Forgot to take a picture - it got eaten way too fast.
Ingredients for 2*:
*2 means one normally quite hungry boy, and one "foodlover but watching portions" girl. Portions are normally divided 1/3 to girl and 2/3 to man, which is actually how it should be. Men need much more calories.
- around 350g Chicken breast, cut into 1cm wide, 5 cm long cute stripes
- Half an onion, sliced into thin circles
- 200g chestnut mushrooms (white "closed cup" variety is good as well)
- Salt and pepper
- A pinch of nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 2 tablespoons butter**
- 100ml single cream
- 100ml soured cream (recommend Sainsbury's for both. Make sure you don't go for the extra thick cream!)
- 1 generous tablespoon dijon mustard with seeds (can use more or less, depending on taste)
Let's get cooking. Takes about half an hour!
1.) Prep. Slice onions, put in bowl. Thinly slice mushrooms (leave the skin on! it's the yummiest bit!). Slice chicken breasts. Put cream, soured cream, nutmeg and mustard in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
2.) Chicken. Melt one tablespoon butter in a large pan on low heat. When nice and sizzly, turn up the heat, chuck in chicken and let it brown for 3-4 minutes. (Add a splash of water if it wants to burn - it'll go away anyhow). Once slightly brown, take it out, put on a plate, cover with kitchen foil and leave it alone for now. Do not let the other half go and "just try a bit"!! It's not thoroughly cooked yet.
3.) Other stuff. Put one more tablespoon butter back into the pan. Melt and add the onions. Let them nicely cook until glassy, then add the mushrooms and a splash of water. Cover and on medium heat, cook for a few minutes, until the mushrooms are nice and soft and lost about 1/3 of their volume. (Do not overcook - we don't want to lose their delicious taste).
(3.1: chuck some easy to cook uncle bens white rice into boiling water - I use the rice in the bag variety - simplicity first)
4.) Putting it all together: Once it's done, pour the creamy-mustardy mixture on top of the mushrooms and onions. Stir. Add the chicken back in, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and let it cook for about 5 minutes.
5.) Set the table nicely. Put rice on plates to serve as the bed for the stroganoff. (and if you are feeling extra cheesy, shape the rice into a heart shape on the man's plate. It also works as a test - if he appreciates, he gets food, if he does the macho smirk, you eat all the chicken by yourself and he has to settle for plain rice... ).
6.) Almost there. After 5 minutes, take off the cover and check the consistency. You want a not-too-runny, nice and thick sauce, so if it's a bit runnier, just let it cook for another 5 mins of high heath, with the lid off.
When it looks, smells and tastes delicious, scoop a nice portion on top of the rice and enjoy!
Here's the bit for those of us who care about the c-word:
Without rice, one portion (half the recipe) is 530cals, but as I said above, if you distribute this evenly, you'll end up not being able to eat it all, and the man will end up hungry. I suggest a 2/3 distribution rate, at which 1 girl-portion ends up with roughly 380cals. I actually had it with courgettes instead of rice so it was an extremely delicious, filling and light dinner.
** Please don't use margarine. Ever. If you don't eat everything fried and drenched in unhealthy stuff, you don't need to worry about your cholesterol. Use the real thing and enjoy the delicious taste.
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