Ingredients

  • 25ml vegetable oil
  • 25g butter
  • 1 x 2kg chicken, portioned into 8- 10 portions
  • 100g lardons
  • 100g frozen onion pearls
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 100ml French white wine
  • 500ml chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 200g chestnut mushrooms
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 small bunch of tarragon
  • 1 small bunch of parsley
To serve
  • 800g cooked, riced potato
  • 100g butter
  • 100ml double cream

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200°C.

Fry the chicken in oil and butter in a frying pan until it is coloured. Season and transfer to a bowl.

To the same pan add the lardons, onions and the tomato purée and cook for 2 minutes. Stir through the garlic, chopped tomatoes and bay leaves.

Add the wine and bring it to the boil, then add the stock and half the tarragon. Transfer the chicken back into the pan and cover with a lid.

Put it into the oven for forty- five minutes to an hour. Halfway through add the mushrooms.

For the mash, warm the potatoes with the cream and butter. Season and serve with the chicken sprinkle over parsley and rest of the tarragon.

Ingredients

  • 25ml vegetable oil
  • 25g butter
  • 1 x 2kg chicken, portioned into 8- 10 portions
  • 100g lardons
  • 100g frozen onion pearls
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 100ml French white wine
  • 500ml chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 200g chestnut mushrooms
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 small bunch of tarragon
  • 1 small bunch of parsley
To serve
  • 800g cooked, riced potato
  • 100g butter
  • 100ml double cream

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200°C.

Fry the chicken in oil and butter in a frying pan until it is coloured. Season and transfer to a bowl.

To the same pan add the lardons, onions and the tomato purée and cook for 2 minutes. Stir through the garlic, chopped tomatoes and bay leaves.

Add the wine and bring it to the boil, then add the stock and half the tarragon. Transfer the chicken back into the pan and cover with a lid.

Put it into the oven for forty- five minutes to an hour. Halfway through add the mushrooms.

For the mash, warm the potatoes with the cream and butter. Season and serve with the chicken sprinkle over parsley and rest of the tarragon.