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Chicken fricassee

Cook Time 55 minutes
Course Dinner
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 3 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 25 g unsalted butter
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 100 g mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed (½ tsp garlic paste)
  • 90 ml white wine
  • 500 ml chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 100 ml creme fraiche
  • 100 ml double cream
  • large pinch of course ground pepper

Instructions
 

  • Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan, add the chicken and fry until cooked, remove the chicken and set aside.
  • Add the mushrooms and onions and fry until the mushrooms and onions until soft.
  • Add the garlic and stir for another few mins. Then add the wine and cook until the liquid is reduced by half.
  • Add the stock and bay leaf and gently simmer for around 15mins.
  • Add the cream and crème fraiche, stir together, season and simmer for around 10mins.
  • Serve immediately with some plain boiled rice or potatoes (hasselbacks would go great with this dinner!)