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 8 people, you will need:
- 1
2 spring onions (scallions) - 2
1 lb + 5.1 oz cooked spinach - 3
1 lb + 5.1 oz cooked potatoes - 4
4 tablespoons oil - 5
1 lb + 1.6 oz chicken - 6
1 lb + 1.6 oz 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. |
At what time:
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ? - Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Peel 2 spring onions (scallions), separate the green part from the white and chop each of these separately.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Prepare 1 lb + 5.1 oz cooked spinach and 1 lb + 5.1 oz cooked potatoes, if not already done. Slice the potatoes.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Pour 4 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 1 lb + 1.6 oz chicken, cut into small pieces...
Stage 6 - 1 min.
...the spinach...
Stage 7 - 1 min.
...and finally 1 lb + 1.6 oz 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 |
| 3,376 Kcal or 14,135 Kj | 149 gr | 175 gr | 258 gr |
| 169 % | 57 % | 16 % | 39 % |
| 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 8 people : 7.55 €
- 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: Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Thin spinach and potato tart, Creamy artichokes, Gratin of purple artichokes, Lemony cabbage and potato salad, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy rice with spinach, Spinach fritters, Spinach à la Lorraine, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, ... All |
 | Chicken: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Duck Parmentier, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Sautéed chicken with leeks, Chicken and mushroom pie, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grapefruit cake, Lemon and lime cakes, Breton leek and mushroom tart, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, Sorrel omelette, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
Chicken nems
Nems are probably the best known Far Eastern dish in France. These small crispy rolls can be made in different flavours: chicken, crab, pork, etc. Making your own is not very complicated, the only difficulty is in the rolling stage. You will find in this recipe full details on how to successfully...494K3.8 2 hours 21 min. April 6th 2017
Fruit crumble
A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.346K4.0 1 hour 11 min. February 21th 2011
Sesame fried scampi
Scampi, coated with a sesame crust, fried quickly, and served with a herb salad.289K5 33 min. November 11th 2012
Hamburgers
Hamburgers don't have to be the greasy flabby things you find in fast-food outlets, well-made they can be excellent. It's a very convivial recipe as everything goes on the table, and everyone assembles their own burger according to personal taste.409K4.8 33 min. December 6th 2015
Scandinavian cocktail
A very refreshing starter, containing prawns and smoked fish.289K5 54 min. February 21th 2011
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-05-12)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post your comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.