Mexican Chicken Poppers with Pico de Gallo

Course Main Meals

Keyword Full Cal

Protein Poultry

Meal Plan Category Week 2

Servings servings

Calories 325kcal

Ingredients

1 lb 97% lean ground chicken
½ cup zucchini grated
⅓ cup white onion minced
¼ cup cilantro finely chopped
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp smoked paprika
¼ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp black pepper
1 head bibb lettuce

For Pico de Gallo:

1 cup roma tomato diced (about 2 romas)
½ cup onion finely chopped
1 handful cilantro finely chopped
1 tsp jalapeño minced
salt to taste

Day 3 lunch only:

¼ avocado add as topping

Instructions

COMBINE all ingredients for poppers except lettuce in a large mixing bowl. Mix to combine. Form into small patties using a large tablespoon. Patties will be roughly the circumference of a ¼ cup measuring cup.
HEAT a large frying pan over medium heat and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Place poppers on pan and cook 4-5 minutes on each side until cooked through.
WHILE poppers cook, stir together ingredients for pico de gallo. Serve poppers on bibb lettuce and top with pico de gallo.

Notes

Yields: approx 12 poppers.

MAKE IT A MAINTENANCE RECIPE (Choose one)

FAT: Use higher fat ground meat OR top with ½ avocado OR top with 3 tbsp sour cream OR top with ¼ avocado and 2 tbsp sour cream
CARBS: Eat in organic corn tortilla AND/OR Double the pico recipe

Tips when increasing the batch size: So a single recipe should yield 12 poppers, 6 per serving (they are little guys) - so for double recipe would be 24 poppers total (still 6 per serving) However - since you are doubling, I would suggest to save time make the poppers bigger or it might take a while to form and cook 24 separate poppers - maybe do 12 poppers total for the double recipe, then now the serving size is 3 large poppers.

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