Dinner Tonight: Chicken Casserole with Morels, Fava Beans, and Spring Potatoes

Name: Dinner Tonight: Chicken Casserole with Morels, Fava Beans, and Spring Potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 2 kilograms chicken (about; 237 milliliters chicken stock; 473 milliliters shelled fresh fava beans (about 3 pounds in their pods); 3 Tbsps fresh chives, minced; 1 sprig fresh thyme; 16 garlic cloves, unpeeled; 227 grams new potatoes (about golf ball size), scrubbed, cut in half; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 4 servings salt and pepper; 8 smalls shallots, peeled and halved

Dinner Tonight: Chicken Casserole with Morels, Fava Beans, and Spring Potatoes is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 1098 calories, 85g of protein, and 65g of fat. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have bay leaf, shallots, chicken stock, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes. It is perfect for Autumn.

Instructions

Preheat the oven 425°.

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Oven

Cut the chicken into 10 pieces. You'll end up with two legs, two thighs, two wings, and two breasts cut in half crosswise.

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Whole Chicken

Chicken Wings

Pour one quart of water into a saucepan set over high heat. When boiling, add the shelled fava beans. Cook for one minute, and then drain in a colander. Rinse under cold water to cool.

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Fava Beans

Water

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Colander

Sauce Pan

Remove the tough outer skins of all of the fava beans. Discard the skins. Set the fava beans aside.

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Fava Beans

Pour the 1 ½ teaspoons of olive oil into a large skillet set over high heat. When shimmering, add the morels, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until tender, about 2 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Morel Mushrooms

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Frying Pan

Pour in the chicken stock, and boil for three minutes. Turn off the heat and set skillet aside.

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Chicken Stock

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Frying Pan

Pour the remaining one tablespoon of oil into a large cast-iron pan or large roasting pan. Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Turn heat to high, and when oil is shimmering, add the chicken pieces skin side down. Cook pieces until golden brown, five to seven minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Pieces

Cooking Oil

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Roasting Pan

Flip each piece of chicken, and then add the garlic cloves, bay leaf, chopped thyme, potatoes, shallots, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Stir well, and then transfer to the oven and cook for 15 minutes. Stir every five minutes or so.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Garlic Cloves

Bay Leaves

Potato

Shallot

Whole Chicken

Thyme

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Oven

Pour in the morels and chicken stock, stir again, and cook until the chicken is completely cooked, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

Whole Chicken

Morel Mushrooms

Remove from the oven, and set back over a burner. Turn heat to medium and add the fava beans and half the chives. Cook until everything is incorporated, about three minutes.

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Fava Beans

Chives