A deliciously rich, classic English chicken casserole with dumplings. Using chicken breast, carrots and onions all cooked for a few hours in your casserole dish.
Ingredients
or4 medium portions of chicken, breast, casseroled, meat only (1040 g)
or2 tablespoons of oil, olive (22 g)
or1 medium unit of onions, raw (150 g)
or2 large units (7-1/4" to 8-/1/2" long) of carrots, raw (144 g)
or2 large sprigs of thyme, fresh (2 g)
or 750ml of chicken stock
or2 heaped tablespoons of flour, wheat, white, plain, soft (60 g)
or2 grams of pepper, black
or100 grams of dumplings, homemade
or1 small portion of potatoes, old, mashed with butter (120 g)
Preparation
1.
Pre-heat your oven to 180C2.
Begin by preparing your ingredients – trim the chicken breasts of any excess fat, peel and slice your carrots, cut the onion into bite-sized pieces and peel and crush the garlic cloves3.
Then heat oil in your casserole dish, and add in the sliced onion and carrot.
Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often until the onion begins to turn a little brown – this will flavor the oil and pan – remove from the pan and set aside to make room for your chicken.4.
Then add in your chicken breasts and garlic – season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 6 minutes – until they’re browned slightly on each side – they won’t brown any more once they’re in the casserole juices so make sure you get the colour you want at this stage5.
Then, add back in the onions and carrots along with 2 tbsp of flour (which will help thicken the sauce) – stir to coat everything6.
Then add in the chicken stock – make sure you have enough to cover the chicken, the qty will vary a little depending on the side of your dish7.
Then add in the sprigs of thyme, put the lid on and cook in the oven for 30 minutes8.
Whilst that’s cooking – make up your dumplings as per packet instructions.
Then, after 30 minutes add the dumplings on top of the casserole, evenly spread out.9.
And cook for a further 20 minutes uncovered until the chicken and dumplings are cooked through! Serve and enjoy
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