Scarlett's Wiltshire Chicken Casserole

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: 1 hr 15 mins
• 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  dash dry white wine or 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.