Chicken Chasseur

Name: Chicken Chasseur
Ingredients: 1.6 kg (3 lb 8 oz) chicken; 1 tablespoon oil; 60 g (2¼ oz) butter; 2 French shallots, finely chopped; 125 g (4½ oz) button mushrooms, sliced; 1 tablespoon plain (all-purpose) flour; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) white wine; 2 tablespoons brandy; 2 teaspoons tomato paste (concentrated purée); 250 ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) chicken stock; 2 teaspoons chopped tarragon; 1 teaspoon chopped parsley; 2 slices bread; olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1.6 kg (3 lb 8 oz) chicken
1

Main course

Method

Joint the chicken into eight pieces by removing both legs and cutting between the joint of the drumstick and the thigh. Cut down either side of the backbone and lift it out. Turn the chicken over and cut through the cartilage down the centre of the breastbone. Cu