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Salsa Verde Quinoa With Chicken Thighs

Ingredient Amount Calories
Chicken broiler, raw, meat only boneless breast 453.592g 544kcal
Quinoa 170g 204kcal
Sauce, salsa, verde, ready-to-serve 425.25g 162kcal

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

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 262 g | ml
Amount Per Portion 227
952
kcal
kilojoules
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4.7g 6%
Saturated Fat 0.7g 4%
Sodium 1017mg 44%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 6%
Dietary Fiber 3.2g 11%
Sugar 4.1g
Protein 29g 57%
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 22mg 2%
Iron 1.7mg 10%
Potassium 727mg 15%
* 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 21.9 mcg 2%
Thiamin [B1] 0.201 mg 17%
Riboflavin [B2] 0.286 mg 22%
Niacin [B3] 12.778 mg 80%
Pantothenic acid [B5] 1.859 mg 37%
Vitamin B6 1.06 mg 62%
Cobalamin [B12] 0.238 mcg 0%
Floate [B9] 36.561 mcg 0%
Vitamin C 13.076 mg 15%
Vitamin D 0 mcg 0%
Vitamin E 1.36 mg 9%
Vitamin K 23.984 mcg 20%
Betaine 7.938 mg 0%
Choline 111.273 mg 20%
Carbohydrates
Nutrient Amount DV
Total carbohydrate 15.8 g 6%
Sugars 4.1 g 8%
Dietary fiber 3.2 g 11%
Carbohydrate 9.1 g 0%
Net carbs 11.7g
Aminoacids
Nutrient Amount DV
Alanine 1.567 g 0%
Arginine 1.869 g 0%
Aspartic acid 2.55 g 0%
Cysteine 0.294 g 0%
Glutamic acid 4.026 g 0%
Glycine 1.221 g 0%
Histidine 1.005 g 0%
Isoleucine 1.319 g 0%
Leucine 2.221 g 0%
Lysine 2.554 g 0%
Methionine 0.704 g 0%
Phenylalanine 1.108 g 0%
Proline 0.913 g 0%
Serine 1.048 g 0%
Threonine 1.2 g 0%
Tryptophan 0.343 g 0%
Tyrosine 0.954 g 0%
Valine 1.4 g 0%
Minerals
Nutrient Amount DV
Calcium 22.46 mg 2%
Copper 0.21 mg 23%
Fluoride 0 mcg 0%
Iron 1.74 mg 10%
Magnesium 79.15 mg 19%
Manganese 0.45 mg 19%
Phosphorus 349.73 mg 28%
Potassium 727.2 mg 15%
Selenium 27.9 mcg 51%
Sodium 1017.2 mg 44%
Zinc 1.5 mg 14%
Other
Nutrient Amount DV
Water 209.551 g 0%
Ash 3.837 g 0%