Old Fashioned Chicken & Vegetable Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 4 skinless chicken leg quarters
• 4 slices smoked back bacon
• 2 medium onions
• 2 celery ribs
• 150 g button mushrooms
• 500 ml dry cider
• 300 ml chicken stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 400 g carrots
• 2 leeks

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to gas mark 4,.
• 2 put flour and dried thyme in a bag, joint leg quarters, add to bag and cover with flour,.
• 3 heat oil in frying pan,and brown, then place in a casserole dish.
• 4 chop the vegetables and fry 10 mins till soft and coloured.
• 5 add to chicken in casserole with any left over flour. add mushrooms and leeks and stock.
• 6 bring to boil and place in oven for one hour then turn to simmer and cokk till tender.