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Norwegian Brown Cheese Chicken with Creamy Barley and Lingonberry Pan Sauce

This simmered dish pairs chicken thigh, boneless skinless with pearled barley, dry, brown cheese, grated and lingonberry jam. Adjust the calorie target to automatically scale the ingredients while keeping the proportions of the meal balanced.

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Estimated macros per portion

48 g Protein
53 g Carbohydrates
26 g Fat
11 g Fiber

Ingredients

650 kcal · 1 portion

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  • 151g chicken thigh, boneless skinless 183 kcal
  • 63g pearled barley, dry 223 kcal
  • 67g skyr (icelandic yogurt) 41 kcal
  • 25g brown cheese, grated 101 kcal
  • 21g lingonberry jam 19 kcal
  • 67g chicken broth, low sodium 4 kcal
  • 8g canola oil 71 kcal
  • 3g salt 0 kcal
  • 1g black pepper 2 kcal

Cooking instructions

  1. saltblack pepper
    Pat the chicken dry and season with salt and black pepper.
  2. pearled barley
    Cook the pearl barley in salted water until tender, 25-30 minutes; drain well and return to the warm pot.
  3. pearled barleyskyr (icelandic yogurt)brown cheese
    Stir the skyr and half the grated brown cheese into the hot barley until creamy; cover to keep warm.
  4. canola oil
    Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the chicken 5-6 minutes per side until cooked through (165F/74C); transfer to a plate to rest.
  5. lingonberry jamchicken broth
    Lower heat to medium. Add lingonberry jam and broth to the skillet; scrape up browned bits and simmer 2-3 minutes.
  6. pearled barleybrown cheese
    Whisk in remaining brown cheese until melted and glossy. Slice chicken and serve over the creamy barley with the pan sauce spooned on top.

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