Chicken, leek and mushroom casserole

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 2
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 695.8
  • Total Fat: 29.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 107.5 mg
  • Sodium: 805.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 66.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.8 g
  • Protein: 40.1 g

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Number of Servings: 2

Ingredients

    2 tbsp olive oil
    1 chicken breast cut into bite sized pieces
    4 leeks (chopped)
    1 clove of garlic (crushed)
    1 stick of celery (chopped)
    1 cup of mushrooms, e.g. chestnut and shitake (chopped)
    2 tbsp butter
    1 tbsp plain flour
    1 cup chicken stock
    half a glass of white wine
    0.5 cup of 0% milk
    a sprig of sage
    a sprig of thyme
    a sprig of rosemary
    1 bay leaf
    0.5 tsp ground black pepper


Directions

Boil the potatoes.
Heat the oil in a heavy bottom pan and brown the chicken pieces in batches, removing with a slotted spoon to an oven-proof casserole dish.
Fry the leeks, garlic and celery for 4 or 5 minutes until the leeks soften. Remove with a slotted spoon and layer on top of the chicken pieces in the casserole dish.
Add half the butter and fry the mushrooms for a minute or two. Remove with a slotted spoon and add to the casserole dish.
Heat the remaining butter and fry the flour for 30 seconds. gradually stir in the stock, wine and milk to make a sauce. Deglazing the pan as you do so.
Wrap the herbs in a square of muslin and bury this in the centre of the casserole. Pour the sauce over the ingredients in the casserole.
Mash the potatoes, add milk, butter and a pinch of salt. Spread the mashed potato over the ingredients in the casserole dish - try to make a completely sealed lid.
Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper and bake in the centre of a pre-heated oven at 190C for 30-40 minutes. To brown the potato more, move the dish up a rack and switch the oven to gratin mode for a few minutes at the end.


Serving Size: serves 2

Number of Servings: 2

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SLERTE.