Cheesy Chicken, Mushroom and Leek Slice Recipe

5/15/2016
Cheesy Chicken, Mushroom and Leek Slice
Cheesy Chicken, Mushroom and Leek Slice

SERVES 6
PREP 25 minutes
COOK 30 minutes + cooling
COST $3.50 a serve

+ TOP TIP You’ll need 1 cup of shredded silverbeet for this recipe.

Ingredients:
  • 1 small whole cooked chicken
  • 25g butter
  • 1 leek, pale section only, thinly sliced
  • 200g button mushrooms, halved
  • 1 tablespoon chopped tarragon
  • 6 eggs, at room temperature
  • 300ml thickened cream
  • 3 silverbeet leaves, white stems discarded, leaves shredded
  • 100g tasty cheese, finely chopped
  • Cooking oil spray
  • Baby spinach leaves, to serve

Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan-forced. Grease and line a 30cm x 20cm (base measurement) slice pan with baking paper, extending paper at long sides for handles.
  2. Remove whole chicken breasts; set aside. Remove remaining meat from carcass; shred finely; set aside. Heat butter in a frying pan over moderate heat. Add leek; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until soft. Add mushroom; cook and stir for a further minute or until tender. Add tarragon. Remove from heat.
  3. Whisk eggs and cream in a large jug. Add shredded chicken, leek mixture and silverbeet. Season. Transfer to prepared pan; level surface. Scatter over cheese; gently push into surface. Slice chicken breast (with skin on) into 5mm-thick slices; arrange over top of slice. Lightly spray with oil. Bake for 25 minutes or until just set at centre. Cool in pan. Serve warm with spinach leaves.

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