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.
50K 4.2/5 based on 10 reviews
Last modified on: July 3rd 2019
Keywords for this recipe: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 g liquid cream - 7
salt - 8
pepper - Total weight: 3,765 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Cooking: 21 min.
All in all: 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.
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 g 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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 390 150 % | 510 50 % | 520 80 % | 5,370 270 % | 22,490 270 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 4 % | 10 1 % | 10 2 % | 140 7 % | 600 7 % |
| Per person | 30 10 % | 40 4 % | 40 7 % | 450 20 % | 1,870 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 11.32 €
- Per person : 0.94 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked spinach
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach fritters, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, ... See them all 33
Cooked potatoes
Like these other recipes: Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, Gratin du Nord, Potatoes with bacon and herbs, Eggs Comtoise, Gratin Parmentier, ... See them all 49
Liquid cream
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Chicken
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