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.
42K 10 4.2
Last modified on: July 3rd 2019
Keywords for this recipe: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
How long does it take?
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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 3.77 €
- 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 potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato and cheese pie, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Creamy artichokes, Winemaker's toast, Tartiflette, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach fritters, Salmon and spinach quiche, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, ... All |
 | Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken with rice and leeks, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Sautéed chicken with leeks, Duck Parmentier, Chicken and mushroom pie, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chantilly cream, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Mushrooms on toast, French style, ... All |
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