Hearty Chicken Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 ounces fresh butter
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 large part-boned chicken breasts
• 10 streaky bacon, slices
• 6 large potatoes
• 1 cup 40 button mushroom
• 1 cup 40 pickling onions (or other very small)

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter with the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and mix in the thyme, herbs and pepper.
• 2 chop the rashers roughly and add to the pan. when the rashers start to exude fat and brown remove them and save.
• 3 add the chicken breasts to the pan ensuring they get well browned and semi-cooked. remove them and place them in the bottom of a large casserole dish.
• 4 peel and slice 4 of the potatoes roughly into discs about 1cm thick. brown them on both sides in the pan and remove them. encircle the chicken breasts with them.
• 5 after peeling the onions and washing the mushrooms add them to the pan for a couple of minutes to soak up some of the juice. add the bacon back in and stir about for a minute or so. pour the contents of the pan over the chicken and potatoes in the casserole dish, cover and place in a low to medium oven for about 80 minutes.
• 6 while cooking, peel, dice, boil and mash the remaining 2 potatoes.
• 7 heat 4 dinner plates. create a bed of mashed potato in the middle of each and place a chicken breast on it. encircle the plate with potato discs then spoon the bacon, onion, mushroom & juice mix over the chicken and serve. voila!