This mushroom and chicken oven casserole is a great served with mashed potato or rice, a great recipe with vegetables and is a very child friendly meal idea. Create this casserole as a Sunday dinner or a midweek meal that the whole family will love.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon plain flour
8 chicken thigh cutlets (bone in)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 brown onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 carrots, peeled, halved lengthways and sliced
2 stalks celery, trimmed and sliced
300g Button Mushrooms or Swiss Brown Mushrooms
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
3 sprigs fresh thyme
2 teaspoons cornflour
1 cup frozen green peas
Mashed potatoes, steamed rice or couscous, to serve
Method
Place flour into a large snap-lock bag. Season. Add chicken and toss to lightly coat in flour
Heat oil in large ovenproof pan over a medium-high heat. Brown chicken in 2 batches. Transfer to a plate. Set aside
Add onion, garlic, carrots and celery to pan. Cook, stirring often, over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until onion softens. Stir in mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes until slightly softened
Stir in stock. Return chicken to pan. Add thyme. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Uncover and cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through. Mix cornflour with 2 tsp water in a cup until smooth. Stir cornflour mixture into chicken mixture. Cook for 1 minute or until thickened. Stir in peas and cook for 2 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes, rice or couscous