Chilli chicken and spinach gratin
A classic combination of chicken and spinach is pepped up with chilli spices and balanced with a velvety bechamel sauce, topped with cheese and browned in the oven.
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Last modified on: May 23th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:GratinSpinachBechamelMornayChickenChilliSpicesCheeseFor 6 people, you will need:
- 1
400 g chicken breast - 2
3 tablespoons olive oil - 3
2 tablespoons chilli spices - 4
800 g fresh spinach - 5
50 g butter - 6
400 g Bechamel sauce - 7
50 g grated cheese - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 1,775 grams
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 45 min. | 50 min. | 1 hour 35 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Cut 400 g chicken breast into medium-sized chunks.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the chicken, salt and pepper.
Fry until lightly browned all over.
Fry until lightly browned all over.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Turn off the heat, then add 2 tablespoons chilli spices and mix well to coat the chicken evenly with the spices.
Stage 5 - 30 min.
Prepare 800 g fresh spinach, but leave raw.
Stage 6
Melt 50 g butter in a large frying pan on high heat.
When good and hot add enough fresh spinach all at once to fill the pan.
Be careful: the water left on the leaves will spit at first, so take care not to get scalded.
When good and hot add enough fresh spinach all at once to fill the pan.
Be careful: the water left on the leaves will spit at first, so take care not to get scalded.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Stir with a spatula until the spinach has shrunk down. as shown in the photo.
You have just "wilted" the spinach in butter – another cooking method.
Wilt all the spinach like this in batches, transferring it to a plate when done.
You have just "wilted" the spinach in butter – another cooking method.
Wilt all the spinach like this in batches, transferring it to a plate when done.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).
Butter a gratin dish and spread half the spinach in the bottom.
Salt and pepper.
Butter a gratin dish and spread half the spinach in the bottom.
Salt and pepper.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
Add the chicken pieces.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Spread half the bechamel sauce on top.
Stage 11 - 1 min.
Add the rest of the spinach; salt and pepper again.
Stage 12 - 3 min.
Finish with the remaining sauce and scatter grated cheese over the top.
Stage 13 - 40 min.
Bake for about 40 minutes until the top is nicely browned.
Your gratin is ready.
Your gratin is ready.
Remarks
You can make the bechamel sauce richer by adding grated cheese (it then becomes a Mornay sauce).
If you are using cooked spinach, skip stages 5 to 7.
If you are using cooked spinach, skip stages 5 to 7.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,475 Kcal or 10,362 Kj | 127 gr | 88 gr | 180 gr |
| 124 % | 49 % | 8 % | 27 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 139 Kcal or 582 Kj | 7 gr | 5 gr | 10 gr |
| 7 % | 3 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 413 Kcal or 1,729 Kj | 21 gr | 15 gr | 30 gr |
| 21 % | 8 % | 1 % | 5 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rice and fresh spinach salad, Mixed vegetable curry, Tex-Mex chicken burger, How to prepare spinach, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All |
 | Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chinese style chicken, Warm chicken salad, Coq au vin, Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms, Chicken and avocado bagels, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endives , Croque-monsieur, Ham "friand" pie, Spinach Mornay, Scallops au gratin, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chard and potato gratin, Little caramelized peach tarts, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, Walnut short bread, Toffee apple upside-down cake, ... All |
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