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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 12 people, you will need:

1 3 spring onions (scallions)
2 4 cups cooked spinach
3 4 cups cooked potatoes
4 6 tablespoons oil
5 3 cups + 3 tablespoons chicken
6 3 cups + 3 tablespoons liquid cream
7 salt
8 pepper

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

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 4 cups cooked spinach and 4 cups 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 3 cups + 3 tablespoons chicken, cut into small pieces...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...the spinach...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

...and finally 3 cups + 3 tablespoons 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: Creamy rice with spinach, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Gratin of purple artichokes, Deep leek and potato quiche, Thin spinach and potato tart, ... All
	Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Chicken with rice and leeks, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Duck Parmentier, Sautéed chicken with leeks, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy "terre et mer" pots, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Framboisier, Cervelle de Canut, Cocotte eggs with Comté, ... All

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