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Roast chicken with fruity spelt
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Roast chicken with fruity spelt

16 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 4-6 openrecipes
Roast chicken with fruity spelt

Fruity spelt brings an inventive twist to classic roast chicken in this dish. Serve with kale and leeks for a healthy Sunday roast.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

741
Calories
38g
Protein
30g
Fat
84g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Spelt not in our table 0
Rapeseed Oil 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

  • 1 tbsp rapeseed oilolive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 1 garlic
  • 300g/10½oz pearled spelt or pearl barley
  • 600ml/20fl oz hot chicken stock
  • 25g/1oz dried apples
  • 1 lemonlemon
  • sea saltblack pepper
  • 1 medium-large chicken
  • 1-2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 4 sprigs of thyme
  • and freshly ground sea saltblack pepper
  • 200g/7oz kale
  • knob of butter
  • 2 leeks

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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