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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 2 people, you will need:

1 ½ spring onion (scallion)
2 ²⁄₃ cup cooked spinach
3 ²⁄₃ cup cooked potatoes
4 1 tablespoon oil
5 ²⁄₃ cup chicken
6 ²⁄₃ cup 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 ½ spring onion (scallion), separate the green part from the white and chop each of these separately.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare ²⁄₃ cup cooked spinach and ²⁄₃ cup 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.

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 ²⁄₃ cup chicken, cut into small pieces...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...the spinach...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

...and finally ²⁄₃ cup 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
844 Kcal or 3,534 Kj	37 gr	44 gr	64 gr
42 %	14 %	4 %	10 %

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 2 people : 1.89 €
Per person : 0.95 €

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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: Spinach Croque-monsieur , Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Spinach brik parcels, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Creamy artichokes, Oven omelette, Gratin du Nord, ... All
	Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and mushroom pie, Chicken with rice and leeks, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Sautéed chicken with leeks, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Leek fondue, Involtinis, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, ... All

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