Based on the French original, but with creamier chicken; no grains. One of your favorite recipes will be this one. Suitable for a low-carb and ketogenic diet.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 22 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 47 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 4 cups broccoli florets, or to taste
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ⅛ teaspoon dried parsley
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 3 cups cauliflower florets
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a breast should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove chicken from the water.
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add broccoli, cover, and steam until tender, 3 to 6 minutes. Chop broccoli.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Melt butter in a deep saucepan over low heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is clear and tender, 8 to 12 minutes. Add garlic salt, parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Pulse cauliflower in a blender or food processor until it resembles rice. Add cauliflower and chicken broth to the onion mixture; cook and stir until broth is nicely absorbed, about 10 minutes. Add heavy cream and lemon juice. Let simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until well combined, about 10 minutes. Stir in mayonnaise and remove from heat. Let sauce cool until thickened.
- Pull chicken apart with 2 forks into bite-size pieces. Add 1/2 the pulled chicken to the sauce.
- Line the bottom of a casserole dish with the rest of the pulled chicken. Lay steamed broccoli on top; pour the cauliflower sauce over the broccoli. Top with Cheddar cheese. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake until cheese at the edges is slightly browned, about 10 minutes more. Let casserole cool for 5 to 10 minutes; slice into 6 even portions.
- You can use frozen cauliflower if desired.
- Edam and Colby cheese would also work in this recipe.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 417 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 8 g |
| Cholesterol | 105 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 17 g |
| Sodium | 615 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 37 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
needs curry and lose the cauliflower, this is a morph for divan but it was excellent
Excellent! I made a few adaptations, simply because I love cheese. I added about 1/4 cup of cream cheese and about 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese when I added the mayonnaise. I also added Greek seasoning. 1/2 recipe made enough to go in a 9×9″ cake pan, and this was enough for my husband and me to have 3 meals.
Took too long and didn’t have much flavor. I loved that I got in a bunch of veggies but my husband spit it out and said it was gross. I topped mine off with some sour cream to give it some flavor.
It took a very long time and used way too many dishes. Maybe subbing in leftover chicken and frozen cauliflower rice would help. Definitely not worth the massive effort.
My family thought it was good. It was very flavorful and filling. It did take a while to make so I made it a bit quicker by using frozen brocolli and cauliflower. Otherwise very good dish!
II was not impressed. The whole family ate it, but no one was enthusiastic or took seconds. Pretty sure no one will eat the leftovers. Maybe I did something wrong because all the reviews were so good.
Ok, but came out a bit bland following the recipe directly. Next time I’ll likely up the spice mix a bit, add more acid, and some red pepper flakes.
This tasted really good. Used frozen broccoli and fresh cauliflower
We made it twice in two weeks and love it. We are on a keto diet and this works
For the amount of work, this was not worth it!
Used 2% milk, frozen riced cauliflower, extra spices. No need to pre-cook broccoli.
to me this was nasty I will not make again
This is delicious! As a 17 year old amateur, I would say this was an easy but lengthy process. I had to google how to measure the cauliflower and broccoli by cups by grams, but that was really the only challenge. Boiling the chicken was questionable, but came out great. Super yummy! Especially with fresh veggies! Also, I didn’t have a steamer, so I just threw the cauliflower and broccoli in a microwave safe bowl with a cover and a bit of water for 3-4 minutes. Much easier and faster!
I added a bit more cheese than it called for and it was delicious
I’ll make it again but next time I’ll add some lemon pepper.
We love this dish. I pressure cooked the chicken gave us extra broth for a different recipe.
I made this because it looked keto friendly. It was pretty tasty but the sauce was way too thin. Maybe less broth and/or a dab of cream cheese would help
Used 1 package of Trader Joe’s Broccoli & Cauliflower. Used 2 cups of leftover over rotisserie chicken. Next time I would decrease the chicken broth to about 3/4 cup.
Absolutely delicious! I just wish there was a nutritional breakdown and not just the number of calories. Also I had three large chicken breasts but did not increase the other ingredients. I got eight servings at least and filled a 9 x 10 casserole dish.
I make this on a moderately regular basis but changed a few things this time. I didn’t make cauliflower rice, just broke it up and didn’t steam either of them, the baking process cooked them fine. I also added several things the made it better. I used urfa pepper instead of regular pepper, I added a 1/4 cup of miso paste and pureed 3 black garlic bulbs with a little of the chicken stock. These changes made it amazing and it was already really good.
My family loved it. Just be sure to not add too much chicken as I did since I didn’t measure it out and I could tell It would have been wonderful with the right ratio on my part. (my mistake) we will be making this again.