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WHAT IS IT?  

Poultry with no added salt, salt water or broth.

This plan recommends the use of lean protein sources only.  In terms of poultry, that translates to skinless white meat only.  Though skinless and boneless chicken and turkey wing meat is also considered white meat, it’s next to impossible to find this cut in a skinless and boneless form.  So for purposes of this plan, your best choices are going to be skinless or boneless turkey breast or skinless and boneless chicken breast meat.

Ground chicken breast or ground turkey breast meat  is also an excellent choice for dishes such as meatballs, meat loaf, sausages, chili, burgers, Sloppy Joes, taco meat or Shepherds Pie.  Please note that products labeled as simply ground turkey or ground chicken will contain dark meat and higher fat content.   For optimal results on this plan please make sure the ground chicken and turkey products are specifically marked as breast meat or all white meat.  If you can’t find these products pre-ground, it may be worthwhile to investigate purchasing a meat grinder or meat grinder attachment if you own a stand mixer.

SHOPPING TIP:

Please don’t run yourself ragged searching all over town for chicken or turkey with 0 sodium content.  It doesn’t exist.  Chicken and turkey both contain natural levels of sodium—and since your body needs some degree of sodium for proper functioning of cells, natural sodium in your poultry is fine.  What we’re looking to avoid is chicken or turkey which contains added sources of salt--so be sure to read ingredient labels, not the nutrition panels.  

 For some reason, some sectors of the poultry industry have decided that injecting their product with salt water or broth makes for a juicier bird— so be sure to be on the lookout for the addition of either of these ingredients in the poultry you purchase—especially in frozen chicken and turkey.    If the label shows no added salt or broth, or if it shows contents are chicken (or turkey) only, your product is nsa.  (No salt added.)

PARTS IS PARTS

Remember, we’re looking for white meat.  Here are some of the names for products commonly used by manufacturers:

Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast Tenderloins

Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets

Chicken Boneless Breasts

Skinless Boneless Breasts

Thin sliced Skinless Boneless Breast

Ground Chicken Breast

Boneless Skinless Turkey Breast Filets

Boneless Turkey Breast Tenderloins

Boneless Skinless Turkey Cutlets

Thin Sliced Turkey Breast

Turkey Breast Roast

Turkey Breast Strips

Turkey Breast Tenderloin

 Fresh Ground Turkey Breast

Whole Chicken

Whole Turkey

WHOLE TURKEY OR CHICKEN.  SKIN OFF OR ON?

Well…  this is about the only time where we’ll bend a little.  If you’re roasting a whole bird, go ahead and leave the skin on while it cooks if you want, with two caveats:  1—Remove and discard skin on your portion before eating, and 2—don’t eat anything that’s cooked in the bottom of the pan, luxuriating in the drippings.   Any foods which have been at the bottom of the roasting pan have been busily soaking up rendered fat from the bird’s skin and the additional drippings from the Forbidden Dark Meat.  Say no to drippings, eat only the breast meat and remove the skin before digging in.

And please don’t use a whole chicken for anything made using a moist cooking method such as crockpotting or stewing.  Stewing in your own juices sure isn’t good for you, nor is it good for your chicken if you’re trying to watch your fat content.  If you’re going to crockpot or braise, please use skinless white meat only.

WHO PACKAGES IT?
A warning:  even though I am providing you brand names, PLEASE be sure to double check all products by reading labels.  Some companies carry more than one product line—and we’d hate to see you hauling home a truckload of The Wrong Product.

Perdue (Fit & Easy Line)

Fit & Easy Chicken Breast Tenderloins

Fit & Easy Boneless Breasts

Fit & Easy Skinless Breasts Individually Wrapped

Fit & Easy Thin sliced

Fit & Easy Fresh Ground Chicken Breast

Fit & Easy Boneless Skinless Turkey Breast Filets

Fit & Easy Boneless Turkey Breast Tenderloins

Fit & Easy Thin Sliced Turkey Breast

Fit & Easy Fresh Ground Turkey Breast

Fresh All Natural Whole Chicken

Fresh All Natural Whole Turkey

Gold'n Plump All Natural

Boneless Skinless Split Chicken Breasts

Bone-in Skinless Chicken Breasts with Ribs

Whole Chicken

 Honeysuckle White Turkey ( Beware.  Some products from this company-- particularly those in the line of marinated products-- contain added broth.  Read labels carefully to make sure you're picking up the right product)

Honeysuckle White Ground Turkey Breast, 99% or 97% Lean

Turkey Breast Thin cut Slices for scaloppini or milanesa

Turkey Breast Cutlets

Turkey Breast Roast

Turkey Breast Strips

Turkey Breast Tenderloin

All Natural Whole Turkey

Smart Chicken

Organic

Whole chicken

Split chicken breast

Boneless Skinless Breasts

Veg-Fed

Boneless Skinless Breast Filets

Boneless Skinless Breast Tenders

Whole Chicken

Skinless Split Breasts  (bone in)

Fresh Ground Chicken breast

Petaluma Poultry 

Rocky the Range Chicken

Rocky Jr Natural Chicken

Rosie Chicken

Sanderson Farms All Natural Chicken

Skinless Breast Tenders

Skinless Split Breast

Boneless, Skinless Breast Fillets

Boneless Skinless Breast Chunks

Cryovac Whole Fryer

Roasting Chicken

Murray’s Chicken

Murray’s Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

Murray’s Whole Fresh Lean Chicken

Harvestland

Harvestland Whole Chicken

Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast Tenderloins

Foster Farms

Whole Young Chicken

Roasters

Skinless Boneless Breast Filets

Boneless Skinless Breast Steaks

Breast Tenders

Thin Sliced skinless Boneless Breast Filets

Fresh Whole Turkey

Fresh Turkey Breast Cutlets

Fresh Turkey Breast Strips

Fresh Turkey Tenderloins

Fresh Ground Turkey Breast

Jennie-O

Extra-Lean Ground Turkey Breast

Extra-Lean Turkey Breast Cutlets

Extra-Lean Turkey Breast Strips

Extra-Lean Turkey Breast Steaks

Hy-Vee

Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast (fresh, from case)

Just Bare Chicken

Boneless, Skinless Breast Fillets

Hand-trimmed Chicken Breast Tenders

Whole Chicken

Ralph’s Private Selection Organic Chicken

Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast

Trader Joe’s

Boneless Skinless All natural Chicken Breast

Organic Free Range Boneless, Skinless Breast Tenders

Organic Free Range Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast

Organic Free Range Whole Chicken

Foster Farms (to locate:  1-800-255-7227)

Jennie-O ( 1-800-621-3505, between 7:45 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Thursday and 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Petaluma Poultry  ( 800.556.6789 or email tellus.pca@colemannatural.com )

Sanderson Farms All Natural Chicken  (product finder  http://www.sandersonfarms.com/store-locator/  )

WHAT ABOUT DELICATESSEN MEATS?  MY STORE SELLS REDUCED SODIUM TURKEY BREAST!

Bad news, guys.  Most of these products are very high in sodium content—even the ones purported to be 30 or even 50% lower in salt still contain far more added salt than we recommend using on this plan.  When you consider that the sodium contained in a 2 oz serving of deli turkey can be anywhere upward of 320 mg compared to a mere 51 mg in a skinless, boneless turkey cutlet you cook yourself, it’s easy to see why the premade product isn’t necessarily in your best interests.  We have seen a limited number of delicatessen turkey products which are specifically labeled no salt added and have sodium content comparable to the skinless, boneless turkey cutlets mentioned here—so if you happen upon one and you’re positive it meets plan standards, you’re welcome to give it a test drive and see what you think.  You are forewarned however:  you may just decide you prefer cooking your own!

WHAT ABOUT TURKEY SAUSAGE AND TURKEY BACON?

For purposes of this plan, these products are too processed, too high in sodium and in some cases also too high in fat.  But don’t despair!  Check our Breakfast Recipe Forum for suitable on plan versions you can make yourself.