Chicken bourguignon

Name: Chicken bourguignon
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 recipe quantity Creamy Mashed Potatoes, to serve; 100 g/3½ oz chestnut (cremini) mushrooms, quartered; 1 tbsp chopped parsley leaves; 2 carrots, peeled and diced; 2 smoked bacon rashers; 16 baby onions or shallots; 16 baby onions or shallots; 1 thyme sprig; 500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups Chicken Stock; 1 leek, trimmed and finely sliced; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 onion, finely diced; 1 celery stick, finely diced; 1 star anise; 1 tbsp dark soft brown sugar; 1 bottle of dry red wine; 12 skinless boneless chicken thighs, cut in half; 2 tbsp olive oil, plus 1 tsp for the bacon; 2 tbsp olive oil, plus 1 tsp for the bacon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

A take on comfort food at its best, this classic dish is cooked slowly so the meat is bathed in a rich sauce flavoured with smoked bacon and mushrooms. Serve it with plenty of creamy mashed potatoes and you can’t beat it.

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil, plus 1 tsp for the bacon
12 skinless boneless

Europe
France
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large frying pan. Add the chicken, in batches if necessary, and fry for about 6 minutes until sealed on all sides, then transfer to a casserole dish, keeping the frying pan to one side.

Put the red wine, sugar a