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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. The photo submitted by Plan Z dieter Nancy.

There’s no need for noodles or rice with this kind of Asian cooking. I call them superfluous carbs. This is so fun to eat you’ll never know the rice is missing.  And you can pretend your grissini are chop sticks! Edible ones!

This is a spicy meal. Not incredibly hot but you’ll want a large glass of ice water nearby. You can always leave off the cayenne and the Thai pepper if you want Asian flavor with no heat.

Servings: Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 2, 4 oz ground chicken patties
• a sprinkle of celery salt
• a sprinkle of ground ginger
• a list sprinkle of cayenne
• 2 cups of greens
• ½ cup of red onion sliced into thin rings and then cut the rings in half
• 2 cups  of celery cut into 1” chunks (maybe a bit smaller but substantial)
• 1 cup of asparagus bits
• ½ cup of organic chicken broth
• ¼ cup of Bragg’s aminos
• 1 tsp of minced garlic (jar garlic is fine)

Optional:

• one teeny Thai pepper, minced

Instructions:

You are going to grill the burgers and stir fry the veggies.

Lightly spray your grill pan. On one side of the chicken burgers season them with a light dusting of the celery salt, ginger and cayenne. Set them on the grill pan. Sear the first side on medium high for 2 minutes or until you get nice grill marks. Then turn the heat down to medium to finish cooking the burgers. Cook until no longer pink the middle 4 – 5 minutes more. Keep an eye on them. You want to cook them until no pink remains but if you don’t over cook them they will stay moist and juicy.

While the burgers are cooking you can do your stir-fry. In a separate pan lightly spray with oil. Add the broth, Bragg’s aminos, celery and asparagus. Bring to a light boil and simmer them until crisp tender. Just a few minutes. You still want them slightly crunchy. Add the onions and the garlic. Cook for one more minute to loosen the onion. Then add the Thai pepper if you are going to use it. Stir.

Place the greens on the plate. Top with burger and scatter the stir fry veggies around.

This is a very satisfying, Asian meal.

Enjoy!

Cheers,