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Broccoli lemon chicken with cashews
Photo: Lily Banse

Broccoli lemon chicken with cashews

9 ingredients Serves 2 openrecipes
Broccoli lemon chicken with cashews

A superhealthy meal for two - full of vitamin C. You could use ordinary broccoli instead of tender stem

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

625
Calories
41g
Protein
30g
Fat
54g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Cashew 1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts) 157
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Sunflower 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 groundnut oil or sunflower oil
  • 340g pack of mini chicken breast fillets (sometimes called goujons)
  • 2 garlic cloves , sliced
  • 200g pack tender stem broccoli , stems halved if very long
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 1 heaped tsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp clear honey or 2 tsp golden caster sugar
  • the zest of half a lemon and the juice of a whole one
  • a large handful of roasted cashews

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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