Chicken With Bacon Tomato And Thyme Recipes

CHICKEN WITH TOMATOES AND BACON

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onions, garlic, bacon and mushrooms and cook until softened-about 10 minutes.
• Remove to a plate and add the chicken pieces to the pan. Brown well on all sides.
• Remove from the pan and add the tomato paste to the pan. Cook, stirring for a couple of minutes, then add the wine, tomatoes water, brown sugar, stock powder and fresh and dry herbs and spices and bring to the boil stirring.
• Return the chicken and bacon vegetable mix to the sauce, cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or until chicken is tender.
• About 15 minutes before serving, remove the lid and stir the olives through.
• With the lid off, increase the heat and allow to thicken to a nice sauce consitency.
• Just before serving, stir the fresh parsley through.
• We ate this over penne pasta, with feta cheese crumbled on top.

BONE-IN CHICKEN WITH BACON & THYME

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180°C.
• Heat a stove-top to oven pan (eg Le Creuset) on medium heat. Add 1T of the olive oil.
• Saute the onions & garlic until translucent & just beginning to brown. Remove from the pan.
• Add the remaining 1T of olive oil, and fry the bacon until light brown and starting to crisp.
• Put the onions & garlic back into the pan, and add the mushrooms. Saute for 1 minute.
• Mix through the thyme.
• Place the chicken in the pan and pour over the cream. Bake in the oven for 80 minutes, turning twice.
• Grind over black pepper to taste & serve.