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Salsa Verde Quinoa With Chicken Thighs

Ingredient Amount Calories
Quinoa 170g 204kcal
Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw 452g 999kcal
Sauce, salsa, verde, ready-to-serve 428.57g 163kcal

Recipe Instructions:

INGREDIENTS
4
medium chicken thighs (bone in, skin on, 4 ounces each)
Pepper
1
cup dry quinoa
1
jar (15 ounces) salsa verde

DIRECTIONS
Heat oven to 400°.
Heat a large, oven-safe sauté pan over medium-high. Season chicken with pepper. (Since salsa verde has plenty of salt, we don’t recommend adding any.) Place chicken skin side down in pan and reduce heat to medium. Cook, without moving chicken, until much of the fat has rendered and skin is crispy, 4 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside, reserving fat in pan.
Over medium heat, add quinoa to pan and cook in rendered chicken fat, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Add salsa verde and ½ cup water and bring to a rolling boil. Reduce to a simmer and place chicken skin side up on top of quinoa.
Transfer to oven and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until quinoa is fluffy, liquid is absorbed, and chicken is cooked through.

Nutrition Facts
Portion Size 263 g | ml
Amount Per Portion 341
1429
kcal
kilojoules
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 21g 26%
Saturated Fat 5.2g 26%
Sodium 1065mg 46%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 6%
Dietary Fiber 3.2g 12%
Sugar 4.1g
Protein 22g 43%
Vitamin D 0.1mcg 1%
Calcium 25mg 2%
Iron 2.1mg 12%
Potassium 581mg 12%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contribute to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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Vitamins
Nutrient Amount DV
Vitamin A 37.776 mcg 4%
Thiamin [B1] 0.177 mg 15%
Riboflavin [B2] 0.249 mg 19%
Niacin [B3] 7.132 mg 45%
Pantothenic acid [B5] 0.38 mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.533 mg 31%
Cobalamin [B12] 0.701 mcg 0%
Floate [B9] 29.811 mcg 0%
Vitamin C 13.179 mg 15%
Vitamin D 0.113 mcg 1%
Vitamin E 0.966 mg 6%
Vitamin K 16.944 mcg 14%
Betaine 11.074 mg 0%
Choline 69.88 mg 13%
Carbohydrates
Nutrient Amount DV
Total carbohydrate 16.1 g 6%
Sugars 4.1 g 8%
Dietary fiber 3.2 g 12%
Carbohydrate 9.1 g 0%
Net carbs 12g
Aminoacids
Nutrient Amount DV
Alanine 1.225 g 0%
Arginine 1.452 g 0%
Aspartic acid 1.906 g 0%
Cysteine 0.234 g 0%
Glutamic acid 3.152 g 0%
Glycine 1.227 g 0%
Histidine 0.579 g 0%
Isoleucine 0.893 g 0%
Leucine 1.6 g 0%
Lysine 1.738 g 0%
Methionine 0.536 g 0%
Phenylalanine 0.793 g 0%
Proline 0.975 g 0%
Serine 0.838 g 0%
Threonine 0.886 g 0%
Tryptophan 0.211 g 0%
Tyrosine 0.69 g 0%
Valine 0.942 g 0%
Minerals
Nutrient Amount DV
Calcium 24.78 mg 2%
Copper 0.22 mg 25%
Fluoride 0 mcg 0%
Iron 2.1 mg 12%
Magnesium 67.9 mg 16%
Manganese 0.45 mg 20%
Phosphorus 285.94 mg 23%
Potassium 581.12 mg 12%
Selenium 23.4 mcg 43%
Sodium 1065.22 mg 46%
Zinc 2.19 mg 20%
Other
Nutrient Amount DV
Water 201.638 g 0%
Ash 3.488 g 0%