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Quick vol-au-vent with chicken, mushrooms, carrots and peas in turmeric sauce, served with fries and mayonnaise

Quick vol-au-vent with turmeric and fries

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Quick vol-au-vent: chicken breast, mushrooms, carrots and peas in a creamy broth sauce seasoned with turmeric.

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Axelle’s quick vol-au-vent: chunks of chicken breast, mushrooms, carrots and peas in a creamy turmeric sauce, served with fries. “Quick turmeric vol-au-vent, with fries!”

The sauce is a butter and flour roux thinned with half a liter of broth, then mellowed with a little cream and lemon juice. The chicken and mushrooms cook separately before joining it.

No puff pastry shells here: the vol-au-vent is served on the plate, as it often is in Belgium.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodStovetop
  • Estimated cost$6.63 $1.66 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.

Ingredients

4 servings
  • $2.31
  • $0.51
  • $0.46
  • $0.08
  • $1.39
  • $0.40
  • $0.15
  • $0.48
  • $0.51
  • $0.31
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 9 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the chicken breasts into small pieces; clean and slice the mushrooms. ≈ 8 min
  2. Cook the chicken in a little butter, stirring, then add the mushrooms toward the end.
  3. Melt the butter, add the flour and stir gently to make a smooth roux.
  4. Pour in the broth a little at a time to thicken the sauce, then add the lemon juice, turmeric, cream, salt and pepper.
  5. Add the chicken, mushrooms and the cooked carrots and peas to the sauce. ≈ 3 min
  6. Serve piping hot with fries.

The bill

Quick vol-au-vent with turmeric and fries

  • 2 chicken breasts$2.31
  • 100 g mushrooms$0.51
  • 50 g butter$0.46
  • 50 g flour$0.08
  • 50 cl chicken broth$1.39
  • 10 cl crème fraîche$0.40
  • 1/2 lemon$0.15
  • 1 tsp turmeric$0.48
  • Carrots$0.51
  • Peas$0.31
  • Salt and pepper$0.03

Total$6.63

that's $1.66 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 100 g mushrooms
  • 50 g butter
  • 50 g flour
  • 50 cl chicken broth
  • 10 cl crème fraîche
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • Carrots
  • Peas
  • Salt and pepper
  • Fries for serving

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