Scrummy Chicken & Bacon Bake

lostkat · 30-05-2007, 21:51

Dead easy, low fat (around 450 calories per serving) and very tasty!! It comes with the Leon seal of approval.

Serves 2

Ingredients
4 chicken thighs, skin off (leave on if you're not watching your fat intake)
4 rashers of bacon (I use smoked because it's yum!)
7-8 small new potatoes (depending on how big they are) - Quartered
1 bulb of fennell - Chop off stalk, bottom, take off outer skin, remove woody core and chop up the rest into smallish chunks
2 red onions - halved then quartered
3-4 cloves of garlic
A couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary
juice of 1/2 lemon (around 2tbs)
2 tbs olive oil

Instructions

Chop everything up.
Put in a large ovenproof dish (I had to use my big pan because none of my dishes were big enough) and mix together with your hands to coat everything with the oil.
Cover in tin foil (or put lid on)
Bung in oven for 45mins - 1hr on Gas Mark 6 (200 degrees celcius) N.B. I think my oven is a bit cool, so I don't want people to burn stuff. Keep checking it!
Take off foil, shake it about a bit and finish off for 20-30 mins sans foil to brown it off slightly and caramelise the onions. Make sure the potatoes are soft in the middle before you serve it.

Et voila

I LOVE caramelised red onions, so I left it a bit longer and they all went dark, sweet and delicious. Mmmmmm!!!!! The chicken absorbs all the flavours and just falls off the bone when you eat it too

Wasn't sure if I'd like this dish because I hate aniseed and I know fennel is very aniseedy when used as a fresh herb. I thought I'd give it a go though. It completely lost the aniseed flavour in the cooking, and I'm not sure if it added to the dish or not really. Might try it without next time. At least it'll save me the bother of having to hunt for it in Tesco

I guess you could use any other vegetable instead that oven roasts nicely... carrots... courgettes etc.

30-05-2007, 21:51	#1
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Scrummy Chicken & Bacon Bake Dead easy, low fat (around 450 calories per serving) and very tasty!! It comes with the Leon seal of approval. Serves 2 Ingredients 4 chicken thighs, skin off (leave on if you're not watching your fat intake) 4 rashers of bacon (I use smoked because it's yum!) 7-8 small new potatoes (depending on how big they are) - Quartered 1 bulb of fennell - Chop off stalk, bottom, take off outer skin, remove woody core and chop up the rest into smallish chunks 2 red onions - halved then quartered 3-4 cloves of garlic A couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary juice of 1/2 lemon (around 2tbs) 2 tbs olive oil Instructions Chop everything up. Put in a large ovenproof dish (I had to use my big pan because none of my dishes were big enough) and mix together with your hands to coat everything with the oil. Cover in tin foil (or put lid on) Bung in oven for 45mins - 1hr on Gas Mark 6 (200 degrees celcius) N.B. I think my oven is a bit cool, so I don't want people to burn stuff. Keep checking it! Take off foil, shake it about a bit and finish off for 20-30 mins sans foil to brown it off slightly and caramelise the onions. Make sure the potatoes are soft in the middle before you serve it. Et voila I LOVE caramelised red onions, so I left it a bit longer and they all went dark, sweet and delicious. Mmmmmm!!!!! The chicken absorbs all the flavours and just falls off the bone when you eat it too Wasn't sure if I'd like this dish because I hate aniseed and I know fennel is very aniseedy when used as a fresh herb. I thought I'd give it a go though. It completely lost the aniseed flavour in the cooking, and I'm not sure if it added to the dish or not really. Might try it without next time. At least it'll save me the bother of having to hunt for it in Tesco I guess you could use any other vegetable instead that oven roasts nicely... carrots... courgettes etc. __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?