Chicken with pumpkin cream the recipe for a simple and delicious main course to prepare. Pumpkin is now always present in my kitchen between sweet and savory recipes I never have enough. Today I want to tell you the recipe for a main course with a very tender chicken breast immersed in a delicious pumpkin cream. A dish that has conquered my small family, even the little one at home who doesn’t like pumpkin too much. I cooked the pumpkin in a pan and then blended it to obtain a soft cream that envelops the chicken breast bites making them exquisite and tasty. And at the end of the recipe, you’ll find an extra idea for a final gratin in the oven. I recommend also reading the recipe for my Chicken rolls with spinach and speck tasty and flavorful. If you like pumpkin, but even if you don’t love it too much, this is a recipe not to miss. Let’s run to the kitchen and prepare the Chicken and pumpkin in the pan together
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: For 4 people
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter
- Energy 151.64 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 8.26 (g) of which sugars 2.12 (g)
- Proteins 20.47 (g)
- Fat 4.70 (g) of which saturated 1.70 (g)of which unsaturated 0.97 (g)
- Fibers 1.01 (g)
- Sodium 157.72 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 150 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Chicken with Pumpkin
- 14 oz chicken breasts
- 14 oz pumpkin
- 1.35 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion (small)
- 2.8 oz flour
- 3.4 tbsp milk
- 1.05 oz Grana Padano cheese, grated
- to taste salt
- 1 sprig rosemary
What you need to prepare the Chicken bites in the pan
- Immersion Blender
- Frying Pan
How to prepare Chicken bites with pumpkin cream
Clean the pumpkin by removing the skin, seeds, and internal filaments. Cut it into small cubes. Pour 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, the sliced onion, and the pumpkin into a large pan. Slightly salt and let cook over low heat for about 10 minutes, also adding half a glass of water, stirring often with a wooden spoon.
Transfer most of the pumpkin into the glass of an immersion blender, keeping some whole pumpkin cubes to finish the dish. Add the grated cheese and a few tablespoons of cow’s milk or even plant-based milk and blend to obtain a pumpkin cream.
Cut the chicken breast into bites. Pour the flour into a bowl and coat the chicken bites on all sides. Pour 3 tablespoons of oil into the same pan where you cooked the pumpkin and let the chicken bites brown on all sides over medium heat.
Also add the pumpkin cream, the reserved pumpkin cubes, and rosemary to the pan. Adjust the salt and flavor over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon.
The extra idea: once cooked, transfer the Chicken with pumpkin to a baking dish, sprinkle with grated cheese and let it gratin in the oven at 375°F for 5-6 minutes
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, a hug, Loredana
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If there are leftovers of Chicken with pumpkin, keep them in the fridge in a container for 2 days or you can also freeze them
Also read the recipe for Spicy Chicken Bites
