Serve this hearty chicken and white wine casserole with buttered new potatoes and steamed greens.
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Yields:
4 serving(s)
Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 20 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 40 mins
Cal/Serv:
469
Ingredients
2Tbsp.
oil
8
chicken portions (such as breasts, thighs and drumsticks)
125g
smoked streaky bacon, cut into strips
12
shallots, peeled and trimmed
1 heaped tbsp plain flour
150ml
white wine
500ml
hot chicken stock
3
tarragon sprigs, finely chopped and stalks reserved
3Tbsp.
crème fraîche
Directions
Step 1
Heat the oil in a pan. Fry chicken in batches over a medium heat until golden. Set aside.
Step 2
Put the bacon in the same pan and fry gently at first over a low heat to release fat. Turn up heat to medium, add the shallots and cook for 5min, stirring occasionally, until both are golden.
Step 3
Sprinkle over the flour and stir to absorb the fat and juices. Cook for 1min, then gradually add the wine, stock and tarragon stalks. Return the chicken to the pan, cover and simmer over a gentle heat for 45min- 1hr until the chicken is cooked.
Step 4
Remove the chicken, bacon and shallots and keep warm. Discard the tarragon stalks. Simmer the sauce rapidly until reduced by half, then stir in the crème fraîche and chopped tarragon. Season to taste.
Step 5
Turn off the heat. Return the chicken, bacon and shallots to the pan and serve with new potatoes and steamed vegetables.
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