Chicken with spinach in cream sauce

Juicy, appetizing, soft, tender, healthy! Chicken with spinach in cream sauce turns out to be very soft, soaked in juices. And spinach adds a unique flavor to the dish, which makes it easy to recognize high French cuisine. As a result - a restaurant dish at your home!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 41 % 14 g
Fats 56 % 19 g
Carbohydrates 3 % 1 g
244 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to put out chicken with spinach in cream sauce in a frying pan? Very simple. First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. For the recipe, you can use a whole chicken, like me, or its individual parts: fillets, shanks or thighs, with or without bones. Cream can be of any fat content, but the higher the percentage of fat content, the higher the calorie content of the dish will be. I use cream with a fat content of 20 percent. They are just right for sauces.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the chicken, dry it and cut it into portions, if desired, simultaneously removing the skin from them. Since the cream is of medium fat content, I removed the skin to reduce the calorie content of the dish. If the resulting breast halves are large, it is better to cut them into 2-3 parts. I decided not to use wings here - they are more suitable for soup.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Peel the onion and cut into cubes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Wash and dry the spinach. Remove the long petioles. Tear large leaves with your hands. If it is not possible to buy fresh spinach, you can replace it with frozen. It will need to be defrosted and drained of the released liquid.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat. Put the chicken and onion and fry, stirring, for 7-10 minutes until a golden crust appears on the chicken.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Pour in cold cream, add spices and herbs. On how to make sure that the cream does not curdle, see the special article in the link under the recipe.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Simmer under the lid for 15 minutes or longer until the chicken is cooked. If the pieces are large, and even with bones, then it will most likely take longer than the specified time to extinguish. And before adding spinach, check the meat for readiness - it should not be red or bright pink at the bones.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    If the chicken is ready, add the prepared spinach to the pan. Stir and warm everything together for 1-2 minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Spinach should shrink, become soft.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Remove the pan from the heat. Arrange the chicken and spinach on plates and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!

Chicken can be replaced with turkey or any other type of meat at your request. But keep in mind that in this case, the cooking time and calorie content of the dish will change.

Keep in mind that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the proper defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way to defrost chicken read in  article about proper defrosting of products .

Secrets, life hacks and all the most useful tips read in the article: "Cream and sour cream in cream sauce: what should I do so that they don't curl up?" 

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Category I chicken - 238   kcal/100g
  • Chicken of the II category - 159   kcal/100g
  • Chicken, flesh without skin - 241   kcal/100g
  • Chickens - 140   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Buttermilk - 36   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20 % fat content - 300   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120   kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300   kcal/100g
  • Spinach - 22   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Garlic powder - 331   kcal/100g
  • Italian herbs blend - 259   kcal/100g

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