Belgian Chicken Fricassee (Vol-Au-Vent) Recipe

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Belgian Chicken Fricassee (Vol-Au-Vent)
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
476
Calories
Total time
45
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cook the chicken breasts or the chicken in the chicken stock, until tender (breasts should take about 30 minutes, a whole chicken 45 minutes or more). Drain, but keep the stock. Let the chicken cool down a bit.
  2. In the meanwhile, make tiny meatballs (max. 1 cm across) from the minced meat. Cook the meatballs in chicken stock or water until they are done - this usually takes just a few minutes, the meatballs will drift to the top when ready. Drain them as well.
  3. Make a blonde sauce: melt most of the butter in a medium-sized pot (don't let it become brown), add flour and mix well. Keep the pot on medium heat. Then, very gradually, add splashes (think 2-3 tablespoons) of chicken stock to this mixture. Each time you added some stock, stir very well so that the mixture doesn't become lumpy. You can start adding increasing amounts of stock when your sauce becomes liquidish. Make a sauce that is somewhat thicker than cream; you will probably use most of your chicken stock in this process. This is fine.
  4. Quickly add the raw egg yolk, the lemon juice and the grated cheese to your sauce.
  5. In a large pot, melt the remaining lump of butter and add the mushrooms. Stir-fry the mushrooms on medium heat until they start to sweat (release their juices). Season with salt and pepper.
  6. Add the sauce and the ham dices to the mushrooms. Add the meatballs as well. Put on low heat.
  7. With your hands or a knife, pull apart the chicken and make bite-sized pieces (about 1 inch long, 1/2 inch across, or smaller). Add the chicken pieces to your mixture as well.
  8. Ready! Do check if the dish needs a bit more salt or pepper. You can eat the Vol-Au-Vent as it is, with potatoes or rices; you can also pour it in Vol-Au-Vent shells (puff pastry) or even make a chicken fricassee pie (in a puff pastry pie shell).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 475.91 Kcal (1993 kJ)
Calories from fat 305.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.99g 52%
Cholesterol 123.77mg 41%
Sodium 1180.46mg 49%
Potassium 486.72mg 10%
Total Carbs 19.83g 7%
Sugars 1.41g 6%
Dietary Fiber 2.03g 8%
Protein 23.04g 46%
Vitamin C 17.3mg 29%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 2.1mg 12%
Calcium 145.7mg 15%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 245.31 Kcal (1027 kJ)
Calories from fat 157.67 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.52g 52%
Cholesterol 63.8mg 41%
Sodium 608.48mg 49%
Potassium 250.89mg 10%
Total Carbs 10.22g 7%
Sugars 0.72g 6%
Dietary Fiber 1.05g 8%
Protein 11.88g 46%
Vitamin C 8.9mg 29%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 1.1mg 12%
Calcium 75.1mg 15%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.9
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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