St David's leek & chicken hotpot

St David's leek & chicken hotpot

Make St David's day one to remember with this deliciously hearty hotpot

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Cook the veg: Toss the potatoes, leeks and carrots together in a shallow microwave-safe dish with some salt and pepper. Pour over the stock. Cover the dish with cling film and pierce a few times with the point of a knife. Cook on High for 10 minutes until the potatoes are just starting to become tender.
  2. Cook the chicken: Remove the dish from the microwave, peel off the cling film and stir in the chicken. Cover the dish with fresh cling film and pierce again, then cook on High for 6 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and succulent.
  3. Finish the dish: Remove the dish from the microwave, uncover and stir in the cream and parsley plus black pepper to taste. Serve straight from the dish, with bread to mop up the juices.
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Make it different

Make a hearty soup by doubling the amount of stock.

298 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 4g, salt 0.51 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2002.

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  • 12 November 2007

    trish rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I cut the veg quite small and added a little extra stock and ended up with a delicious low calorie chunky soup. Who needs to be fat with food like this?

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  • 14 January 2008

    Maz recipes commented on this recipe

    I loved this recipe, perfect for an after work quick meal. So easy to cook and tastes delicious.

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  • 19 February 2008

    Annie commented on this recipe

    I made it as a soup, using left over roast chicken. We loved this meal, and will be making it again!

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  • 21 April 2008

    Nessie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Can't believe how tasty this is with it all done in the microwave! Top Dish :-)

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    11 June 2008

    NSW commented on this recipe

    I don't have a microwave..how long would this take in the oven? Thanks

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  • 03 January 2009

    Tracy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I added sliced mushrooms and used half fat creme frais instead of double cream, delicious!! Defo going to have this again, the chicken was unbelieveably tender and moist.

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  • 15 July 2009

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this with the specific intention of making it into a soup. Just as well because my chicken was still quite pink after the specified 6 minutes so I did it for another 2 minutes by which time it was cooked through but my potatoes had gone quite mushy!! Okay for soup but not brilliant for a hotpot! As soup it was quite thick but I like that so it was fine with me. I used a pint of stock. I want to freeze most of it so I have left the double cream out and will add this when I reheat. If you want to freeze as a soup then you will need to do this. Overall very tasty and would make again.

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  • 31 August 2009

    Emma rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy and much tastier than it looks!

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  • 01 March 2011

    lalybaba commented on this recipe

    Had this for lunch. As others have said, it's easy and quick and suprisingly tasty. As someone else suggested I added a few mushrooms and used low fat crème fraiche instead of double cream, I also used taragon as i didn't have any parsley. Will definitly be making this one again.

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  • 24 March 2011

    Lynne commented on this recipe

    This is a lovely recipe although I had to cook for a further 10mins because the potatoes were not done using the timings of this recipe. It is a hearty, tasty meal and the family have marked it as a firm favourite.

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  • 24 July 2012

    Donnafugata commented on this recipe

    When I want a quick and easy meal I often have this and it never fails. Clear clean flavours - and as a soup it's excellent.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

An easy microwave dinner using just one dish

Ingredients

  • 2 baking potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks
  • 2 leeks , cut into thick slices and washed
  • 3 medium carrots , peeled and cut into 3cm/1.25in slices
  • 300ml hot chicken stock
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts , diced
  • 3 tbsp double cream
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • bread rolls, to serve
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298 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 4g, salt 0.51 g

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