This is one of those dishes where you put in a touch of intial effort and then just shove it in the oven and forget about it. However you end up with a very elegant dish that I promise will please your friends.
Recipe posted by TimBris83
CHICKEN IN WHITE WINE AND TARRAGON
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup Measures- 2 chicken legs (cut into 2 portions)
- 8 shallots (roughly chopped)
- 7 chestnut mushrooms (thickly sliced)
- 500 ml white wine
- olive oil
- butter
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- flour
- fresh tarragon (chopped or torn)
- 4 tablespoons creme fraiche
- 1 dash cream
- ½ lemon (juiced)
Method
- Preheat oven to 180c Season the flour
- Coat the chicken pieces in the flour
- Heat the oil in a heavy cast iron casserole, brown the chicken until golden brown.
- Remove chicken to a plate
- Add shallots to the pan, add a knob of butter.
- Turn the heat down low and soften shallots. Turn up heat and toss in the mushrooms and soften slightly. Return chicken to pan.
- Slosh in the wine and reduce slightly. Add tarragon and creme fraiche.
- Cook in the oven for 45 mins
- Remove and taste for seasoning. Add lemon juice and a dash of cream.
- Return to oven for a further 15 minutes.
- Garnish with some finely chopped tarragon, serve with basmati rice.
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