Chicken Keene

⏱ 60 mins 🍽 1 tart 🏷 One Dish Meal

This savoury tart offers a delicious alternative to a traditional pie. It features shredded roast chicken from the deli, combined in a rich, creamy sauce with sliced mushrooms and strips of red and green pepper. The filling is seasoned with cooking sherry and poured into a pre-baked nine-inch tart crust. It's an elegant yet straightforward dish suitable for both guests and a simple family supper.

Chicken Keene

Ingredients

  • 1 roasted deli chicken
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • cooking sherry, to taste
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 1/2 cups milk or 1 1/2 cups cream
  • 1/2 lb mushroom, sliced
  • 1 roasted red pepper, sliced in strips (from the jar)
  • 1 green pepper, sliced in strips
  • 9 inches baked sweet tart crust (NOT SWEET, Zaar is being contrary)

Method

  1. Remove all the meat from the roasted chicken, discarding the skin and bones.
  2. Melt 1/3 cup butter in a saucepan. Add 1/3 cup flour and whisk continuously. Gradually pour in 1 cup chicken stock and 1 1/2 cups milk or cream, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
  3. Mix in the shredded chicken, sliced mushrooms, pepper strips, cooking sherry to taste, and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Transfer the chicken mixture into the nine-inch baked tart shell and let it cool for a short while before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1464100 mg

Recipe details

CategoryOne Dish Meal
AuthorRedneck Epicurean