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.
11,4524/5 for 8 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: July 3rd 2019
For 4 people, you will need:
- 0
1 spring onion (scallion) - 1
300 g cooked spinach - 2
300 g cooked potato - 3
2 tablespoons oil - 4
250 g chicken - 5
250 ml liquid cream - 6
salt - 7
pepper - Total weight: 1,255 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 15 min. | 21 min. | 36 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
A day or two in the fridge, covered with plastic film.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 potato, 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.
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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,698 Kcal or 7,109 Kj | 74 gr | 87 gr | 129 gr |
| 85 % | 28 % | 8 % | 20 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 135 Kcal or 565 Kj | 6 gr | 7 gr | 10 gr |
| 7 % | 2 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 424 Kcal or 1,775 Kj | 18 gr | 22 gr | 32 gr |
| 21 % | 7 % | 2 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 3.77 €
- Per person : 0.94 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cooked potato: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potatoes with smoked salmon, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Erika's ceviche, Artichokes with beef, Gratin Parmentier, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Spinach brik parcels, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach and Comté Loaf, ... All |
| Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Duck Parmentier, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Sautéed chicken with leeks, Chicken with rice and leeks, ... All |
| Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Lemon and lime cakes, ... All |
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