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Poached chicken with spinach, girolles, and broad beans in a creamy cider brandy sauce
Photo: Lily Banse

Poached chicken with spinach, girolles, and broad beans in a creamy cider brandy sauce

14 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 2 openrecipes
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

495
Calories
37g
Protein
22g
Fat
43g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients — the other 2 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
Apple Brandy 1 medium (182g) 95
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cider not in our table 0
Broad Bean 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

  • 50g/2oz clarified unsalted butter
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 garlic
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 fresh bay leaf
  • 50ml/2fl oz cider apple brandy
  • 250ml/9fl oz chicken stock
  • 25ml/1fl oz double cream
  • 2 corn-fed chicken breasts
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 100g/3½oz broad beans
  • 50g/2oz clarified unsalted butter
  • 100g/3½oz girolle mushrooms
  • 100g/3½oz baby spinach

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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