Chicken with brown shallots and wine
Recipe type: Mains
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Ingredients
- 1.5kg chicken pieces (about 8)
- 150g bacon diced
- 10 brown (french) shallots (peeled) (see picture below - these are different to brown onions)
- several thyme and rosemary sprigs
- 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- ground pepper and salt
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 250ml white wine or 250 ml chicken stock (if you haven't had visitors lately who have left their wine)
- green salad and crusty bread (or rice or mash and veges) to serve.
Method
- Preheat oven to 220C
- Put chicken pieces in large roasting dish
- add in bacon pieces, brown shallots, thyme, rosemary and chilli flakes
- add salt and pepper to taste, and drizzle with olive oil
- Roast 20 minutes
- Add wine* and roast for a further 20-25 minutes until chicken is cooked
- *this is a good recipe for using up wine, left by visitors, that fills up your fridge
- Goes well with the roast potatoes here
