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Hot Open-Faced Creamed Chicken with Tarragon

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TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 15 min
Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr
 
YIELD: 4 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter, plus more softened for the toast
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup dry white wine
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock, recipe follows
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground white or black pepper
  • 3/4 cup baby frozen peas
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • One 4-ounce jar chopped pimientos, drained
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
  • 1 rounded tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • Freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 pounds shredded Poached Chicken Breasts, recipe follows
  • 4 slices (1 1/2 inches thick) good-quality white bread
POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS:
  • 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves (or 3 full breasts)
  • 4 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 2 to 3 celery stalks, quartered
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 carrot, quartered
  • 1 lemon, sliced
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • Herb bundle of fresh parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme tied with kitchen string
  • Kosher salt
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Directions

Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and cook, whisking, for 1 minute. Whisk in the wine and cook until slightly reduced, 1 minute. Whisk in the stock and simmer until thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Add the peas, heavy cream and pimientos and return to a low simmer. Add the tarragon, mustard and a few grates of nutmeg, then stir in the chicken.

Toast the bread, then liberally butter and cut corner to corner. Ladle the creamed chicken over the toast points and serve.

Cook's Note: The creamed chicken can be covered and refrigerated for a make-ahead meal. Reheat over medium heat, partially covered.
Put the chicken in a medium stockpot. Add the garlic, celery, bay leaf, carrots, lemons, onions and herb bundle and sprinkle with salt. Add enough water to cover the chicken. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the chicken from the liquid and let cool. Strain the stock. Remove the skin and bones from the chicken, and shred the meat using your fingers or 2 forks.

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  • on February 20, 2013

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    So easy to make. I made this as a holiday dinner for my family. Let's just say I didn't make enough! I have some of the picky-est eaters in the world. If they found out the ingredients they probably would've passed. Now I regret not doubling or tripling the recepie.

    A must.

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  • on June 27, 2012

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    I loved this. Didn't get the strong lemon flavor from the broth. Maybe I used a smaller lemon or more water. Served it on slices of Tuscan hearty toast from Price Chopper. Next time I'll omit the butter on the toast. It's not necessary. Might try half & half or condensed skim milk too.
    The recipe is excellent as written and my picky husband declared it a "winner."

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  • on January 05, 2012

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    This was easy to make- only change would be to decrease the amount of lemon in the broth. We found it to be a little overwhelming. We also served it over noodles since we are not open-faced sammie types. We had bread on the side for moping up gravy.

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