Bone-in Chicken With Bacon & Thyme

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 200 g smoked bacon, diced
• 200 g brown button mushrooms, sliced thickly
• 750 g chicken thighs, bone in
• 150 ml double cream
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, finely chopped
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 180°c.
• 2 heat a stove-top to oven pan (eg le creuset) on medium heat. add 1t of the olive oil.
• 3 saute the onions & garlic until translucent & just beginning to brown. remove from the pan.
• 4 add the remaining 1t of olive oil, and fry the bacon until light brown and starting to crisp.
• 5 put the onions & garlic back into the pan, and add the mushrooms. saute for 1 minute.
• 6 mix through the thyme.
• 7 place the chicken in the pan and pour over the cream. bake in the oven for 80 minutes, turning twice.
• 8 grind over black pepper to taste & serve.