Scarlett's Wiltshire Chicken Casserole

Submitted by Sc4r1ett

"I couldn't believe how easy and gorgeous this was when I first made it! Serve it with jacket potatoes or mash or even crusty bread."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 roasting chicken (or breasts or thighs or joints)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 200 g shallots or 200 g onions, in chunky slices
• 125 g pancetta or 125 g smoked bacon, strips
• 2 sticks celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• salt and pepper
• 1 1 dash cider vinegar or 1 dash lemon juice
• stock
• 1 tablespoon cornflour, mixed with
• water
• 1 sprig herbs or 1 sprig dried herbs
• 150 g mushrooms

directions

1. cut the chicken into pieces, heat oil in pan and fry off on each side (oil should be very hot so chicken browns but doesn't cook through).
2. Remove chicken pour off oil add butter, fry off onions for a couple of mins until brown,.
3. turn down heat add bacon and celery.
4. add wine/cider/lemon juice and garlic.
5. stir in cornflour and herbs.
6. mix in chicken, pour stock half way up casserole.
7. Place sliced mushrooms on top and bake in oven for 1hr.

Reviews

[luvcookn]

This is just wonderful! I didn't have any celery, so left it out. I used 2 chicken legs/thighs,lemon juice, pancetta and regular onions, fresh thyme, chicken stock and a little water, along with the rest of the ingredients. Then I baked it covered for 1 hour. The first words out of DH mouth was "It's a keeper! Lots of flavour and simple easy ingredients. Thanks for sharing.