
By bbc.co.uk
Easy Spanish chicken
Instructions
Prep:30minCook:30min
Healthy chicken breasts and butter beans get a flavour boost from a little bit of cooking chorizo and red wine. Green beans are excellent when in season, but you can also use broccoli, green cabbage or kale on the side. With a GI of 58 this meal is high protein, low GI. Each serving (without rice) provides 352 kcal, 13g protein, 18.5g carbohydrates (of which 10.5g sugars), 13g fat (of which 4g saturates), 9g fibre and 1.7g salt.
Updated at: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:52:50 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Great
Glycemic Index
59
Moderate
Glycemic Load
32
High
Nutrition per serving
Calories464.6 kcal (23%)
Total Fat13.2 g (19%)
Carbs51.1 g (20%)
Sugars6.3 g (7%)
Protein29 g (58%)
Sodium972 mg (49%)
Fiber4.7 g (17%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
4 servings

1 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

2 x 150gboneless skinless chicken breasts
small, sliced

1onion
thinly sliced

1yellow pepper
seeds removed, cut into 4cm/1 1/2in pieces

1courgette
trimmed, halved lengthways and cut into 1cm/ 1/2in slices

100gcooking chorizo
sliced

100mlred wine

400gtin chopped tomatoes

400gtin butter beans
drained and rinsed

1 Tbsptomato purée

1 tspdried oregano

½ tspdried chilli flakes

1chicken stock cube

160glong-grain rice

175ggreen beans
trimmed, optional

fresh flatleaf parsley
chopped, to garnish

sea salt

freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
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