
Cooking time: 30 mins.
Preparation time: 20 mins.
Main cooking utensils: 3 saucepans
For 4 people you need:
1 cup rice
water
salt
¼ cup flour
2 tablespoons butter
1¼ cups chicken stock
⅔ cup milk
2 egg yolks
3 tablespoons cream
cooked breasts of 2 young chickens or 1 large chicken divided into 4 pieces
squeeze lemon juice
1 – 1½ cups mushrooms
2-4 tablespoons butter
Garnish:
1 hard-cooked egg
- Method 1: Put rice with just over 2 cups water into pan with ½ teaspoon salt, bring to a boil, stir, cover tightly, lower heat, allow 15 minutes. No straining necessary.
Method 2: Put rice into 6 cups boiling water, with good teaspoon salt, cook for 18-20 minutes, strain, rinse in cold water and reheat or rinse in boiling water. - Make a sauce with the flour, butter, chicken stock and milk, then add in egg yolks beaten with the cream.
- Put in the chicken breasts, heat for about 10 minutes without boiling, then add squeeze of lemon juice.
- Fry the mushrooms in the butter.
TO SERVE: Arrange the rice on a hot dish, put the chicken breasts on top and pour sauce over the chicken. Arrange mushrooms around the dis and garnish with chopped hard-cooked egg.
TO VARY: Serve in border of mashed potatoes.
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