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Salsa Verde Quinoa With Chicken Thighs

Ingredient Amount Calories
Chicken broiler, raw, meat only boneless breast 464g 557kcal
Quinoa 170g 204kcal
Sauce, salsa, verde, ready-to-serve 461.25g 175kcal

Recipe Tags:

Low Fat Diet

Recipe Tags:

Food

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 274 g | ml
Amount Per Portion 234
979
kcal
kilojoules
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4.9g 6%
Saturated Fat 0.7g 4%
Sodium 1100mg 48%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 6%
Dietary Fiber 3.4g 12%
Sugar 4.4g
Protein 29g 59%
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 23mg 2%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Potassium 759mg 16%
* 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 23.124 mcg 3%
Thiamin [B1] 0.208 mg 17%
Riboflavin [B2] 0.294 mg 23%
Niacin [B3] 13.173 mg 82%
Pantothenic acid [B5] 1.912 mg 38%
Vitamin B6 1.089 mg 64%
Cobalamin [B12] 0.244 mcg 0%
Floate [B9] 37.515 mcg 0%
Vitamin C 14.183 mg 16%
Vitamin D 0 mcg 0%
Vitamin E 1.413 mg 9%
Vitamin K 25.427 mcg 21%
Betaine 8.12 mg 0%
Choline 114.121 mg 21%
Carbohydrates
Nutrient Amount DV
Total carbohydrate 16.4 g 6%
Sugars 4.4 g 9%
Dietary fiber 3.4 g 12%
Carbohydrate 9.1 g 0%
Net carbs 12g
Aminoacids
Nutrient Amount DV
Alanine 1.601 g 0%
Arginine 1.909 g 0%
Aspartic acid 2.605 g 0%
Cysteine 0.301 g 0%
Glutamic acid 4.113 g 0%
Glycine 1.247 g 0%
Histidine 1.027 g 0%
Isoleucine 1.347 g 0%
Leucine 2.27 g 0%
Lysine 2.611 g 0%
Methionine 0.719 g 0%
Phenylalanine 1.132 g 0%
Proline 0.931 g 0%
Serine 1.07 g 0%
Threonine 1.226 g 0%
Tryptophan 0.35 g 0%
Tyrosine 0.975 g 0%
Valine 1.43 g 0%
Minerals
Nutrient Amount DV
Calcium 23.4 mg 2%
Copper 0.22 mg 24%
Fluoride 0 mcg 0%
Iron 1.81 mg 10%
Magnesium 81.59 mg 19%
Manganese 0.46 mg 20%
Phosphorus 358.96 mg 29%
Potassium 759.2 mg 16%
Selenium 28.56 mcg 52%
Sodium 1099.91 mg 48%
Zinc 1.54 mg 14%
Other
Nutrient Amount DV
Water 219.529 g 0%
Ash 4.055 g 0%