Chicken, leek & mustard sauté

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• Mazzo

  19 March 2009

  Mazzo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was a particularly tasty, easy recipe! I will be making it again! However i didn't think the calorie count looked right - 686 kcals from that dish? How? I have assumed 2 skinless chicken thighs, half a leek and 15ml of cream per person to be the main contributors. Is anyone from Olive available for comment?!

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• Jayne

  29 March 2009

  Jayne rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A tasty relatively easy dish to make. Loads of flavour. I added parmesan cheese to the topping for extra flavour.

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• janine_from_olive

  01 April 2009

  janine_from_olive commented on this recipe

  Hi Mazzo, the chicken thighs in original recipe are skin-on so that's what the nutritionist based her calculations on. This recipe would work with skinless thighs as well as breasts if you want to cut the calories. Thighs always bump up the calorie amount I'm afraid as there is more fat than breast. I think it's worth it though as they have a much better flavour.

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• Mazzo

  06 April 2009

  Mazzo commented on this recipe

  Thanks Janine - that explains it! I'll stick with the skinless thighs....

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• ThomMich

  14 April 2009

  ThomMich rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used chicken breasts. I found that it needed more than 60ml of cream. I also used parmesan, as suggested above. Tasty, relatively easy, would like a little more sauce with it.

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• Tony

  21 April 2009

  Tony commented on this recipe

  Everybody has an off day and this was certainly mine! The chicken didn't cook properly in the time quoted and as a result the leeks overcooked and I burnt the sauce. I used twice the amount of mustard and still thought the mustard didn’t figure in the flavours well. As a result of the undercooked chicken it all went in the bin and a trip to the Fish and Chip shop ensued! ................ Cook again? I don’t think so!

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• Myra

  06 June 2009

  Myra rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have made this many times now. I use English mustard. Every time it tastes absolutely fabulous..........a real favourite ! !

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• teenie19

  19 June 2009

  teenie19 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have also tried this recipe with pork instead of chicken and it worked just as well. I agree with upping the cream slightly to make the sauce go further. Very easy to make.

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• Katrina

  13 September 2009

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• sallyv76

  06 October 2009

  sallyv76 commented on this recipe

  Very very tasty ... Felt the mustard enhanced the flavour rather than standing out as an obvious ingredient. All in all a brilliant family dinner!!!

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• Belkey

  16 December 2009

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I thought this was rather disappointing, it could have done with more leeks and sauce - I think some stock would help. I also wondered whether wholegrain mustard would work better than dijon. I might play around with it, but then again I might not!

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• catshevlane

  11 March 2010

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  22 March 2010

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• catshevlane

  15 April 2010

  catshevlane commented on this recipe

  Hi Found this dish really easy to do and it tasted fabulous ! It has now become a firm favourite of ours. Have to say I didn't bother with the breadcrumbs but it was still delicious :-)

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• SarahC

  17 March 2011

  SarahC commented on this recipe

  To lower the fat content I used skinless and boneless chicken thighs and 2 tbsp of reduced fat creme fraiche instead of the single cream, but I also added some chicken stock. Loved the lemon and breadcrumb topping. Served with pasta. Fabulous.

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• phwiiii

  11 May 2011

  phwiiii rated and commented on this recipe

  

  YUM! Seriously good. The chicken takes a long time to fry and i loose patience and the fat goes EVERYWHERE when cooking so i think i'll quickly brown it then put it in the oven to cook next time. Added grated parmesan to the breadcrumbs and it was delicious.

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• Shalini

  31 May 2011

  Shalini rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The dish turned out beautifully! The ingredients are so simple, yet they produce such a lovely rich tasting dish. As above, I also added parmesan to the breadcrumbs, English mustard opposed to Dijon and used over double the amount of suggested cream (I prefer plenty of sauce with my food!). I have given this recipe out to a number of people, all of whom have been very happy with the result.

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• Mandi1165

  21 October 2011

  Mandi1165 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Thought this was very tasty. We added mushrooms, which were really nice and used half fat creme fraiche but found it a little 'dry - could have been down to the creme fraiche not being as runny as cream? Next time I would add a little chicken stock to 'slacken' the sauce but will definitely be making again

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• Cvz

  28 October 2011

  Cvz rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yummy. Almost doubled the cream and mustard, used same measures of everything else plus about 150ml of stock but only 2 chicken breasts....

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Ingredients

• olive oil
• 8 chicken thighs
• 2 leeks , chopped
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 60ml single cream
• 1 lemon , zested and juiced
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 40 minutes

Ingredients

• olive oil
• 8 chicken thighs
• 2 leeks , chopped
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 60ml single cream
• 1 lemon , zested and juiced
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs

Per serving

686 kcalories, protein 51.6g, carbohydrate 7.3g, fat 50.3 g, saturated fat 15.2g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.97 g

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