Photo: Lily Banse
Poached chicken with lemon & tarragon sauce
15 ingredients
30 min
Serves 4
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Poached chicken with lemon in a deliciously creamy tarragon sauce - serve simply with rice or potatoes
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
494
Calories
45g
Protein
19g
Fat
33g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Fennel | 1/2 bulb (87g) | 27 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Tarragon | 1 tsp dried (0.5g) | 2 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
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
- 300ml dry white wine
- 1 small fennel , sliced or 2 sticks celery, sliced
- 1 large carrot , cut in sticks
- 2 sprigs each thyme , rosemary and tarragon
- 2 large bay leaves
- about 100g/4oz smoked bacon pieces or rinds
- ½ tsp whole black peppercorns
- 1 tbsp bouillon powder or 2 stock cubes
- 1 whole chicken , about 2kg/4lb 8 oz
- 1 onion , quartered
- 2 egg yolks
- 142ml pot double cream
- handful fresh tarragon , chopped
- 1 tsp cornflour
- juice of 1 lemon
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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