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Lovely Portuguese Chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Lovely Portuguese Chicken

8 ingredients 10 min + 45 min 3 openrecipes
Lovely Portuguese Chicken

A lovely, spicy and tangy chicken. I prefer bone-in, skin-on chicken for this recipe. If you are on a diet and using boneless and skinless chicken breasts, this might be OK but I find it dries out a bit. Plus, skin-on and bone-in gives it more flavour.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

337
Calories
33g
Protein
18g
Fat
11g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3

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

  • 2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
  • 2 teaspoons Chili Flakes
  • 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
  • ½ teaspoons Cumin
  • 2 teaspoons Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice (or More, To Taste)
  • 500 kilograms Bone-in, Skin-on Chicken Pieces (thigh Or Drumstick Preferred)

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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