Chicken casserole
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 carrots, sliced and diced
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 200g mushrooms
- 4 small chicken breasts or thighs (skin removed) - palm size portion for children
- 500g swede, peeled and cut into chunky dice
- 500ml chicken or beef stock (can use gravy granules - add 4 teaspoons, 20g)
- Green vegetables to serve (e.g. broccoli)
Method
- Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole dish over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions and diced carrots for 5-10 mins until softened. Add the crushed garlic.
- Add the chicken to the pan and cook for 5-10 mins. At this point you can choose to safely drain away some of the cooking juices reducing the fat content of the dish. Please be careful when doing so.
- Fill a jug with 500ml of boiled water and add the stock or 4 teaspoons of gravy granules and then stir.
- Add the stock to the dish and toss in the swede and / or potatoes. Season with black pepper and bring to the boil. Add more gravy granules for a thicker sauce.
- Reduce the heat, add the mushrooms, cover with a lid and leave to simmer for 1 hour or until the chicken is cooked. If you want to reduce the liquid a little, remove the lid, turn up the heat, and cook for a further 10-15 mins or until the sauce has thickened.
- Serve on plates or in bowls with green vegetables like broccoli, peas, or green beans.
TOP TIPS
- Make the day before or use a slow cooker to make life easier
- Make the dish more plant based by halving the meat content and adding more veg.
- Create a mash topping instead sing celeriac, potato, or swede.
- If you have any fresh thyme or bay leaves add this to the dish while it is cooking for extra flavour.
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This recipe gives you 2 of your 5-a-day vegetables.
