African Style Chicken with Rice & Almonds Recipe

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African Style Chicken with Rice & Almonds
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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
390
Calories
Total time
90
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Place chicken in a large stockpot or Dutch oven and cover with the water, along with 1 of the chopped onions, and bring to a boil.
  2. Once it reaches boiling, lower the heat and let simmer on a high enough heat to keep the water just under the boiling point, until the chicken is cooked, about 45 minutes or so.
  3. Remove chicken from broth, but save the cooking liquid.
  4. Let the chicken cool slightly, then skin and bone it, and cut the meat into bite size pieces and set aside.
  5. Set a bowl in the sink with a colander set inside it and pour in the broth from the pot to strain it.
  6. Measure out 3 cups of the liquid for this recipe.
  7. Melt butter in large skillet and saute remaining 2 chopped onions until tender.
  8. Remove onion from pan using a slotted spoon and set aside with the chopped chicken meat.
  9. Add the almonds to the same pan and cook on low just a few minutes until golden (be careful not to burn them).
  10. Remove nuts from pan and add to the chicken mixture and proceed with one of the two options below then jump to the end of these steps.
  11. STOVETOP INSTRUCTIONS: Add the 3 cups reserved liquid, the raisins, and the salt and pepper to the same pan and bring to a boil.
  12. Add rice, cover, and reduce heat.
  13. Simmer rice 20 minutes or until tender.
  14. OR RICE COOKER INSTRUCTIONS: If you have a rice cooker, dump contents of skillet (the nuts and any remaining butter), along with the raw rice, 3 cups broth, raisins, and salt & pepper into a rice cooker, stir to even out the ingredients, and cook according to rice cooker instructions.
  15. When rice is finished, add the chicken mixture to the rice and toss with a fork to fluff and mix and serve.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 389.82 Kcal (1632 kJ)
Calories from fat 202.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.54g 35%
Cholesterol 80.75mg 27%
Sodium 160.17mg 7%
Potassium 421.9mg 9%
Total Carbs 29.37g 10%
Sugars 10.92g 44%
Dietary Fiber 2.88g 12%
Protein 18.36g 37%
Vitamin C 6.5mg 11%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Calcium 78.4mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 108.31 Kcal (453 kJ)
Calories from fat 56.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.26g 35%
Cholesterol 22.44mg 27%
Sodium 44.5mg 7%
Potassium 117.22mg 9%
Total Carbs 8.16g 10%
Sugars 3.03g 44%
Dietary Fiber 0.8g 12%
Protein 5.1g 37%
Vitamin C 1.8mg 11%
Iron 0.5mg 10%
Calcium 21.8mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.1
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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