Chicken Chasseur

Chicken Chasseur

Another recipe to try out , love this one tastes great with creamed mashed potato and is very easy to do, serves 6 - 8 people.

Prep time 10 mins, cook time 1 hour 10 mins. 

Ingredients

8 chicken legs or thighs (skins on)

400 ml of red wine 

2 tablespoons of olive oil

2 onion roughly chopped

500g (2 small pack of button mushrooms)

6 garlic cloves crushed ( 2 small tablespoon of garlic puree)

4 tablespoon of tomato puree

1 L of chicken stock.

6 Thyme sprigs

2 sage sprigs 

50g of salted butter

Method

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and add 25g of butter in the large sauce pan (with lid) do not cover yet.

Take your chicken legs season well with salt and pepper and fry for 4 minutes on each side this should make them golden brown and slightly crispy, Remove from pan and Set aside.

Add another tablespoon of olive oil , 25g of butter and heat the pan then add the onions and cook for 3 mins.

Then add the mushrooms, garlic, sage, thyme  and cook for another 5 minutes season well with salt and pepper 

Now add the red wine and reduce on a low heat for 5 minute

(The smell now should be amazing)

Add the chicken stock and the chicken legs put a lid on the saucepan and leave to cook for 35 - 40 mins 

Take the lid off and add the tomato puree and stir well 

Leave to cook again for 10 minutes with the lid off. 

Now you should be ready to serve and enjoy. 

Please let me kno how it goes in the comments.