Belgian Waterzooi Chicken
A Belgium dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 3 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 23 minPrep (about)
- 40 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 3 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredients
- 1 chicken leg
- 1 chicken breast
Fresh & other
- 3 cups water
- 1 carrot
- 2 leeks
- 1 celery
- 3 ½ oz potatoes
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 sprig rosemary Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs. Dried works (use a third as much).
- 1 ½ cups cream Shopping tip: Heavy cream. Half-and-half works for a lighter sauce.
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 egg yolk
Spices & seasonings (3): bay leaves, pepper, salt
- 2 bay leaves
- Pinch pepper
- Pinch salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Put the one garlic clove, water and chicken in a large pot.
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Place it over medium-high heat till boiling.
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Turn the heat low.
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Cover the pan.
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Simmer the chicken for 10 minutes.
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Remove the chicken leg and breast.
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Keep the fresh chicken stock for later.
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Let the chicken cool.
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Dice the chicken breast up.
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Pick the meat off the leg.
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Discard any bones and skin.
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Slice the leek, celery and carrot finely.
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Add the bay leaves, rosemary and butter to a large pan.
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Place it over medium heat until melted.
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Add the sliced vegetables.
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Season with pepper and salt.
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Stir.
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Cook the vegetables for 3 minutes.
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Add the shredded and diced chicken.
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Cover the pan.
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Heat the chicken and vegetables for 5 minutes.
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Add your cream plus ½ cup (½ cup) of your fresh chicken stock.
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This is Belgian comfort food.
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Cover the pan.
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Heat the stew for 20 min until the potatoes are tender.
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Add your egg yolk plus 2 tablespoons of your warm cream from your pan to a cup.
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Whisk.
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Add it back to your pan to thicken the sauce.
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Stir all the ingredients.
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Turn the heat very low.
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Check the seasoning.
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Add extra pepper or salt to taste.
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Remove the rosemary and bay leaves.
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Divide your stew over deep plates plus drizzle with the remaining cream sauce.
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Serve hot.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.