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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden, for about 8 minutes. Raise the heat to medium high and stir in the garlic. Cook until it becomes fragrant, for about 1 minute. | 2. Stir the cumin and the other spices into the onions. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add the chicken pieces and coat with the spices. | 3. Add 1 cup of water, and stir well to remove spices from the bottom of the pan. Add squash, olives, and prunes; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 10-15 minutes or until squash is tender. Taste for salt. Garnish with cilantro and parsley. Serve with Basic Couscous. | 4. Recipe adapted from Cooking Light, November 2009. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	2	cups	chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
cumin	2	teaspoons	ground	15.75	1.8581	0.748	0.9353
paprika	1	teaspoon		6.486000000000001	1.2418	0.3252	0.2965
turmeric	1	teaspoon	ground	9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
ginger	1/4	teaspoon	ground	0.4	0.0888	0.0091	0.0038
chicken breast	1	lb	boneless skinless cut	780.1798	0.0	94.5741	41.9573
butternut squash	8	ounces	peeled cubed	102.0582	26.5124	2.2680000000000002	0.2268
black oil olive	1/3	cup	potted cured	-	-	-	-
prune	2/3	cup	pitted chopped	163.8	43.368	1.3572	0.312
cilantro leaf	1/2	cup		1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416
flat leaf parsley	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.