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Summary
Delicious Trinidad Style Chicken Pelau
Ingredients
- 2 – 2 ½ lbs. mixed chicken pieces or legs and thigh, cut up and rinse with lime juice
- 2 limes, juiced
- ¼ cup green seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 plum tomato, chopped
- 1 medium size carrot, diced
- 1 small red bell pepper, diced/chopped
- 1 small green bell pepper, diced/chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme, DE-stemmed or leave whole
- 4 pimento flavoring peppers, chopped, optional
- 2 cups frozen pigeon peas, boiled for 15 minutes
- 2 cups parboiled long grain rice
- 2 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoon brown or white sugar
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 cups hot water
- 4 sprigs parsley, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ketchup
- 2 packs chicken or vegetable bouillon
- 1 tablespoon cooking margarine (golden ray) optional
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper, optional
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 2006 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 97 g 148.83%
- Saturated Fat: 50 g 250.15%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 3398 mg 141.58%
- Calcium: 326 mg 32.64%
- Potassium: 4027 mg 115.06%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 16 mg 90.67%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 268 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 39 g 154.56%
- Sugar: 65 g
- Protein: 40 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 10 g
- Vitamin A 70.57%
- Vitamin C 469.15%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat17
- Exchange - Fruit2
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs3
- Exchange - Starch7
- Exchange - Vegetables17
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total4 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total4 c
- MyPlate - Fruit2 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq