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Chicken blanquette with roasted shallots and fresh garden peas
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken blanquette with roasted shallots and fresh garden peas

20 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Slow poached chicken and tarragon is a magical pairing but James Martin ups the ante by adding a creamy mushroom sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1239
Calories
61g
Protein
42g
Fat
157g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Liquor not in our table 0

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

  • 1 kg/2lb 4oz chicken
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 leek
  • 1 garlic
  • 1 large sprig of thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 25g/1oz plain flour
  • 1 litre/1¾ pints chicken cooking liquor (from above)
  • 110g/4oz baby onions
  • 110g/4oz button mushrooms
  • 4 free-range egg yolks
  • 110ml/4fl oz double cream
  • 3 tbsp tarragon
  • 4 banana shallots
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 400g/14oz fresh garden peas
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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