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Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce

This recipe combines morsels of cooked chicken, spinach and potatoes with cream for a simple and tasty dish.

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Last modified on: July 3^rd 2019

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
2 300 g cooked spinach
3 300 g cooked potatoes
4 2 tablespoons oil
5 250 g chicken
6 250 ml liquid cream
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,255 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	21 min.	36 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 1 spring onion (scallion), separate the green part from the white and chop each of these separately.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 300 g cooked spinach and 300 g cooked potatoes, if not already done. Slice the potatoes.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons oil into a frying pan on medium heat. When good and hot, add the sliced potatoes.

Fry until lightly browned on both sides.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Then add the white part of the onion, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add the cooked 250 g chicken, cut into small pieces...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...the spinach...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

...and finally 250 ml liquid cream, salt and pepper.

Stage 8 - 10 min.

Leave uncovered on low heat to thicken as required.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Checking the seasoning, add the green part of the onion, mix well and serve.

Remarks

This is an ideal way to use up chicken leftovers,, such as from five hours poultry.

Keeping

A day or two in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,688 Kcal or 7,067 Kj	75 gr	87 gr	129 gr
84 %	29 %	8 %	20 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
134 Kcal or 561 Kj	6 gr	7 gr	10 gr
7 %	2 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
422 Kcal or 1,767 Kj	19 gr	22 gr	32 gr
21 %	7 %	2 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.77 €
Per person : 0.94 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Creamy artichokes, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Deep leek and potato quiche, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin slices with spinach, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Feta and spinach brik pie, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, ... All
	Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Duck Parmentier, Chicken with rice and leeks, Chicken and mushroom pie, Sautéed chicken with leeks, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Involtinis, Creamy artichokes, Crème de foie gras, Panna cotta, Cod loin with saffron, ... All

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