Ciulama de Pui

Name: Ciulama de Pui
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 1kg chicken thighs or breast; 400g mushrooms, sliced; 1 onion, finely chopped; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 200ml sour cream; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; Chopped dill or parsley; Mămăligă (polenta), to serve

Ciulama de pui/choo-lah-MAH deh POO-ee/

Also known as: Chicken Ciulama, Ciulama de Pui cu Ciuperci

About this dish

Chicken and mushrooms in a creamy white sauce of butter, flour and sour cream, served with mămăligă.

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Ingredients

🍗1kg chicken thighs or breast

🍄400g mushrooms, sliced

🧅1 onion, finely chopped

🧈3 tbsp butter

🌾3 tbsp flour

🥛200ml sour cream

🧄2 cloves garlic, crushed

🌿Chopped dill or parsley

🌽Mămăligă (polenta), to serve

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the chicken in salted water with half the onion until cooked, then cut into pieces. Keep the broth.

Fry the remaining onion and the mushrooms in the butter until golden.

Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute, then whisk in about 500ml of the hot broth to make a smooth sauce.

Add the chicken and simmer for 10 minutes, then stir in the sour cream and garlic off the heat.

Season, scatter with dill, and serve with mămăligă.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ciulama is a classic dish of Moldova and Transylvania; the name comes from Turkish, but the creamy sauce and polenta side are thoroughly Romanian.

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