Chicken, Olives, Shallots and Orange Casserole

This dish almost cooks itself. You cook it in one pot. It's cheap. It's easy. It's flavour-rich. It's YUMMM

Chicken, Olive and Orange Casserole
  • Degree of Difficulty: Very Easy
  • Cost: $
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes 
  • Cooking Time: 1 hour  
  • Yields: 2 - 3 portions
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  • By: Nicolas Steenhout

Rich flavours in a dish perfect for a Winter's evening. The orange and olive remind me of Summer. I do not use salt in this dish as the olives and bacon bones provide enough salt as is.

 
 

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 750 g (1 3/4 pound) Chicken Thighs (skinless)
  • 12 Small Mushrooms
  • 50 ml (1 1/2 tablespoon) Olive Oil
  • 30 ml (2 tablespoons) Flour
  • 100 g (3 oz) French Shallots (approx 10)
  • 60 g (2 oz) Black Olives (I used Kalamata)
  • 1 Orange
  • 500 ml (2 cups) Chicken Stock
  • 400 g (13 oz ) Whole Peeled Tomato (1 can)
  • 10 ml (2 teaspoons) Crushed Garlic
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 125 g (4 oz) Bacon Bone

Mise En Place

  1. Pre-heat the oven at 200 °C (400 °F)
  2. Peel the shallots.
  3. Wash the mushroom
  4. Peel the rind of 1 orange . Make nice even peels, not overly thick.

Preparation

  1. Brown the chicken in an oven-proof pan with the olive oil.
  2. Remove the chicken from the pan and brown the mushrooms.
  3. Remove the mushroom from the pan, add the flour and mix well.
  4. Let the flour brown slightly.
  5. Add the chicken stock and stir well.
  6. Add the rest of the ingredients.
  7. Bring to a boil, cover, put in the oven.
  8. Cook 1 hour, or until the chicken is tender.

Finition

  1. Remove the bay leaves and orange peel from the dish.
  2. Remove the bacon bone. If there was a bit of meat on it, take the meat off the bone and put it back in the dish.
  3. Serve and enjoy!

Photos

Browned chicken
The chicken browned - this will increase the flavour of the dish.

Peeled orange rind
Peeled orange rind.

French shallots
Peeled French shallots

Flour being browned
The flour browned in the pan. Be careful not to burn it!

Casserole before being cooked
All the ingredients in the pan, ready to put in the oven.

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