Chicken choila

  • Lactose free
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

Nepalese roasted chicken tossed with garlic, chilli and mustard oil; 4 servings.

4 servingsFinal yield 650 g

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Ingredients

  • 750 gChicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw
  • 35 gOil, mustard
  • 22 gGarlic, raw
  • 18 gGinger root, raw
  • 5 gSpices, pepper, red or cayenne
  • 4 gSpices, cumin seed
  • 5 gSpices, coriander seed
  • 3 gSpices, turmeric, ground
  • 7 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cut chicken into 3 cm cubes. Grate garlic and ginger, dry-toast cumin and coriander two minutes and crush.
  2. Toss chicken with turmeric, half the chilli and 3 g salt; spread in one layer on a tray.
  3. Roast at 220 °C for 18–20 minutes until the largest cube reaches 74 °C. Rest five minutes and cut into smaller bites.
  4. Toss warm chicken with mustard oil, garlic, ginger, remaining chilli, toasted spices and 4 g salt. Rest ten minutes.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
1,311.7 kcal
Protein
172.7 g
Fat
57.6 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
19.8 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
5.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
8.7 g
Sodium
3,067.4 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
7.7 g

Per serving

Energy
327.9 kcal
Protein
43.2 g
Fat
14.4 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
1.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.2 g
Sodium
766.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.9 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
201.8 kcal
Protein
26.6 g
Fat
8.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
3.1 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.83 g
Saturated fatty acids
1.3 g
Sodium
471.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.2 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Mustard

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal