Nutritional Facts: Thai-Style Chicken With Basil (Cook's Illustrated)

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  2 cups (85g)
fresh basil leaves
3 medium (9g)
garlic cloves
6 (0g)
Thai green chili
2 tablespoons (36g)
fish sauce
1 tablespoon (18g)
oyster sauce
1 teaspoon (5g)
white vinegar
1 tablespoon (13g)
sugar
1 lb (454g)
boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 medium (45g)
shallots
2 tablespoons (27g)
vegetable oil
1 to taste (16g)
red pepper flakes
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 5.6 0.1 0.0 n/a 6 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 6.5 0.1 0.0 n/a 7 2
Ash (g) 1.3 0.1 n/a 7.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 5.2 0.4 0.0 n/a 16 4
Aspartic acid (g) 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 9.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 9 2
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 150.1 16.3 n/a 15.5 5.8 0.3 0.1 22.7 16.7 0.0 n/a 227 57
Calories 19.5 13.4 n/a 12.6 9.2 1.0 48.8 517.6 32.4 240.4 n/a 895 224
Calories (kj) 79.7 56.1 n/a 52.6 38.3 4.4 203.9 2,165.6 135.9 1,006.1 n/a 3,743 936
Carbohydrates (g) 2.2 3.0 n/a 1.3 2.0 0.0 12.6 0.0 7.6 0.0 n/a 29 7
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 290.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 291 73
Copper (mg) 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 1.4 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 0
Folate (mcg) 57.7 0.3 n/a 18.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 18.2 15.3 0.0 n/a 112 28
Folate, DFE (mcg) 57.7 0.3 n/a 18.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 18.2 15.3 0.0 n/a 112 28
Folate, food (mcg) 57.7 0.3 n/a 18.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 18.2 15.3 0.0 n/a 112 28
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.2 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 14.3 0.2 0.0 n/a 15 4
Glycine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 4.3 0.1 0.0 n/a 4 1
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 3.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Iron (mg) 2.7 0.2 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.5 0.0 n/a 5 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 4.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 8.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 8 2
Lysine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 9.3 0.1 0.0 n/a 9 2
Magnesium (mg) 54.3 2.3 n/a 63.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 118.0 9.5 0.0 n/a 248 62
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.0 0.2 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 2.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 7.5 n/a 11 3
Niacin (mg) 0.8 0.1 n/a 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 47.4 0.1 0.0 n/a 49 12
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.1 0.0 n/a 7 2
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 3.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Phosphorus (mg) 47.5 13.8 n/a 2.5 4.0 0.4 0.0 953.4 27.0 0.0 n/a 1,049 262
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2.3 263.3 n/a 266 66
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 14.9 n/a 17 4
Potassium (mg) 250.2 36.1 n/a 103.7 9.7 3.6 0.3 1,679.8 150.3 0.0 n/a 2,234 558
Proline (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 3.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 3 1
Protein (g) 2.7 0.6 n/a 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 96.4 1.1 0.0 n/a 103 26
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 42 11
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 3.5 n/a 6 2
Selenium (mcg) 0.3 1.3 n/a 3.3 0.8 0.0 0.1 145.3 0.5 0.0 n/a 152 38
Serine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 3.7 0.1 0.0 n/a 4 1
Sodium (mg) 3.4 1.5 n/a 2,826.4 491.9 0.2 0.1 526.6 5.4 0.0 n/a 3,856 964
Sucrose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 12.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 13 3
Sugar (g) 0.3 0.1 n/a 1.3 0.0 0.0 12.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 14 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 4.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 n/a 3.9 n/a 5 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 0.0 27.2 n/a 40 10
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 3.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Valine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 5.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 4,473.2 0.8 n/a 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 136.2 535.5 0.0 n/a 5,150 1,288
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 223.9 0.0 n/a 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.9 27.0 0.0 n/a 293 73
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.2 0.0 n/a 4 1
Vitamin C (mg) 15.3 2.8 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.0 n/a 27 7
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 23 6
Water (g) 78.1 5.3 n/a 25.6 14.4 4.6 0.0 344.1 35.9 0.0 n/a 508 127
Zinc (mg) 0.7 0.1 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.2 0.0 n/a 4 1

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