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Spanish skewers: chicken with pinchito spices recipe
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Spanish skewers: chicken with pinchito spices recipe

20 ingredients 30 min + 20 min 4 people openrecipes

These tapas skewers originate from the time when Spain was occupied by the Moors. The meat is marinaded in a mix of spices before grilling.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

491
Calories
38g
Protein
20g
Fat
47g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 21 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Caraway not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Anise not in our table 0
Leaf not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 50 salt
  • g garlic powder
  • 15 turmeric
  • g dried oregano
  • 12 caraway
  • g coriander seeds
  • 10 cumin
  • g black pepper
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • g chillies or dried cayenne peppers
  • 5 anise
  • g chicken breast, cubed
  • 5 cherry tomatoes
  • g red bell pepper, cut into rough squares
  • 5 courgette, cut into strips
  • g dash olive oil
  • 4 handful rosemary sticks or metal skewers
  • g lemon, juice only
  • 3 dollop of xamfaina chutney
  • 2 handful spinach leaf crisps

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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