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Pan-fried chicken with tarragon and white wine sauce and saffron rice
Photo: Lily Banse

Pan-fried chicken with tarragon and white wine sauce and saffron rice

21 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 1 openrecipes

This recipe was cooked by amateur chefs as part of the BBC's Step Up to the Plate television programme.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

711
Calories
39g
Protein
35g
Fat
55g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Chestnut 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

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 free-range chicken breast
  • 200ml/7fl oz hot chicken stock
  • 100ml/3fl oz dry white wine
  • 1 shallot
  • 250ml/9fl oz double cream
  • handful chopped fresh tarragon
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • few strands saffron
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 55g/2oz basmati rice
  • 3-4 cardamom
  • 110ml/3½fl oz boiling water
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic
  • 5-6 chestnut mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp double cream

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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