Chicken With Bacon Lettuce And Peas Recipes

PAN-FRIED CHICKEN WITH PEAS, BACON AND LETTUCE

Steps:

• Season the chicken. Set a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and fry the chicken skin-side down for 2 minutes or until the skin begins to colour, then turn over and reduce the heat to medium-low. Fry gently for 6 minutes, then turn over again and continue to cook for 4 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Remove and keep warm in a covered bowl.
• While the chicken is cooking, prepare your ingredients. Remove the fat from the bacon and slice into lardons. Finely chop the garlic and slice the onions into pea-size chunks. Trim and roughly slice the lettuces.
• Once the chicken is cooked, add the bacon to the pan. Fry briskly for 2 minutes or until it begins to colour, then reduce the heat and mix in the garlic and spring onions. Fry for a few seconds, then stir in the stock. Bring up to a full boil, scraping the pan as you do so. Allow the stock to bubble and reduce slightly, then mix in the peas and lettuce. Return to the boil, cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until the peas are tender.
• Quickly stir the butter into the peas and remove from the heat. Adjust the seasoning to taste and serve immediately, with the chicken.

CHICKEN WITH BACON, LETTUCE AND PEAS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, shallow casserole or lidded frying pan. Add the bacon and fry briskly until browned. Remove with a slotted spoon, then add the chicken. Fry until crisp and golden brown; this will take up to 10 minutes. Set aside with the bacon. Drain off any excess fat from the pan and add the butter. When the butter starts to foam, add the leeks, garlic, tarragon and the Little Gems, cut-sides down. Leave for a couple of minutes without stirring, then pour over the wine. The wine will bubble up; when it does so, cover and leave the leeks and lettuce to braise in the buttery juices for five minutes. Add the stock and peas to the pan, then season with salt and pepper. Return the bacon and chicken, making sure the chicken pieces are skin-side up. Half-cover and simmer over a low heat until the vegetables and chicken are tender and cooked through (about 30 minutes). Stir in the cream and simmer for a few more minutes until the sauce has reduced and thickened. This is good served with mashed or sautéed potatoes.

FRENCH STYLE CHICKEN WITH PEAS AND BACON

Steps:

• In a large frying dry fry the bacon over a medium hear for 3 mins until the fat is released and bacon is golden. Transfer bacon into a small bowl leaving the fat in the pan. Add the chicken and brown for 4 mins per side.
• Push the chicken to one side of the pan and tip in the garlic and spring onions cooking for about 30 secs, until the spring onion stalks and bright green. Pour in the chicken stock, return the bacon to the pan cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Increase heat to pan and tip in the peas and lettuce and cook for 4 minutes, until the peas are tender and the lettuce has just wilted. Check chicken is cooked through and stir in crème fraiche just before serving.