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French Chicken Casserole with Apple Cider
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Ingredients
- 4 The Bare Bird Chicken Drumsticks
- 4 The Bare Bird Chicken Thighs
- Sea salt & pepper, to taste
- 1 tbsp butter or ghee (dairy-free option)
- 4 rashers bacon, chopped
- 4 stalks celery, string removed, thinly sliced
- 8 sprigs thyme, leaves picked
- 1 large brown onion, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- ½ cup water
- 330mL dry apple cider
- 100g crème fraiche (dairy-free optional)
- 2 Fuji apples, cored and cut into wedges
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- To Serve
- Crusty bread
- Steamed green beans
- Oven-baked potatoes
Method
- Oven-baked potatoes
- Pat dry the chicken pieces with a paper towel and season with sea salt and pepper. Place in a large non-stick pan with the butter or ghee and cook until all sides are golden. Remove and add to a baking dish.
- In the same pan, lightly brown the bacon. Once browned, sprinkle around the chicken.
- Gently simmer the celery and thyme leaves in the pan over low heat for 3 mins. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 1 min. Remove from heat and sprinkle over chicken and bacon.
- Dissolve the corn flour in the water and pour mixture into the pan along with the apple cider. Gently and continuously stir to combine over low heat.
- Once simmering, remove from heat and pour in the crème fraiche. Stir to combine well, then pour the sauce mixture over the chicken.
- Place into the oven and cook covered for 30 mins. Then cook uncovered for a further 15 mins.
- While the casserole is in the oven, add the apples to the same pan with an extra tsp of butter if needed. Lightly cook until golden on each side.
- Remove the casserole from the oven and stir in the cooked apple wedges. Serve with crusty bread, steamed green beans and oven-baked potatoes.
- Tip: To serve with baked potatoes, place your seasoned potatoes in the oven to start baking as you begin browning your chicken. This way the potatoes will be ready at the same time your chicken is cooked.
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