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Roasted chicken with creamy walnut sauce
Photo: Lily Banse

Roasted chicken with creamy walnut sauce

12 ingredients 15 min + 40 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Roasted chicken with creamy walnut sauce

This Turkish-inspired sauce makes a wonderful alternative to a classic bread sauce

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

508
Calories
37g
Protein
27g
Fat
32g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
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

  • 8 chicken thighs , skin on and bone in
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 6 pitta breads
  • 150ml hot chicken stock
  • 175g walnuts
  • 1 small onion , chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , chopped
  • 50ml single cream
  • juice 1 lemon
  • handful coriander , chopped

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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