Creamed Chicken and Leeks

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 60 minutes Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 40 minutes
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 299 calories per serving view nutrition facts
# of servings this recipe makes 4 servings suggest servings
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Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
4 large leeks white part only, chopped
4 each celery stalks chopped
4 cups chicken broth (up to 6)
2 whole chicken breasts on bone with skin on
Bouquet garnish
1/2 teaspoon thyme dried
1/2 teaspoon bay leaf
1 x salt and white pepper freshly ground
1 each lemon juice of
3 each egg yolks
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup parsley leaves minced fresh

Directions

Heat the butter in a saucepan.

When foaming subsides, but before it gets brown add the leeks and celery and 1/4 cup of the chicken broth.

Cover and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes; do not let it get brown.

Add the chicken, skin side up along with bouquet garni and enough of the broth to just cover the chicken.

Cover and simmer, over very low heat for 30 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through.

Remove chicken from the broth; remove and discard skin and bones and cut chicken into chunks.

Remove and discard bouquet garni.

Puree the liquid through a food mill and return it to the saucepan.

Add remaining broth and boil it down until reduced to 4 cups.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Add lemon juice to chicken and set in microwavable dish.

Blend egg yolks and cream together.

Very slowly ladle 1 cup of hot broth into the mixture.

Return this tempered mixture to the soup and bring to under a simmer to thicken.

Reheat chicken for a minute in microwave oven and distribute it among 4 soup plates.

Ladle thickened broth over chicken and garnish with parsley.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 341g
Amount per Serving
Calories 299 76% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.0g39%
 Saturated Fat 15.0g74%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 78mg26%
Sodium 470mg20%
Total Carbohydrate 12.0g4%
 Dietary Fiber 1.0g3%
 Sugars 5.0g
Protein 7.0g15%
Vitamin A 28%  Vitamin C 23%
Calcium 5%  Iron 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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