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Chicken with saffron, raisins & pine nuts
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Chicken with saffron, raisins & pine nuts

11 ingredients 10 min + 55 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Chicken with saffron, raisins & pine nuts

This full-flavoured Spanish dish is great for the family or entertaining friends midweek

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

615
Calories
37g
Protein
37g
Fat
33g
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
Pine Nut 1 oz (28g) 191
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
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

  • 1¼kg chicken , jointed and on the bone (ask your butcher to do this for you or see Know-how)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions , chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves , chopped
  • good pinch of saffron (about 20 strands)
  • 125ml glass dry sherry (such as Fino or Manzanilla)
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp thyme leaves
  • 50g raisins
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts
  • handful chopped flat-leaf parsley , to serve

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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