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.
47K 10 4.2
Last modified on: July 3rd 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
½ spring onion (scallion) - 2
150 ml cooked spinach - 3
150 ml cooked potatoes - 4
1 tablespoon oil - 5
125 ml chicken - 6
125 ml liquid cream - 7
salt - 8
pepper
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 ½ spring onion (scallion), separate the green part from the white and chop each of these separately.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Prepare 150 ml cooked spinach and 150 ml 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 ml chicken, cut into small pieces...
Stage 6 - 1 min.
...the spinach...
Stage 7 - 1 min.
...and finally 125 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 |
| 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 % |
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 spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Spinach brik parcels, Gratin slices with spinach, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , ... All |
 | Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy artichokes, The strange gratin, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Risotto-style celeriac, Chantilly cream, Apricot fool, ... All |
 | Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sautéed chicken with leeks, Chicken and mushroom pie, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Duck Parmentier, Chicken with rice and leeks, ... All |
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