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Turkey with Chestnuts
Photo: Claudio Schwarz

Turkey with Chestnuts

8 ingredients 10 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

930
Calories
45g
Protein
29g
Fat
118g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Lard 1 tbsp (12.8g) 115
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Chestnut 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

  • 12 little turkey piecees,
  • 1 tablespoon lard,
  • 1 teaspoon butter,
  • 1 teaspoon flour,
  • 1 small onion,
  • 1 3/4 lbs/750 g chestnuts,
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar,
  • salt

Directions

1

Fry the turkey pieces with lard until yellow.

2

Pour chicken broth or water to almost cover, add salt and a whole onion and simmer, covered, until the meat is almost done.

3

Remove the onion.

4

Separately fry the flour until yellowish, add the turkey boiling liquid and caramelized sugar (1 teaspoon) to which a little more of the turkey boiling liquid has been added.

5

Pour this sauce over the turkey pieces, add 1/2 teaspoon sugar, salt, butter and the boiled and peeled chestnuts.

6

Be careful to keep the chestnuts whole.

7

Simmer until the sauce is greatly reduced.

8

(The dish must have very little sauce.)

9

Category:Romanian Recipes

10

Category:Romanian Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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