Great news, everyone! We’re on a diet! The truth is being a food blogger has many delicious perks, sometimes too many. Whether we try a new recipe or we just want to take photos of a delicious recipe we’ve been using for years, there’s always yummy food in our homes, which we feel compelled to at least try. But eating is not our only hobby, we also love going to the beach. As preparation for summer, we are trying two different approaches. Today we’ll start our Dukan diet friendly recipes series with this succulent Poached Chicken Breasts recipe.

If you’ve tried slimming down on your own, you’ve probably faced the issue of having to cook separate meals for those on a diet. We want you to have the best of all worlds, that’s why we’re presenting to you this new way of being on a diet and eating almost the same meals as your family. No more messing around with several recipes and pots, you just cook delicious low fat recipes for everyone!

Ingredients list for Poached Chicken Breasts:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

½ onion, halved

1 medium carrot, chopped

1 celery stalk, chopped

2 garlic cloves, peeled

1/2 lemon, sliced (optional)

salt and pepper to taste

3 bay leaves

Ingredients list for the Beetroot Sauce:

75 ml red wine

200 gr cooked beetroot

200 ml chicken stock

Preparation method for Poached Chicken Breasts:

Pop all ingredients except chicken in a large pot. Add enough water to cover the vegetables and spices by 1/2 inch. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add the chicken breast pieces and return to a boil. Cook 3 minutes, then place a lid on top of the pot and remove from heat. Wait until chicken is cooked through, 15 to 18 minutes. You may want to turn the chicken breasts around halfway through. Remove the succulent chicken breasts from the poaching liquid immediately and serve.

Preparation method for the Beetroot Sauce:

In a small saucepan add the red wine and the beetroots with their juice. Simmer until nearly all the liquid has evaporated, then blend everything together in your blender or food processor. Pour in the chicken stock and bring to the boil. Simmer until the volume of liquid has reduced by half. Add salt and pepper to taste, then serve over the Poached Chicken Breasts.

How to make perfectly poached chicken breasts and not eat them? Here’s what I did: I cooked the Poached Chicken Breasts and the Beetroot Sauce, then I made these awesome photos. My family enjoyed the complete meal, while I just skipped the sauce.

You may as well eat the chicken without the sauce, if you’re in the Dukan diet attack phase. Your family can eat the succulent chicken with the sweet and sour beetroot sauce on top, while you’ll skip that and maintain your figure. Not too bad for a recipe which will help you slim down, is it?