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Spiced Chicken with Spinach
Photo: Lily Banse

Spiced Chicken with Spinach

27 ingredients 1 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1017
Calories
57g
Protein
28g
Fat
136g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander 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

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  • -judi m. phelps
  • 3 lbs chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • -skinned, and trimmed of
  • -excess fat
  • all purpose flour, for
  • -dusting the chicken
  • 1 1/2 tbsp to 2 tabl. canola oil
  • 2 small yellow onions, finely diced
  • 2 ripe medium tomatoes or
  • 8 oz can whole plum tomatoes
  • -preferably low sodium
  • -drained and chopped
  • 2 small bunches fresh spinach, about
  • -1 lb, thoroughly washed
  • -stemmed, drained, and
  • -coarsely chopped
  • 3 med cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • coarsely ground black pepper
  • -to taste
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1/4 tsp good-quality curry powder
  • salt to taste, optional
  • 1/4 cup skim milk
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Directions

1

Dust the chicken with the flour and using about half of the oil, lightly brown on both sides in a large skillet over medium heat. After the chicken is browned, remove from the skillet and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 °F. In the same skillet over medium heat, heat the rest of the oil and cook the onions for about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, spinach, garlic, spices, and salt, if desired, and cook for 5 minutes more. Add the milk and mix well. Place the vegetable mixture in a 3- or 4-quart ovenproof casserole dish, arrange the chicken pieces on top, cover tightly, and bake until the chicken is tender, 40-45 minutes. Serve. Yield 4 servings. Serving size: 2 pieces of chicken. Calories 244, protein 27 g, carbohydrates, 8.1 g, fat 9.38g, sodium 161 mg. Exchanges: 3 lean meats, 1-½ vegetables

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