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Easy Spanish chicken
by Justine Pattison

Healthy chicken breasts and butter beans get a flavour boost from a little bit of cooking chorizo and red wine. Green beans are an excellent side for Spanish chicken, but you can also use broccoli, green cabbage or kale.

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.

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