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Easy, Easy Saffron Chicken Recipe
Photo: Lily Banse

Easy, Easy Saffron Chicken Recipe

7 ingredients 4 servings openrecipes

This developed in a very busy house with 3 generations, babies, college kids, grown kids, jobs, cars, school, and trying to eat well at the same time. I brought...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

350
Calories
33g
Protein
17g
Fat
16g
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
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron 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

  • 4 Chicken breasts halves, with skin and bone
  • 2 medium brown onions, sliced thin
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 T Olive oil
  • 1 generous pinch Saffron
  • Juice from one lemon
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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