Chicken casserole with mushrooms and onions

Name: Chicken casserole with mushrooms and onions
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 80 g (2 ¾ oz) unsalted butter (preferably clarified); 1.5 kg (3 lb) chicken, cut into 8 pieces; 600 ml (20 fl oz) chicken stock; bouquet garni; 100 g (3 ¼ oz) button mushrooms, quartered or whole if very small; 30 g (1 oz) plain flour; 12 pearl or pickling onions; 60 g (2 oz) streaky bacon, rind removed and cut into 1 cm ½ inch) strips; chopped fresh parsley, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

Casseroles

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

The lovely flavours of the onions, bacon and mushrooms combine perfectly with the chicken to produce this popular casserole. This casserole will cook slowly in the oven, leaving you time to spend on other things.

Ingredients

12 pearl or pickling onions
60 g (2 oz) streaky bacon, rind

Main course

Method

Preheat the oven to warm 170°C (325°F/Gas 3). Place the onions in a small pan with the bacon strips, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Drain and rinse with cold water. Melt 60