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Coconut chicken with lemon rice
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Coconut chicken with lemon rice

15 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Coconut chicken with lemon rice

Chicken thighs make a great-value curry that's smart enough to serve for guests

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

858
Calories
41g
Protein
46g
Fat
74g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Coriander 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

  • 3cm piece root ginger , peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , roughly chopped
  • 1 green chilli , roughly chopped
  • 2 onions , roughly chopped
  • olive oil
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 8 chicken thigh fillets, cut into quarters
  • 400ml tin coconut milk
  • 1 small bunch coriander , chopped
  • 1 lemon , zested and juiced
  • olive oil
  • 3 cardamom pods , bashed
  • 300g basmati rice

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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