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Waterzooi De Poulet

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course, Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons 30mlButter
2   Carrots - peeled, diced
2   Leeks - chopped, rinsed,
  And dried
2   All-purpose potatoes - peeled, diced
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground white pepper - to taste
6 cups 1422mlChicken stock or broth
1   Fresh bay leaf
  = (or 2 dried bay leaves)
4 sections  Fresh parsley - plus
  A handful chopped for garnish
4 sections  Fresh thyme
4   Boneless skinless chicken breasts - (8 oz)
1 cup 237mlHeavy cream
1 cup 198g / 7ozEgg yolk (large)
  Crusty baguette - warmed, for passing

Recipe Instructions

In a deep pot over moderate heat melt butter and saute the vegetables for 5 minutes. Season with salt and white pepper.

Tie together bay, parsley and thyme and add to the pot with stock or broth. Cover the pot and raise heat to bring liquid to a boil.

Add chicken to the pot, cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Poach the chicken 10 minutes. Uncover the pot. Remove chicken and slice.

Whisk cream and egg together. Add a ladle of cooking broth to cream and egg to temper it. Stir cream and egg mixture into the waterzooi and stir constantly for 2 to 3 minutes to thicken.

Add chicken back to the pot along with chopped parsley. Adjust seasoning. Ladle waterzooi into warm shallow bowls and serve with crusty baguette for dipping.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
30 MINUTE MEALS with Rachael Ray - (Show # TM-1C33) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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