Friday 8 October 2010

Chicken and Mushroom Strogonoff (with a fresh mint touch)

Ingredients for the Recipe: (enough for 2)

  • 2 chicken thighs (cut into small cubes)
  • 200 grams of whole fresh mushrooms
  • 1 and 1 / 2 cup of rice pilau
  • 1 garlic clove, (finely chopped)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 / 2 cup white wine
  • 2 tablespoons of "creme fraiche"
  • 2 tbsp chilli oil
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of "chives" baby spring onion chopped baby 
  • 1 / 4 cup of water with a teaspoon of Gravy (if you have no gravy, use the same amount of water with a tablespoon of plain flour ½ cube of meat stock) 
  • Salt and mint leaves to taste

The preparation of this tested delicacy is very quick, it only needs a pan to cook the rice for about 12 minutes containing only salt and water, plus you will need a frying pan.
Place a
tablespoon of olive oil in the frying pan until very hot. Once hot, add the garlic, the bay leaf and a pinch of salt, and stir-fry the garlic (which is pretty fast) adding the chopped chicken once the garlic is golden, stir regularly with a wooden spoon so that the chicken can be sealed all-over,  let the chicken gain a little colour, and at this stage add the wine, the
chilli oil and the fresh mushrooms.

Continue stirring frequently for about 3-4 minutes, add the crème fraiche and a quarter cup of water with "gravy powder" (if you have no gravy use a quarter cup of water with half a cube of bouillon and a teaspoon of plain flour diluted, it will form a thick liquid "not too thick though" . 

Once it reaches boiling again, reduce heat and simmer it for 10 to 15 minutes. In the last five minutes add the chopped chives.
Serve and garnish with mint, which is also to eat as is super delicious and compliments the dish. If you fancy something more exotic arrange more chopped mint and use it instead of chopped chives. 

 YUM YUM! must try.

8 comments:

pierre said...

hi rico
It's been a while I did not come to visit you and This stroganoff looks scrumptious !!Bravo Pierre

Elisabeth said...

I love your chicken stroganoff recipe, and photo of it. Beautiful presentation, and a must try! I am now following your blog, hope you will check mine out too, and follow.

Rico said...

Merci Pierre, is always a pleasure having you visit, is like having a VIP in my little cafe/bistro. thanks for the comment and visit.

Cheers Elizabeth, both for the visit and comment, which was very generous. I am a follower too now.

Kisses xxx

Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...

what a combination of flavors crem frache' and wine wow, sounds amazing for sure...glad for the visit thank you so much!

Rico said...

Yeah was quite delicious my friend, thanks for the comment. The rice is smiling lol... kisses xxxx

Rico said...

Thank you PegasusLegend, your comments are well appreciated as well as your visit...No need to thx the visit, was my pleasure, as I saw quite a few things that are inspiring. :) thank you xxx

My Taste Heaven said...

something new to me :) i really want to give it a try~

Rico said...

Please do and let me know how it turned out for you..thanks for visit and lovely comment. :) xxx

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