Recipe of the week; Chicken Chasseur

This week’s recipe is a delicious Chicken Chasseur, quick and easy to make, cook and eat!

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breast fillets cut into bite sized pieces or 8 chicken thighs
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 1 large or 2 small onion chopped
• 3 garlic cloves chopped finely
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 glass white wine
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 250g button mushrooms
• Fresh mixed herbs
• Salt and pepper to season

Heat oven to 200ºC or gas number 6.

Method

• Heat oil in a deep based oven proof casserole dish. A cast iron dish is ideal
• Brown the chicken thighs or lightly cook the breast fillets
• When the chicken is lightly brown add the onions and garlic and cook slowly until the onions are clear
• Add the can of tomatoes, the glass of white wine, the tomato paste and stock cube and heat through
• Place the lid on and put into the preheated oven for one hour.Add the cleaned button mushrooms, the mixed herbs and replace into the oven for a further thirty minutes
• Some people like a browned top to their Chicken Chasseur, in which case do not replace the lid of the casserole dish for the last thirty minutes of the cooking time
• Season to taste and serve. Thicken with more tomato paste if required.
• Accompanist with new potatoes and seasonal vegetables
• There is nothing stopping you adding vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and peas to the Chicken Chasseur, so that it is a complete, ready-to-eat meal

Recipe courtesy of easydinnerrecipes