Creamy chicken & spinach pie

Name: Creamy chicken & spinach pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 300 g Potatoes, Raw peeled and chopped; 250 g Sweet potato, raw peeled and chopped; 4 spray(s) Calorie controlled cooking spray; 1 large Onion finely chopped; 2 clove(s) Garlic finely chopped; 600 g Chicken breast, skinless, raw diced; 0.5 cube(s) Chicken stock cube(s) 100ml stock; 4 tablespoon(s), level Half Fat Crème Frâiche; 2 teaspoon(s), level Wholegrain Mustard; 0.5 zest(s) of 1 Lemon; 0.5 tablespoon(s), level Cornflour; 50 g Half fat Cheddar cheese; 240 g Spinach; 50 ml Skimmed Milk

Points® value

Total Time

55 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

45 min

Serves

Difficulty

Easy

This pie has sweet potatoes in the topping for extra goodness, with creaminess from half-fat crème fraiche and a cheeky sprinkling of cheese. Comfort food at its finest

Ingredients

Potatoes, Raw

300 g, peeled and chopped

Sweet potato, raw

250 g, peeled and chopped

Calorie controlled cooking spray

4 spray(s)

Onion

1 large, finely chopped

Garlic

2 clove(s), finely chopped

Chicken breast, skinless, raw

600 g, diced

Chicken stock cube(s)

½ cube(s), 100ml stock

Half Fat Crème Frâiche

4 tablespoon(s), level

Wholegrain Mustard

2 teaspoon(s), level

Lemon

½ zest(s) of 1

Cornflour

½ tablespoon(s), level

Half fat Cheddar cheese

50 g

Spinach

240 g

Skimmed Milk

50 ml

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas mark 6. Cook the potatoes and sweet potatoes in a pan of boiling water for 15-20 minutes until tender.
Meanwhile, mist a large frying pan with cooking spray and fry the onion over a low-medium heat for 7-8 minutes until soft. Add the garlic and cook for another minute. Add the chicken and brown for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the stock, crème fraiche, mustard and lemon zest. Season to taste.
In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with 2 tbsp of the sauce from the pan. Stir into the chicken mixture until the sauce is thickened. Add the cheese and spinach and cook until wilted.
When the potatoes are cooked, drain, season and mash with the milk. Spoon the chicken mixture into a 20cm baking dish, top with the mash and bake for 25 minutes. Grind over some black pepper to serve.

Notes

When thickening sauces with cornflour, always make a paste with it first, otherwise you can end up with a lumpy sauce

Creamy chicken & spinach pie

Ingredients

Instructions

Notes

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