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Chicken with Cucumbers

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Recipe

 

Yield

4 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

50 min

Ready

60 min
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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2 ½ pounds whole chicken
quartered
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¼ pound mushrooms
sliced
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1 clove garlic
minced
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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¼ cup sherry
dry
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2 cubes chicken broth
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2 teaspoons chicken broth
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1 ½ teaspoons salt
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1 ½ cups water
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2 large cucumbers
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8 ounces sour cream
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3E+1 ml vegetable oil
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1.1 kg whole chicken
quartered
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113.4 g mushrooms
sliced
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1 clove garlic
minced
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45 ml all-purpose flour
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59 ml sherry
dry
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2 cubes chicken broth
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1E+1 ml chicken broth
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7.5 ml salt
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355 ml water
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2 large cucumbers
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231.2 ml/g sour cream
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Directions

In 12 inch skillet over medium high heat, in hot salad oil, cook chicken until browned on all sides.

Remove from skillet. Add mushrooms and garlic to drippings in skillet.

Cook about 2 minutes. Stir in flour until blended.

Gradually stir in sherry, bouillon, salt and water.

Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is slightly thickened.

Add chicken, heat to boiling.

Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring.

Meanwhile, cut half of a cucumber into very thin slices, set aside for garnish.

Peel remaining cucumbers and cut into large chunks.

Add cucumber chunks to chicken and continue cooking 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is fork tender and cucumber is tender- crisp.

Stir in sour cream.

Cook until heated through, but do not boil.

Arrange chicken pieces on warm platter, surrounded with chunks of cucumber and pour on sauce.

Garnish with cucumber slices.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 617g (21.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 90657% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 58g 88%
Saturated Fat 19g 95%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 275mg 92%
Sodium 1530mg 64%
Total Carbohydrate 4g 4%
Dietary Fiber 1g 6%
Sugars g
Protein 164g
Vitamin A 18% Vitamin C 10%
Calcium 14% Iron 24%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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