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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.

47K 10 4.2

Last modified on: July 3^rd 2019

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 3 spring onions (scallions)
2 900 g cooked spinach
3 900 g cooked potatoes
4 6 tablespoons oil
5 750 g chicken
6 750 ml liquid cream
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 3,765 grams

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 3 spring onions (scallions), separate the green part from the white and chop each of these separately.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 900 g cooked spinach and 900 g cooked potatoes, if not already done. Slice the potatoes.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Pour 6 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 750 g chicken, cut into small pieces...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...the spinach...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

...and finally 750 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
5,063 Kcal or 21,198 Kj	224 gr	262 gr	386 gr
253 %	86 %	25 %	59 %

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 12 people : 11.32 €
Per person : 0.94 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Feta and spinach brik pie, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Spinach Croque-monsieur , ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Baked Camembert with Walnuts, Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Comtois surprise bread, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, ... All
	Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and mushroom pie, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Duck Parmentier, Chicken with rice and leeks, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turban of sole with langoustines, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Panna cotta, ... All

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