Chicken meat is rich in essential nutrients, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Grandmothers used to say, chicken does not throw anything away! They tasted broths with hen’s feet, chicken offal including corns, hearts, and livers. For better sensory and nutritional qualities, we recommend to always choose chickens raised on the ground in Italy.

The chicken has a reputation for being not very tasty, yet it also holds up to 40 cloves of garlic or intense notes like rosemary, thyme, and lemon, revealing in these cases a stronger meaty taste.

In free-range chickens, legs and thighs – the parts subject to greater movement – are tastier, especially if cooked with skin and bones. It is instead the meat of the breast, boned and deprived of the skin, to have given the chicken its unsightly reputation, particularly in intensive farm animals.

The best compliment that can be done is that it gives consistency to the dishes and does not interfere with the flavors of a sauce, salty, sweet, dried fruit, spicy, even fish.

Seven reasons to eat chicken

1. Boost your muscles: It is one of the best sources of animal protein on the planet. The richest part is concentrated in the chest.
2. Helps to lose weight: If you want to lose weight, chicken is one of the main allies. It is low in calories, it is a source of easily digestible proteins (because they consist of muscle fibers of small caliber and with little collagen compared to other meats) and has few fats (which are concentrated especially in the skin, so simple to eliminate).
3. Protects bones: It is rich in minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and selenium, which synergistically maintain the health of our bones and make them stronger.
4. Relieves stress: It contains two important nutrients (vitamin B5 and tryptophan) which naturally reduce physical and mental stress. In particular: Vitamin B5 helps to turn carbohydrates and fats into energy that can be used by the body. Tryptophan (precursor of the “serotonin” neurotransmitter) is an amino acid essential for good mood and relaxation.
5. It is rich in magnesium: This is the fourth mineral with the most bio-availability in our body. Indispensable in the metabolism of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, it also allows the production of energy. In addition, it promotes the maintenance of a balanced pH in the blood, regulates the heart rhythm and has a vasodilator action. It also consolidates bone formation and growth, and is essential for the balance of the nervous system.
6. Strengthens the immune system: The proteins contained in the chicken reinforce our cells. Chicken broth is an excellent remedy against colds and flu since ancient times. The hot steam of chicken soup is a natural nasal decongestant. It naturally fluidizes our body by “filling” it with nutrients capable of fighting the invasion of bacteria that cause infections.
7. Defends the cardiovascular system: Vitamin B6 contained in this meat plays, together with magnesium, an important role in the prevention of heart disease.