Chicken Mulukhiya

Name: Chicken Mulukhiya
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 110 Minutes
Yield: 4 servings

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20 minutes

1hr30minutes

4 people

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Ingredients 10 items

3 medium onions or 450 g
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 cloves garlic crushed
1 cup coriander leaves or 75 g chopped
3 cups water or 750 ml
3 cubes MAGGI Less Salt Chicken Stock
60 ml or ¼ cup lemon juice
500 g boneless and skinned chicken breasts cut into cubes
1 cinnamon stick
500 g frozen Mulukhiya thawed

How to prepare

Bake the onions in a 200°C preheated oven for 45 minutes or until onions are baked, remove from oven, peel and chop.
Warm olive oil in a large pan, add garlic, coriander and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
Add water, MAGGI Less Salt Chicken Stock cubes, and lemon juice. Add baked onions, bring to a boil cover, and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
Use a stick blender or kitchen mixer and puree the stock until smooth. Add chicken cubes, cinnamon stick and mulukhiya. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or until chicken becomes tender.
Serve with toasted bread and cooked rice.

Did you know that this chicken mulukhia is low in fat and calories? The mulukhia and other flavoring ingredients are fat free and the chicken breasts are low in fat. To further control your calorie intake, fill your plate mostly with mulukhia and only about 1 cup of boiled rice and a bit of toasted whole-wheat bread.

What are the vitamins and minerals found in mulukhiya?

Tasty and healthy mulukhiya is rich in vitamins A, C and K, as well as iron and calcium.