Braised chicken & beans

Braised chicken & beans

A healthy, low-fat dish that can be doubled or halved with ease. We think this will be a firm favourite in no time

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a wide pan with a lid, add the chicken, then quickly cook to brown it all over.
  2. Tip in the onion, garlic and thyme, then fry for a further 2 mins. Pour in the wine, 150ml water and a little salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins, covering halfway through the cooking time, until the chicken is tender.
  3. Stir the beans into the pan and briefly warm through. Roughly chop the parsley, then scatter over to serve.
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Healthy benefits

Chicken thighs supply twice the levels of iron and zinc of breast meat and are rich in tryptophan, which helps to lift your mood and promotes restful sleep. Flageolet beans are packed with B vitamins.

Per serving

457 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 12 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 6g, sugar 11g, salt 1.11 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2008.

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  • 2008-03-16 09:18:55.910253

    recipes commented on this recipe

    I tried this recipe for Mothers Day. I doubled up on the ingredients, but only used 450 mls of white wine, as my sister and her family were also joining us. The resulting dish tasted bland and had far too much liquid.

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  • 2008-03-17 14:16:58.706751

    tweedletwo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    was a little dubious on this dish myself but absolutely loved it, will definitely be making it again. Didn't find it too watery though may have been because i didn't use any wine and simmered it for longer than it said by mistake.

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  • 2008-03-18 08:23:13.220397

    Viv1945 commented on this recipe

    There is no salt and pepper in the recipe !!!!

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  • 2008-03-18 09:24:44.552581

    Holly commented on this recipe

    Very simple and healthy and now a staple mid-week menu meal for me - I did end up with too much liquid in the recipe though?

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    2008-03-18 11:25:19.808794

    Ali rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I thought this dish was delicious. However I too ended up with too much liquid and so simmered uncovered for a little longer to evaporate it off.

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  • 2008-03-18 19:08:46.161449

    Lara commented on this recipe

    This was really easy to make and so tasty. My 17 month old daughter also had it with rice for her dinner and loved every mouthful - I've not seen anything go down so fast!

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    2008-03-19 17:03:47.81179

    di rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy to make and really tasty, based on the comments I simmered it uncovered for 30 mins so there wasn't too much liquid. My two children loved it!!

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  • 2008-03-20 12:39:27.832073

    Alison_happy commented on this recipe

    we really liked it.

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  • 2008-03-23 11:00:55.123729

    .:~carol~:. rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I thought this dish was lovely, though I also had too much liquid, so simmered for longer. next time I think I will use chicken breasts as my family didn't rate the chicken thighs.

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  • 2008-03-25 10:23:34.114795

    pennyh30 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Based on the comments on here, I simmered for 30+ mins uncovered until I was happy with the consistancy, additionally, I added some pancetta, mushrooms and dwarf beans (15 mins from the end) which made it more of a complete meal. Will def do again....really tasty!

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  • 2008-03-26 11:15:57.976466

    Sara commented on this recipe

    I used slightly less stock than it said in the recipe, but I added some cream towards the end. It was very nice and I will def make it again.

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  • 2008-03-27 14:47:35.441951

    JuliaV rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Really disappointed with this receipe. Too much liquid, really nothing fancy - I could have achieved the same dinner using a chicken tonight jar. Really disappointing!

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  • 2008-03-27 15:36:43.09443

    Hearty rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent dish. I added sugar snap peas 5 mins from the end - lovely!

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  • 2008-03-28 15:02:50.009659

    Frantic Flapjack commented on this recipe

    Used chicken breasts which were really nice, BUT I forgot to double the recipe for 4 of us. So it was really really tasty but not enough of it! Also if I made it again I would add some more colourful veg to jazz it up a bit.

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  • 2008-03-31 12:06:35.740579

    laking rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Followed recipe but was way too watery and a little bland for our taste. won't make again.

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  • 2008-04-01 12:22:52.349006

    Petra rated this recipe

    2 stars

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  • 2008-04-01 18:29:01.387598

    Mrs JB commented on this recipe

    I wonder if the amounts of liquid are wrong? I made this for 4 people but used far lass wine and water than it said - I also put a little bit of soured cream in and a tiny bit of cornflour to thicken it. It was very tasty!

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  • 2008-04-02 21:38:28.304314

    loopyloo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    What a lovely easy quick tasty tea - even my two year old loved it !! The only problem I had was finding a pan big enough - ended up using the WOK !!

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  • 2008-04-04 22:44:03.17888

    Jess rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I followed everyone's tips and added pancetta and mushrooms, and cooked it uncovered for half an hour, adding sugar snap peas at the end. By accident I added the beans at the start so maybe this helped thicken the sauce, either way the result was gorgeous! Will definitely be having again, and so easy to do. Thanks for the tips!

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  • 2008-04-05 15:33:53.423665

    Kate commented on this recipe

    I added a teaspoon of vegetable stock powder and managetout and baby sweetcorn, both added a little something to the recipe.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Hearty, healthy one-pot

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Per serving

457 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 12 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 6g, sugar 11g, salt 1.11 g

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