Chicken & red wine casserole with herby dumplings

Chicken & red wine casserole with herby dumplings

A rich and warming red wine chicken casserole - ideal for when it's cold and dark outside

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ready in 1¾ hours

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 180C/ conventional 200C/gas 6. Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then coat lightly in a little of the flour. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof lidded casserole dish and, in batches, brown the chicken on both sides over a high heat. Remove the chicken and set aside.
  2. Reduce the heat, add the onions and lardons and cook for about 5-8 minutes so they are golden tinged. Add the garlic, then sprinkle in the plain flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring to prevent sticking.
  3. Add the mushrooms, bay leaves, redcurrant sauce and orange zest, then pour in the red wine and stock and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then return the chicken to the casserole dish, making sure it is well covered with the liquid. Put on the lid and cook in the oven for 30 minutes.
  4. While the casserole is cooking, prepare the dumplings. Put the self raising flour, breadcrumbs, mustard and butter in a food processor and blitz to a crumb consistency. Add the thyme, parsley, eggs and salt and pepper. Briefly blitz until the mixture forms a fairly moist dough. Using floured hands, roll the dough into 6 large, even-sized balls.
  5. Remove the casserole from the oven when the 30 minutes is up and sit the dumplings on top. Pop the lid back on and return to the oven for a further 20 minutes, until the casserole is cooked and the dumplings have puffed up. Spoon the chicken and sauce onto six plates and top each with a dumpling. Serve with a rich, fruity red wine.
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IF YOU WANT TO USE A SLOW COOKER...

Brown the chicken in batches, transfer to the slow cooker and add the flour, onions, lardons, garlic, mushrooms, bay leaves, redcurrant, orange zest, red wine and stock and season. Cover and cook on High. Make the dumplings according to step 4, then sit on top of the casserole after 4 hours. Cook for another 1-2 hours.

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Per serving

701 kcalories, protein 47.0g, carbohydrate 38.0g, fat 37.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 1.0g, salt 2.55 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2004.

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  • Binder photo Erin

    28 November 2011

    Erin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lush! There's only me and my hubby so I bought 4 free range chicken legs which I skinned and then followed the rest of the recipe as it was. Enough for leftovers - yay! Really tasty, great depth of flavour and perfect for a winters evening. The dumplings were so easy to make and delicious, I'll use those again in other stews and casseroles.

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  • Binder photo Melanie

    12 December 2011

    Melanie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really yummy! I would gladly pay for the casserole in a restaurant! I wasn't overly keen on the dumplings though but perhaps that's just me!

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  • Binder photo Simona G.

    12 December 2011

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  • Binder photo Kasia

    12 December 2011

    Kasia rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    It was simply delicious! Me and my parter were left speechless.. well not quite, as after a minute of silence we just couldn't stop praising this dish - how full of flavours it was, how soft and juicy chicken breasts turned out, etc. Dumplings were just gorgeous. My only comments is that I had to add almost twice as much flour to make dumplings soft and not too wet, but they were great. I totally recommend it - easy show-off food!

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  • Binder photo st.k8

    21 December 2011

    st.k8 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Ok dont know if I made this wrong but it tasted like chicken in a mulled wine. Freaked me out a bit. The dumplings were really nice but we decided that it wasnt one to make again.

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  • Binder photo birdCook

    21 December 2011

    birdCook commented on this recipe

    Can't wait to give this casserole a go. Could someone recommend the type of red wine to use? Red and young i.e. a beaujolais-villages, or montepulciano d'abruzzo, or robust and deep i.e. a red burgundy. What wine worked best for others?

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  • Binder photo Mrs D Carter

    30 December 2011

    Mrs D Carter rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for a family dinner in between Christmas and New Year was perfect and everyone commented on how nice it was.

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  • Binder photo col

    07 January 2012

    col rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe.Went down a treat. Will definitely be doing this one again!

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  • Binder photo fflwffen

    21 January 2012

    fflwffen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious - will definitely be making this again and again!

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  • Binder photo GeenaB

    24 March 2012

    GeenaB rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is absolutely delicious but I do now make the dumplings with suet rather bread crumbs and I'm only using half the quantity of red currant jelly as it made it a bit too sweet for me.

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  • Binder photo Lynsayb

    02 April 2012

    Lynsayb rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Made this recently, love the flavour but as I'm much more a gravy than saucy person I doubt I'll be doing this too often.

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  • Binder photo oly1986

    11 April 2012

    oly1986 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love the dumplings - the casserole is rich and delicious

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  • Binder photo MrsG

    17 August 2012

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  • Binder photo muse_chicken

    19 August 2012

    muse_chicken rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    made this the other day, never made dumplings before and they were perfect! Very easy and all plates were clean with requests for seconds. Will be making again.

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  • Binder photo Lou

    18 September 2012

    Lou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious! I made without the dumplings, which makes it much lower in calories (around 255 cals). Freezes very well, will be making this time and time again. Next time, I'll add some baby carrots. Would be lovely with mashed potatoes too

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  • Binder photo Chef Robbo

    21 October 2012

    Chef Robbo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really nice dish, plenty of flavours go on there ! Will make again.

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  • Binder photo Crazy Mother Cooker

    24 October 2012

    Crazy Mother Cooker rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! Like many others, had to use redcurrant jelly as I couldn't find redcurrant sauce. Will definitely be cooking this again.

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  • Binder photo Livvykins21

    04 November 2012

    Livvykins21 commented on this recipe

    Very tasty recipe! I cooked in the slow cooker on low overnight to save time for guests visiting the following day. I found the sauce hadn't thickened up so strained off and thickened separately before adding back to the casserole. Half an hr before dinner I put the casserole in the conventional oven to reheat and then added the dumplings. All made for yummy din-dins and I have to agree that those dumplings were delish!!

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    04 November 2012

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  • Binder photo Kathy

    05 November 2012

    Kathy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was ok but not stellar. Sauce was quite orangey and the chicken was nice and tender but it won't be top of my list to do again when there are so many other nice recipes to try.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ready in 1¾ hours

Ingredients

  • 6 part-boned chicken breasts or boned for slow cooker (see below)
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 onions , each peeled and cut into 8 wedges
  • 200g smoked bacon lardons
  • 3 garlic cloves , peeled and sliced
  • 300g large flat mushrooms , sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tbsp redcurrant sauce
  • 3 strips of peeled orange zest
  • 300ml red wine
  • 300ml chicken stock

FOR THE DUMPLINGS

  • 100g self-raising flour , plus extra for dusting
  • 100g fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 140g butter , cubed
  • 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves, plus extra to serve
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley , chopped
  • 2 medium eggs , lightly beaten
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Per serving

701 kcalories, protein 47.0g, carbohydrate 38.0g, fat 37.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 1.0g, salt 2.55 g

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