, including constipation, poorly assimilated nutrients, and pain while digesting food.

That’s why including ginger in your diet will help you feel better.

Ginger also stimulates the metabolism and can help with constipation.

A sluggish metabolism and constipation are maladies associated with Hashimoto’s. This is why it’s difficult to drop the extra pounds that may be weighing you down.

When you have Hashimoto’s, it’s not a calories in verses calories used scenerio in terms of weight loss.

If your metabolism is painfully slow due to hypothyroid (thyroid hormone plays a big role in metabolism), losing weight will be practically impossible.

Including ginger in your diet will give you a much needed boost in this area.

It’s also very healing in the fall because it’s warming.

Let me know if you try this recipe, and what you think! You can email me at ablifestyleconsultant@ayeartoheal.com.

Wishing you excellent health,

Amanda Rose Baker

Lifestyle Consultant