Chicken and Bacon Casserole

Submitted by English_Rose

"Comfort cooking at its best, this recipe makes a simple yet tasty casserole for family and friends."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 450 g streaky bacon lardons, cut into 2cm chunks
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 chicken, jointed
• 4 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 4cm chunks or 12 baby carrots, scrubbed and left whole
• 10 baby onions or 4 medium onions, peeled and halved
• 8 garlic cloves, peeled
• 400 ml chicken stock or 400 ml water
• 1 1 sprig fresh rosemary or 1 sprig fresh sage
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1 kg potato, to serve

directions

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. Saute 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.

Reviews

[Dori K.]

This was amazing! We only had one medium size potato so instead of making mashed potatoes, we cut the potato into 1 inch pieces and sauteed them at the same time as the other vegetables before baking the casserole. The only other tweak was I added both the rosemary and sage. My family has asked me to keep this recipe and make it again.

 

[Nikki]

Great flavours - my family gobbled this down without any complaints! I added some dry white wine, and I just cooked this gently on top of the stove for a good couple of hours - delish! Thanks for a new keeper:-)