Hearty Homemade Chicken Supreme

Posted on: 16th April 2013

Posted in: Main dishes, Recipes

This is my homemade chicken supreme recipe – an easy, cheap and filling dinner that only takes 30 minutes to make. Great when you want a filling dinner on a budget. It’s also gluten-free, so perfect for anyone with coeliac disease. As this is a healthy meal for the whole family, I used my blender to make suitable lumpy puree for my 6 1/2 month old as well (see photo at the end).

Ingredients

• Maximum of 300g (uncooked weight) of basmati rice (75g per adult)

• 1 teaspoon olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 375g chicken breast, diced

• 2 large carrots

• 180g frozen or tinned sweetcorn

• 125g mushrooms

• 1 chicken stock cube

• 2 level tablespoons cornflour

• 400ml semi-skimmed milk

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Method

• In the first saucepan, cook the rice in boiling water for 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain

• Meanwhile, in a second saucepan, add the olive oil and heat until hot

• Add the chopped onions, crushed garlic, and diced chicken breast, and lightly brown

• In a small measuring jug, add the cornflour and enough of the milk to make a smooth paste. Then, gradually mix in the rest of the milk

• Add the cornflour/milk mixture to the chicken mixture, along with a crushed stock cube. The mixture should thicken up on cooking

• Add the carrots and mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes (I pre-cooked my carrots in the microwave to make them softer to start with)

• Add the black pepper to taste

Servings

This meal will serve 4 adults, or 2 adults and 4 hungry children

Cost per serving

No more than £1.40 per serving (£5.50 for the entire meal)

Nutritional information

This meal contains 570kcal, 36g protein and 9g of fat per serving- healthy, low-fat and high in protein!

Tips / Serving suggestions

• Use any leftover chicken supreme on a jacket potato for lunch the next day

• I did not add any salt (the stock cubes contain plenty of salt in my opinion). You can use low salt stock cubes/low salt bouillon (or make your own stock) to lower the salt content even further

• If you need/want to gain weight, use a 284ml carton of double cream and 100ml whole milk instead of 400ml semi-skimmed milk, to add extra calories and protein

• Add extra vegetables that need using up to increase your 5-a-day portions (peppers or spinach would work well)