Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette
A simple omelette treated more like a gratin: the omelette forms the bottom layer in the dish, topped with chicken and spinach in a cream sauce and browned in the oven.
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Last modified on: August 16th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:GratinOmeletteSpinachChickenFor 6 people, you will need:
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200 g cooked chicken - 1
1 shallot - 2
2 tablespoons olive oil - 3
300 g cooked spinach - 4
200 ml cream - 5
6 eggs - 6
20 g butter - 7
50 g grated cheese - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 1,125 grams
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 18 min. | 25 min. | 43 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the chopped shallot.
Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add the chicken pieces and mix well.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Add 300 g cooked spinach.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Add 200 ml cream, salt and pepper again then mix well. Turn down the heat and leave to thicken gently.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Meanwhile, break 6 eggs into a bowl, salt and pepper, then whisk together.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Put a small frying pan on medium heat and melt 20 g butter. Pour in the beaten eggs.
Stage 8 - 4 min.
Gently pull the eggs from the edge into the centre with a soft spatula until they are just barely set.
Turn off the heat.
Turn off the heat.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Stage 10 - 1 min.
Spread the chicken and spinach mixture on top.
Stage 11 - 1 min.
Top with the grated cheese.
Stage 12 - 20 min.
Bake for about 20 minutes.
Remarks
Do take care not to overcook the eggs in stage 8 or they will dry out in the oven.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,670 Kcal or 6,992 Kj | 101 gr | 26 gr | 171 gr |
| 83 % | 39 % | 2 % | 26 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 148 Kcal or 620 Kj | 9 gr | 2 gr | 15 gr |
| 7 % | 3 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 278 Kcal or 1,164 Kj | 17 gr | 4 gr | 28 gr |
| 14 % | 6 % | <1 % | 4 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach Omelette, Spinach Mornay, Thin spinach and potato tart, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, ... All |
 | Cooked chicken: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and peas, Julia salad, Chicken Brussels pie, Lemony chicken and radish salad, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti Carbonara, Crème brulée, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Nanou's tuna tart, Quartet of brassicas with cream , ... All |
 | Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Stuffed cabbage leaves, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Croque-monsieur, ... All |
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