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Gentse Waterzooi

At a Glance

Prep
30 minutes
Cook
40 minutes
Total
1 hour 10 minutes
Servings
8 serving(s)

Categories

  • Main Course
  • Stew
  • Belgian
  • European
  • Poaching
  • Simmering

Allergens

  • Eggs
  • Milk
  • Wheat

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 8. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 948.2 per serving 7585.6 for selected servings
Fat 30.2g per serving 241.6g for selected servings
Sugar 7.4g per serving 59.2g for selected servings
Protein 61.5g per serving 492g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 108.9g per serving 871.2g for selected servings

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Ingredients

  • 2 zucchini
  • 1 bunch carrot
  • 250 g mushrooms
  • 1 celery
  • 2 leeks
  • 2 onions
  • 24 small potatoes, peeled
  • 1600 g skinless chicken breasts, 8 pieces
  • 2 liters vegetable stock
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 400 ml cream
  • 1 bunch parsley
  • pepper
  • salt
  • 100 g margarine
  • 100 g flour

Instructions

  1. Chop all the vegetables (except the potatoes) finely (brunoise) and cook for 5 minutes in the vegetable stock. Drain, but keep the stock.

  2. Poach the chicken filets in the same vegetable stock for about 20 minutes.

  3. Cook the potatoes.

  4. Keep vegetables and chicken warm, while making the sauce.

  5. Strain the vegetable stock.

  6. Make a roux (or beurre manié) from 100 gr butter and 100 gr of flour = Melt the butter and add the flour, add 1 l of the vegetable stock, let cook until slightly thickened.

  7. Finish off by adding the cream and the beaten egg yolks and add salt and pepper to taste.

  8. Use soup plates for serving. Starting with the vegetables, put the cut up chicken filet on top, add sauce and garnish with potatoes and parsley.

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