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Poached chicken with wild mushrooms, baby vegetables and cider cream sauce
Photo: Lily Banse

Poached chicken with wild mushrooms, baby vegetables and cider cream sauce

15 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 1 openrecipes

This recipe was cooked by amateur chefs as part of the BBC's Step Up to the Plate television programme.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

492
Calories
39g
Protein
21g
Fat
40g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cider not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 free-range chicken breast
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 200g/7oz butter
  • handful wild mushrooms
  • 200g/7oz butter
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 garlic
  • 6 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  • 200ml/7fl oz cider
  • 300ml/10fl oz chicken stock
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
  • 6-8 baby carrots
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 6-8 baby asparagus
  • pinch salt

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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