Basque Chicken
Ingredients
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| 1 chicken breast | 1 tspn tomato purée |
| 10 gm butter | 80 ml dry cider |
| 2 rashers of bacon (smoked is ok) | 1 chicken stock cube |
| 125 gm onion (prepared weight) | 1 clove garlic |
| ½ red pepper | 1 tspn dried rosemary |
| 1 tomato | Freshly ground black pepper |
Preparation
- Finely chop the onion.
- Finely chop the garlic.
- Deseed and slice the red pepper.
- Chop the tomato.
- Chop the bacon.
Cooking
- Melt the butter in a flame proof casserole and cook ½ of the bacon until it begins to crisp.
- Add the chicken and onion and cook for 5 min, turning the chicken a few times.
- Add the remaining bacon and continue to cook for 4 min.
- Add the garlic and tomato purée and cook for 1 min.
- Add the cider, red pepper, stock cube, rosemary and season with pepper, bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for 10 min.
- (During the cooking add a little water, if needed, to prevent drying out).
- Uncover and add the chopped tomato, increase the heat, and cook for 5 min.
Serving
- Serve with rice and a selection of vegetables.
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