Basque Chicken Casserole

[miss_elysium]

Last night for dinner I decided to make Basque Chicken Casserole. I got the recipe from an old issue of BBC Good Food. It involves a tomoato, capsicum, white wine sauce. Bake it in the oven and top off with fresh basil, capers and lemon zest.

It was pretty yummy...

Comments

[miss_elysium]

I do find the world an increasingly smaller place for me.

recipe (super easy):

Ingredients:
* 4 chicken breasts
* 8 oz shallots, peeled and left whole
* 2 garlic cloves, crushed
* 400g can chopped tomatoes
* 1/2 tsp paprika
* 2 (red, yellow or green) peppers, deseeded and chopped
* 2 bay leaves
* 1/4 pint dry white wine

to serve:

* 1 tbsp capers
* small bunch fresh basil, chopped
* grated zest of 1 lemon
* 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped, or 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes

Prep:

1. heat oven to 275. Heat large flame proof casserole, spray with cooking spray. Season then "fry" chicken for 5-6 min until golden. Remove chicken and set aside.
2. Spray a little more cooking spray, then fry shallots and garlic for 4 min until they start browning, adding a little water to prevent sticking. Add tomatoes, wash out can with 100ml of water and add that with the paprika, peppers, bay leaves, wine and seasoning.
3. Bring to a boil, scrape up any browned juices from the base with a wooden spoon and stir well. Add back the chicken, cover, then cook in oven for 1 hour.
4. Remove casserole from oven, check the seasoning and sprinkle with capers, zest, basil and chilli to serve.

Plus this freezes well too!

[greencow]

275*F? this sounds a bit low...

[wanderyng1]

Well at that point the chicken would already be cooked, so you'd just be allowing the flavors stew. I imagine if you went hotter than that, everything would start to disintegrate into mush.

[miss_elysium]

the original recipe says 130-150 celcius.

[greencow]

you're probably right....

[miss_elysium]

original UK recipe called for 130-150ºC

[greencow]

ok. thanks. i thought there was a typo :) i'll have to give this a try sometime...