Chicken Casserole

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• olive oil
• 5 whole skinless chicken breasts (approx 150g-175g a breast)
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 200 g button mushrooms, some halved and some quartered (i use brown button mushrooms as i prefer them but regular are fine.)
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 cup water
• 3 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1 1/4 teaspoons chicken stock (concentrated, i use a very dense chicken stock paste so if using powder you may need to add a little)
• 2 medium carrots
• 100 g sugar snap peas
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leave
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1 cup cream
• 2 teaspoons cornflour
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 i have written above to chop the button mushrooms both halved and quartered. this is because they vary in size, in that if they are a little bigger i tend to quarter them and for the smaller ones just halve them. if they are really small i just throw them in whole. so adjust for what you have, if all are really small don't bother cutting them.
• 2 cut chicken into approximately 1 inch pieces. heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan and cook chicken in batches until browned all over. remove and set to one side and wipe pan clean.
• 3 pour about 2 tablespoons more of olive oil to pan and add the sliced leeks, cook for 2-3 min's and then add the garlic, cook for a minute more (i do it this way so i do not burn the garlic.) now add the mushrooms cook for a further 2-3 min's.
• 4 i have a large, deep, fry pan that has a lid so i cook it all in the same pan, if you don't you will want to transfer the leek and mushroom mixture to a large saucepan before continuing.
• 5 add the wine, water, mustard, chicken stock, thyme and parsley, stir. return chicken and cover, let it simmer for 20 min's or until chicken is cooked through.
• 6 boil or microwave carrots and sugar snap peas until tender.
• 7 add cream to chicken, mix a little water with cornflour and add. add the carrots and sugar snap and stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
• 8 serve with either boiled new potatoes, mash or rice.
• 9 also the beauty with a casserole is that there are no hard fast rules, so add whatever vegetables you want. either your favourite or what you have on hand. this is also a great way to use up leftover roast chicken or turkey and it tastes great.