Farmhouse Chicken Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 kg chicken pieces
• 3 tablespoons seasoned flour
• 60 g butter
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 600 ml chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 turnip, diced
• 2 small carrots, diced
• 8 small onions
• 3 slices bacon, trimmed and chopped
• 8 new baby potatoes, quartered
• fresh ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven at 200 degrees celsius.
• 2 toss chicken in flour to coat. shake off excess flour and reserve 1 tablespoon.
• 3 melt butter in a large frying pan and cook chicken over a medium heat until chicken browned on all sides. transfer to large casserole dish.
• 4 add garlic and reserved flour to pan and cook over a low heat for 1 minute.
• 5 combine stock and tomato puree. remove pan from heat and gradually blend in stock mixture. cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens. pour over chicken in dish. cover and bake chicken for 30 minutes.
• 6 heat oil in a large frying pan and cook turnips, carrots, and parsnip over a medium heat for 3 - 4 minutes. remove from pan and set aside. add onions and bacon to pan and cook for 4 - 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
• 7 stir turnip, carrots, parsnips, onion mixture, potatoes; season with black pepper to taste. add with parsley to chicken mixture and bake 40 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.