Chicken & red wine casserole with herby dumplings

Name: Chicken & red wine casserole with herby dumplings
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 part-boned chicken breasts or boned for slow cooker (see below); 3 Tbsps plain flour; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 3 onions, each peeled and cut into 8 wedges; 200 grams smoked bacon lardons; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced; 300 grams flat mushroom, sliced; 2 bay leaves; 2 Tbsps redcurrant sauce; 3 strips peeled orange zest; 300 milliliters red wine; 300 milliliters chicken stock; 100 grams self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting; 100 grams fresh white breadcrumbs; 1 Tbsp wholegrain mustard; 140 grams butter, cubed; 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, plus extra to serve; 2 Tbsps fresh parsley, chopped; 2 mediums eggs, lightly beaten

Chicken & red wine casserole with herby dumplings might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 63g of protein, 49g of fat, and a total of 898 calories. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires part-boned chicken breasts, orange zest, olive oil, and redcurrant sauce. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to fan 180C/ conventional 200C/gas

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Oven

Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then coat lightly in a little of the flour.

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Ground Black Pepper

Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Heat the oil in a large ovenproof lidded casserole dish and, in batches, brown the chicken on both sides over a high heat.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Casserole Dish

Remove the chicken and set aside.

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Whole Chicken

Reduce the heat, add the onions and lardons and cook for about 5-8 minutes so they are golden tinged.

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Onion

Add the garlic, then sprinkle in the plain flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring to prevent sticking.

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All Purpose Flour

Garlic

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.

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Salt And Pepper

Orange Zest

Bay Leaves

Mushrooms

Red Wine

Whole Chicken

Sauce

Stock

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Casserole Dish

Oven

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.

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Self Rising Flour

Breadcrumbs

Mustard

Butter

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Food Processor

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.

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Salt And Pepper

Parsley

Dough

Thyme

Egg

Roll

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.

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Whole Chicken

Pop

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Oven

Serve with a rich, fruity red wine.

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Red Wine

If you want to use a slow cooker, brown the chicken in batches and transfer to the slow cooker pot.

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Whole Chicken

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Slow Cooker

Pot

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

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Orange Zest

Bay Leaves

Mushrooms

Red Wine

Garlic

Onion

All Purpose Flour

Stock