Creamy Chicken Spread

Recipe:

Ingredient Notes:

• Chicken. My original recipe calls for boiled chicken. But you can use leftover roasted chicken here, for example. Alternatively, you can make this spread with boiled rabbit or turkey.
• Onions. I use a regular yellow onion, but shallots, white onions, and leeks will also work.
• Garlic. Instead of fresh garlic, you can use dry granulated garlic. In this case, 1/4 teaspoon is enough.
• Butter. Butter with a fat content of 72% and higher is suitable. It gives the spread a characteristic creamy flavor and helps stabilize the mixture.
• Cream cheese. Any cream cheese such as “Philadelphia” will work. Alternatively, labneh can be used.
• Soy sauce. You will need a regular soy sauce with standard salt. Because of its umami flavor, it makes the flavor of the whole spread richer and fuller.

Let’s start cooking.

Remove the cooked chicken from the bones.

Slice onion into half moons. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium-low heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until lightly golden. This will take about 7-10 minutes over medium-low heat.

At the end of the cooking time, add the finely chopped garlic and cook for about 1 minute more.

Transfer the onions and all of the butter from the pan to the chicken. Blend to a paste.

Add cream cheese, salt and black pepper to taste and pour in soy sauce.

Stir to combine.

Transfer to a container or bowl and let cool completely. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate.

After a few hours, the spread will stabilize and reach the right consistency.

Enjoy!

This Creamy Chicken Spread recipe was checked, prepared and approved by Chef Tatyana Nazaruk - author of FlavorIt.com.
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