Chicken Braised With Cider & Bacon

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 chicken thighs, skin on
• 4 slices smoked back bacon, chopped into lardons
• 1 onion, halved and sliced
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 7/8 cups cider
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 375°f heat 1 tbsp oil in a roasting tin or large casserole over a medium flame on the hob. add the chicken thighs and cook for 3-4 minutes per side, until golden. remove from the tin.
• 2 add the bacon and onion to the tin and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden. stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute, then gradually add the cider.
• 3 simmer for 2 minutes, then stir in the mustard.
• 4 sit the chicken thighs back in the roasting tin and cover with foil. put in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
• 5 serve with vegetables of your choice.