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Chicken Suggestion For Gastric Sleeve Newbies
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I've seen a lot of people post that they have difficulty with chicken because it's too dry. I found this early on, but started buying rotisserie chickens from costco (most grocery stores sell them as well) - be sure to take the fattening skin off, but the chicken is very moist and I find it really easy to eat, and chicken is an AWESOME Protein source.
The best thing about it is that it will last for many meals, even if you're feeding a family. We usually have ours the first night as a "chicken dinner" with salad and some sort of side dish (like some sort of potato - if you're not a militant low-carber) - or cooked veggies. Then I pull all the good meat off the bones and use it later in the week for lunches, I make chicken salad, use it on salads, etc. The Costco chickens are only $4.99 and I find I can get at least 4-5 meals from it before I get tired of it.
Another option is to slow-cook a whole small chicken in the crock pot (add lots of veggies like carrots, celery, onions for flavor) - it will be really moist because it will cook all day in its own juices, and you can use it many of the same ways as above.
Feel free to add any other chicken suggestions you have!