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Chicken strips with Spaetzle Noodles cream sauce

Alex
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Lunch
Cuisine German
Servings 4 people
Calories 270 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients for the cream sauce:
  • 2 tbsp butter or margarine
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 100 ml cream
  • 75 ml water
  • 200 ml stock
  • Other ingredients:
  • 500 g chicken breast fillet
  • 500 g Spaetzle Noodles

Instructions
 

  • Preparation:
  • The chicken meat:
  • Cut the chicken breast into strips, fry with a little oil until cooked through and remove from the pan.
  • The sauce:
  • Melt the butter, add the tomato puree, cream, milk and 200 ml stock (200 ml hot water and 1 tsp stock powder dissolved in a mug or cup) one at a time and stir well, bring to the boil gently. Mix the cold water (75 ml) with the flour in a mug or cup and add it to the sauce, stirring constantly. As soon as the sauce is ready, add the sliced meat and leave to simmer for a while.
  • The spaetzle:
  • Cook the spaetzle according to the packet instructions, drain and rinse.

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Notes

Note: As the sauce doesn't take any longer than frying the sliced chicken and the spaetzle, we recommend starting with all three at the same time.
Calories per portion: approx. 270
Level of difficulty: simple
Keyword Chicken, Strips