Chicken vermicelli is a familiar dish, easy to prepare and can adjust ingredients to suit a weight loss diet. Instead of using a lot of chicken skin, fatty water or grease, you can prioritize chicken skin removal, increase green vegetables and control the amount of vermicelli in each serving.
Ingredients for a serving
To make a simple bowl of chicken vermicelli, you can prepare about 50-60 g of dried vermicelli, 100-120 g of skinless chicken breast, a little shiitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, scallions, cilantro and any kind of vegetables you like. The broth can be cooked from chicken bones or used chicken broth, then remove the floating fat to make the dish lighter.
Spices include ginger, shallots, salt, fish sauce and a little pepper. No need to use a lot of cooking oil when processing.
How to make chicken vermicelli
First, boil chicken breast with ginger and a little salt. When the meat is cooked, take it out to cool and then tear it into bite-sized pieces. The boiled water is filtered through a sieve, continue to simmer and season to taste.
Soak dried vermicelli in water until soft, then quickly blanch in hot water and drain. This method helps vermicelli cook just right, not mushy when placed in a bowl.
Soften shiitake mushrooms, wash and chop finely. Bean sprouts can be blanched to maintain crispness. Put vermicelli in a bowl, arrange shredded chicken, mushrooms and bean sprouts on top, then pour in hot broth. Finally add scallions, cilantro and a little pepper.
To make the dish suitable for weight loss goals, you should prioritize skinless chicken, limit grease and not add too much vermicelli. You can increase the amount of green vegetables, mushrooms or bean sprouts to increase the volume of the meal without increasing energy too much.
A chicken vermicelli serving like the above can become a relatively balanced lunch, providing carbohydrates from vermicelli, protein from chicken and fiber from vegetables. However, total energy also depends on the amount of vermicelli, meat and ingredients used. People who are losing weight should combine a serving suitable for the total energy needs of the day and maintain a diverse diet.
