French-style chicken with peas & bacon
Cooking time
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 30 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4This creamy one-pot chicken dish is a great-value way of feeding the whole family
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 379
- protein
- 51g
- carbs
- 7g
- fat
- 16g
- saturates
- 7g
- fibre
- 4g
- sugar
- 3g
- salt
- 1.6g
Ingredients
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped
- 8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch spring onions, roughly chopped
- 300ml hot chicken stock
- 250g frozen peas
- 1 Little Gem lettuce, roughly shredded
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
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Method
- In a large frying pan, dry-fry the bacon over a medium heat for 3 mins until the fat is released and the bacon is golden. Transfer the bacon to a small bowl, leaving the fat in the pan. Add the chicken and brown for 4 mins each side.
- Push the chicken to one side of the pan and tip in the garlic and spring onions, cooking for about 30 secs, just until the spring onion stalks are bright green. Pour in the chicken stock, return the bacon to the pan, cover and simmer for 15 mins.
- Increase heat under the pan. Tip the peas and lettuce into the sauce and cook for 4 mins, covered, until the peas are tender and the lettuce has just wilted. Check chicken is cooked through. Stir in the crème fraîche just before serving.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
This was really tasty, I served it on rice pasta and it was a really easy, midweek supper. I used pancetta and cooked for longer in a low oven before adding the lettuce, peas and creme fraiche (I used half fat). Like others I thought the sauce was too thin so thickened it with cornflour before adding the final ingredients.
I cooked this for the first time this evening and really enjoyed it. Very simple recipe which produced moist chicken and flavoursome sauce. It was purse friendly too which is always a bonus for a mid-week meal. I think next time I cook this dish I will serve it with buttery mashed potato rather than rice as it absorbed a little too much of the sauce once on the plate.
Great, easy, cheap meal with lots of flavour for relatively few ingredients. I actually loved that the sauce was thin (I see some others didn't) as it made for a nice, light, everyday meal rather than a richer, once-in-a-while dish. I replaced the lettuce with savoy cabbage (cooking for a little longer) and served with boiled rice. Highly recommended.
Made this a lot and is a favourite in my house. Lot's of flavour's come pouring out. I served this up with roast potatoes and it's the best all round. Tip with roast potatoes - On about 30 mins cooking take them out the oven and use a potato masher and squash them down so they split a bit and flatten out not too much though, then put back for the other 15 mins. You won't taste any better honest..
Made this dish for the family and everyone enjoyed it. I used weight watchers low fat creme fraiche as I am on a diet and also added some tarragon which gave it great flavour. Found the sauce a bit thin so used a small amount of cornflour to thicken. Served it with wild rice and sugar snap peas. Will definitely make this one again and may also add some mushrooms. A great recipe for those doing slimming world.
