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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.

49K 4.2/5 based on 10 reviews

Last modified on: July 3^rd 2019

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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

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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 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.

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
1,791 Kcal or 7,499 Kj	129 gr	171 gr	174 gr
90 %	49 %	16 %	26 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj	10 gr	14 gr	14 gr
7 %	4 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
448 Kcal or 1,876 Kj	32 gr	43 gr	43 gr
22 %	12 %	4 %	7 %

% 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 4 people : 3.77 €
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: Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Feta and spinach brik pie, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto, Creamy rice with spinach, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Artichokes with beef, Gratin of purple artichokes, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Polish-style beetroot salad, Gratin du Nord, ... All
	Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and mushroom pie, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Chicken with rice and leeks, Duck Parmentier, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Pain perdu, Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms, ... All

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