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 3rd 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
½ spring onion (scallion) - 2
150 g cooked spinach - 3
150 g cooked potatoes - 4
1 tablespoon oil - 5
125 g chicken - 6
125 g liquid cream - 7
salt - 8
pepper - Total weight: 628 grams
How long will 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 ½ spring onion (scallion), separate the green part from the white and chop each of these separately.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Prepare 150 g cooked spinach and 150 g cooked potatoes, if not already done. Slice the potatoes.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Pour 1 tablespoon 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 125 g chicken, cut into small pieces...
Stage 6 - 1 min.
...the spinach...
Stage 7 - 1 min.
...and finally 125 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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 895 Kcal or 3,747 Kj | 64 gr | 85 gr | 87 gr |
| 45 % | 25 % | 8 % | 13 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 1.89 €
- Per person : 0.95 €
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: Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Potato and cheese pie, Creamy artichokes, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Langres-style spinach, Crispy spinach rolls, Gratin slices with spinach, Salmon and spinach quiche, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushrooms on toast, French style, Eton mess, Creamy cauliflower with smoked salmon, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, ... All |
 | Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sautéed chicken with leeks, Duck Parmentier, Chicken and mushroom pie, Chicken with rice and leeks, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, ... All |
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