Chicken with Morels

Preparation info
  • Serves

    four

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

  • About

Rice pilaff is the best accompaniment.

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken, weighing 1.6–1.8 kg (3 lb 8 oz

Method

Joint the chicken, removing the legs from the body and separating the drumsticks from the thighs. Cut off the wing pieces, taking a good piece of the breast with them and leaving a large breast piece that should be chopped in half, producing eight pieces in total.

Chop the carcass, put it in a large pan of cold water and bring to the boil. Skim carefully, then add the onion, leek, garli