Egyptian molokhia with chicken

  • Low in lactose
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Egyptian soup of cooked jute leaves and chicken, finished with garlic and ground coriander (ta’leya); no side is included.

4 servingsFinal yield 2,930 g

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Ingredients

  • 900 gJute, potherb, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
  • 700 gChicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw
  • 150 gOnions, raw
  • 35 gGarlic, raw
  • 6 gSpices, coriander seed
  • 30 gButter, Clarified butter (ghee)
  • 1,300 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 5 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cover chicken and onion with 1000 g water, salt and cook at 95 °C for 18 minutes to 74 °C. Shred chicken and retain the broth.
  2. Add jute leaves and the remaining 300 g water to the broth. Simmer at 90 °C for 8 minutes until the soup thickens.
  3. Fry garlic and 6 g ground coriander in ghee at 160 °C for 2 minutes and immediately stir into the soup.
  4. Return chicken to the soup, warm for 3 minutes and divide into four bowls.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
1,573 kcal
Protein
195.2 g
Fat
51.5 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
94.5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
23.8 g
Saturated fatty acids
22.4 g
Sodium
2,418 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
6 g

Per serving

Energy
393.3 kcal
Protein
48.8 g
Fat
12.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
23.6 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
5.9 g
Saturated fatty acids
5.6 g
Sodium
604.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.5 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
53.7 kcal
Protein
6.7 g
Fat
1.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
3.2 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.81 g
Saturated fatty acids
0.76 g
Sodium
82.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.21 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: Milk

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