Chicken Casserole – i found this recipe online and its honestly my 1 favourite meal I’ve ever cooked in the slow cooker ! It tastes absolutely amazing the flavours are outstanding.
Ingredients:
Chicken breasts
1 tablespoon Olive oil
Smoked bacon (pref medallions)
3 carrots
1 White Onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 beef stock
3 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup
2 tsp dried thyme
3 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
5 tablespoon plain flour
Gravy granules
Method:
1)Peel and dice the onion and add to slow cooker
2) Peel and dice carrots (I cut in half and then into quarters) add carrots to slow cooker
3) sprinkle over 5 tbsp. of plain flour on to the onion and carrots
4) add 2 tsp dried thyme and mix both flour and thyme to coat the onion and carrots
5) add 2 cloves of garlic to slow cooker
6) dissolve 1 beef stock into a jug of boiling water, add 3 1/2 tbsp. maple syrup to beef stock and stir, then add 3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar to stock and stir.. set a side
7) cut smoke bacon rashers into small squares and add to frying pan, cook until crisp and add to slow cooker
add oil to frying pan and cut chicken breasts up into tiny chunks and add on pan, cook until golden brown then add to slow cooker
9) sprinkle salt and pepper over the chicken and veg in the slow cooker and pour over beef stock mixture
10) dissolve another beef stock and add to slow cooker (this one WITHOUT maple syrup and balsamic vinegar)
11) stir everything in the slow cooker, place on lid and cook for 8 hours on low or 6 hours on high (I cook mine on high)
12) about 1 hour before end of cooking time add some gravy granules to slow cooker and stir it in until sauce becomes thick – makes it taste even more amazing.
This is also how I thicken all my sauces instead of cornflour, it adds to the flavour
Enjoy served with mash and peas and broccoli or roasties and any veg
You can also add any other veg in your casserole.. like celery or mushrooms etc. it’s entirely up to you but this is how I do mine and its so tasty I always have seconds and so do my kids 😋 the chicken breaks apart and is cooked to perfection.. enjoy !! it so easy to make.