Chicken Stroganoff

Ingredients

• Chicken breast, cut into slices or cubes
• 1 cup cooking cream or a small carton
• Half a cup water
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 cup canned or fresh mushrooms
• 1 chicken bouillon cube
• 1 tablespoon mustard - optional
• Vegetable oil
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Note:
• If liquid cooking cream is not available... you can substitute it with béchamel sauce:
• Melt about two tablespoons of butter or place vegetable oil in a pot with half a cup of flour and stir quickly until the flour absorbs the butter.
• And the recipe becomes as follows:
• ...Separately, sauté the onion until softened, then add the chicken and mushrooms to cook.
• Add them over the béchamel sauce and leave the chicken Stroganoff over low heat until ready.
• Chicken Stroganoff recipe from a chef and friend of Shou Tabkheen Al Youm website:
• Naima Ibrahim
• Click on Naima's name to visit her page on our website and see her delicious recipes.
• To make Beef Stroganoff, here is the link: Beef Stroganoff

Method

1. Sauté the onion in a little vegetable oil until softened
2. Add the chicken slices and stir
3. When the chicken changes color, add the mushrooms immediately, then the spices, salt, stock cube, and mustard, and stir until the mixture is uniform
4. Add water and simmer the mixture over low heat until the chicken is cooked
5. When the chicken is cooked, add fresh mushrooms if available — add them at this stage because they do not need much time to cook
6. Add the cream, stir, and leave over low heat until the mixture thickens
7. Serve the chicken stroganoff alongside corn rice or boiled pasta
8. Melt about 2 tablespoons butter or heat vegetable oil in a pot with half a cup of flour, and stir quickly until the flour absorbs the butter
9. Gradually add liquid milk while stirring or continuously whisking so the flour does not clump
10. When the mixture thickens, add a pinch of salt and black pepper
11. Meanwhile, sauté the onion until softened, then add the chicken and mushrooms to cook
12. Add them to the béchamel sauce and simmer the chicken stroganoff over low heat until ready
13. Naima Ibrahim
14. To make beef stroganoff, here is the link: Beef Stroganoff