Summer’s all about easy, no-mess, delicious meals from the grill. Fresh foods that provide the colors, tastes, smells, and nutrients your body needs. You can have this all, and stay in the Keto Zone, with our Keto Zone Spicy Grilled Chicken Foil Packets.
Best of all, these fun, easy summer meal packets require little cleanup. You might even have time for a nice evening walk or relaxing chat on the porch after dinner.
Here’s how and why you should make these tonight!
Keto Zone Spicy Grilled Chicken Foil Packets
Ingredients:
- 6 boneless, skinless, organic chicken thighs or split breasts
- 1 cup each of onion, broccoli, zucchini, and asparagus (chopped into 1/2-inch cubes as needed)
- 2-3 tablespoons jerk seasoning, to taste (be careful, it can get spicy!)
- 3 tablespoons melted organic coconut oil or MCT oil
- cilantro, chopped
- 2 limes
- 1 avocado
Instructions:
- Prepare grill.
- Toss chicken, vegetables, jerk seasoning and oil on a sheet of foil.
- Form a foil packet, make sure to seal corners and edges.
- Grill over high heat, turning once, 25 minutes.
- Top with cilantro, avocado slices, and serve with lime wedges.
Serves 4.
Nutrition Info (per serving): 352 calories, 24 grams fat, 13 grams carbs, 6 grams fiber (7 grams net carbs), 21 grams protein
Comments:
Another easy, delicious dinner with the 3 key Keto Zone dinner components: Healthy Keto Zone fats, a good-for-you protein source, loads of vegetables and, as a bonus: spices.
Like most Keto Zone recipes, there are two reasons they make a great dinner.
Here’s what you get in them: all the great nutrients and Keto Zone foods.
And what you don’t: No chemical additives, unhealthy processed oils, fake flavorings, dyes, or other junk.
Keto Zone Spicy Grilled Foil Packets – What You Get
Healthy Fats: This is a Keto Zone dinner, so of course, it starts with the fats. Coconut oil and MCT oil both provide medium-chain triglycerides. These special fats are great for ketone production, energy, cholesterol profiles, and more.
In addition, fats don’t get much healthier than avocados. These rich vegetables are high in omega-9s, which promote optimal cholesterol levels and reduce inflammation in your body. What’s more, the nutrients in avocados reduce inflammation, increase the absorption of carotenoids from other vegetables by 15 times (1), and provide a source of glutathione.
Healthy Protein: Free-range (organic, if possible) chicken thighs are a great protein. They provide about 7 grams of protein per ounce, stay moist and tender when grilled, and are flavorful. And, they help you maintain muscle mass and repair your cells if you actively exercise.
Loads of Vegetables: Every vegetable listed promotes health. They reduce the risk of cancer, help our bodies detox at the cellular level, reduce inflammation, fight oxidative stress, and help you to feel full and satisfied while you lose weight. Load ’em on and grill them for a delicious, healthy dinner.
High-Nutrient Spices: Caribbean Jerk Seasoning is full of peppers, garlic, cinnamon, and more. And really, these spices are the stars of this Keto Zone dinner. In addition to adding flavor, interest, and heat, they add:
Chili: Chili peppers can increase metabolic output Then, they actually induce increased energy (calorie) expenditure after they are consumed. This means that they directly boost metabolism (2), reduce inflammation, support heart health and healthy triglyceride levels (3), fight oxidative stress, fight cancer cell growth (4), and more!
Garlic: Garlic is a potent superfood. It supports heart health, immune function, bacteria-fighting and more!
Cinnamon: Cinnamon is highly anti-inflammatory, a strong antioxidant, reduces insulin resistance, promotes healthy blood sugars, fights bacteria and more!
Keto Zone Spicy Grilled Foil Packets – What You DON’T Get
While they can seem convenient, most pre-seasoned meats and dinners are seasoned with less-than-desirable ingredients.
Typically, they contain added sugars, monosodium glutamate, salt solutions, fake “flavorings” and more. If they are in the form of a TV Dinner, they also usually contain very high amounts of carbohydrates, soybean oils, and preservatives.
For example, if you choose Marie Callender’s Honey Roasted Chicken Frozen Dinner rather than our Keto Zone foil packets, you’re choosing:
Ingredients: Mashed Potatoes (Rehydrated Potato Flakes and Granules [Water, Potatoes, Mono- and Diglycerides, Citric Acid, Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate, BHT, Sodium Bisulfite], Butter [Cream, Salt], Cream, Salt, Flavoring), Sweet Gravy (Water, Brown Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Contains 2% or less of: Chicken Flavor [Chicken Broth, Salt, Chicken Fat], Chicken Glace [Chicken Broth, Cooked Chicken, Chicken Fat, Salt, Flavorings], Butter [Cream, Salt], Onions, Salt, Chardonnay Wine, Canola Oil, Garlic, Spice), Honey Roasted Turkey (Turkey Breast Tenderloin, Water, Honey, Isolated Soy Protein Product [Isolated Soy Protein, Modified Potato Starch, Corn Starch, Carrageenan, Soy Lecithin], Olive Oil, Chicken Flavor [Maltodextrin, Chicken Broth, Salt, Flavors], Salt, Potassium Chloride, Potassium and Sodium Phosphates, Seasoning [Spice Extractives with Polysorbate 80, Canola Oil, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Propylene Glycol, Flavors, Soy Lecithin]), Carrots, Broccoli.
The choice, for your health, is clear.
Bottom Line
Our Keto Zone Spicy Grilled Chicken Foil Packets are almost as easy as any convenience dinner and are much healthier. What’s more, they taste delicious and require almost no clean-up. If you’re ready for a summertime grilled dinner, gift it a try.
