Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, perfect baked chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Perfect Baked Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Perfect Baked Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have perfect baked chicken using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Perfect Baked Chicken:
- Make ready 4 Chicken Breast, boneless, skinless
- Take 1/2 tsp Fine ground sea salt, (regular salt would work)
- Get 1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper, (regular ground black pepper would work)
- Take 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper (optional, if you don't like heat, leave it out)
- Take 1 tbsp olive oil
- Take 2 tbsp butter
Instructions to make Perfect Baked Chicken:
- Clean chicken by removing any fat, tendons, etc. Set aside.
- Mix spices in a bowl. Set aside.
- Preheat iron skillet, or dutch oven on stove top.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Sprinkle spice mix on chicken, both sides.
- Put butter and oil in skillet and let get hot. Brown chicken on both sides letting it get a nice brown sear on it.
- Cover skillet or dutch oven with lid or aluminum foil and place in preheated oven.
- Let bake for 25 minutes or until juices run clear.
- This chicken can be eaten as is. Shredded for tacos, cut up and used in casseroles, etc.
- I got this recipe online a while back and modified it to my family's taste.
- This recipe calls for 4 boneless skinless breasts, but I used a pack of 3 large ones when I took these pictures. You could always adjust to what you have 2- 4 chicken pieces. Also, could use thighs, drumsticks, bone in, bone out, doesn't matter!!!
How to Elevate Your Mood with Food
A lot of us have been trained to think that comfort foods are bad and are to be avoided. At times, if the comfort food is a sugary food or some other junk food, this holds true. Other times, though, comfort foods can be totally nourishing and it’s good for you to consume them. There are a number of foods that actually can improve your moods when you consume them. If you feel a little bit down and you need an emotional pick me up, try a number of these.
Eggs, believe it or not, can be really great at fighting back depression. Just make sure that you don’t toss out the yolk. When you want to cheer yourself up, the yolk is the most vital part of the egg. Eggs, especially the egg yolks, are loaded with B vitamins. B vitamins can be terrific for lifting up your mood. This is because they help improve the function of your neural transmitters, the components of your brain that dictate your mood. Eat a couple of eggs to cheer up!
Make a trail mix from seeds and/or nuts. Your mood can be elevated by consuming peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and other types of nuts. This is because seeds and nuts have lots of magnesium which increases your brain’s serotonin levels. Serotonin is known as the “feel good” substance that our body produces and it tells your brain how you should be feeling day in and day out. The more serotonin you have, the happier you are going to feel. Nuts, in addition to raising your mood, can be a great source of protein.
Cold water fish are great for eating if you are wanting to combat depression. Salmon, herring, tuna fish, mackerel, trout, etcetera, they’re all high in omega-3 fatty acids and DHA. DHA and omega-3s are two things that improve the quality and the function of your brain’s gray matter. It’s true: consuming a tuna fish sandwich can seriously boost your mood.
Grains can be great for fighting a terrible mood. Barley, millet, quinoa, etc are fantastic at helping you feel happier. They help you feel full also which can really help to make your mood better. Feeling starved can be terrible! These grains can elevate your mood as it’s not at all hard for your body to digest them. These foods are easier to digest than others which helps jumpstart a rise in your sugar levels which in turn takes your mood to a happier place.
Green tea is wonderful for moods. You were just expecting to read that, weren’t you? Green tea is loaded with a certain amino acid called L-theanine. Studies prove that this specific amino acid can essentially induce brain waves. This will better your brain’s focus while simultaneously relaxing the rest of your body. You already knew that green tea helps you be better. And now you are aware that green tea can help you be happier as well!
See, you don’t need to eat all that junk food when you are wanting to feel better! Try a few of these tips instead.
