Chicken and bacon casserole
By: Rachel Allen From: Rachel's Favourite Food...
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- Prep time:
- 10 mins
- Cook time:
- 1 hr
- Serves:
- 8
Comfort cooking at its best, Rachel Allen makes a simple yet tasty casserole for family and friends
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Ingredients
- 450g streakylardons of Bacon, cut into 2cm chunks
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 chicken, jointed
- 4 medium Carrots, peeled and cut into 4cm chunks, or 12 baby carrots, scrubbed and left whole
- 10baby Onions, or 4 medium onions, peeled and halved
- 8 cloves Garlic, peeled
- 400ml chicken stock, or water
- 1 sprig Thyme, rosemary or sage
- 1 tbsp chopped Parsley
- 1kg Potatoes, to serve
Method
1. Put the bacon into a small saucepan of cold water and bring to the boil. Simmer for three minutes, drain, and dry the bacon on kitchen paper.2. Heat a frying pan with two tablespoons of olive oil and sauté the blanched bacon until golden and crisp.
3. Remove to a casserole, add the chicken pieces to the pan, adding more oil if necessary.
4. Saute the chicken until golden, and remove from the casserole.
5. Sauté the carrots, onions and garlic for a minute or so, in the same oil. Return the bacon and chicken to the pan and pour in the stock, adding a sprig of thyme (or rosemary or sage).
6. Simmer in a preheated oven at 160C for about 45 minutes, or until the chicken is tender.
7. Skim any fat from the top of the casserole and sprinkle with chopped parsley to finish. Serve with mashed potatoes.
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I have tried similar recipie before but wrapped bacon round chicken - didnt work as bacon disappeared into the casserole. Next time i think i would secure chicken and bacon. I have served this dish with leeks as well as mash - yum yum!!
nice recipe but why boil the bacon first, was the bacon too salty. ?? Just don't add extra salt at the seasoning stage.