Chicken, leek, bacon and mustard bake
- ⏱ 1 hour 45 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 6
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Chicken legs are browned, covered in a creamy leek, bacon and mustard sauce, and baked until tender and browned.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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Chicken, leek, baco...
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Make the chicken
2Heat the oil
In a large frying pan, heat the oil
3Plate and serve
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Chicken, leek, baco...
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Make the chicken
Generously season the flour with salt and pepper
In a shallow dish, add the seasoned flour
Dredge each chicken piece well in the seasoned flour...
2Heat the oil
3Plate and serve
+ 11 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 6 chicken legs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp flour (generously seasoned with salt and pepper)
- 2 leeks (sliced into rings)
- 200 g bacon (chopped into pieces)
- 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 150 ml single cream
The full plan
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1. Make the chicken COOK 1
- Generously season the flour with salt and pepper
- In a shallow dish, add the seasoned flour
- Dredge each chicken piece well in the seasoned flour and shake off the excess
2. Heat the oil COOK 2
- In a large frying pan, heat the oil
3. Slice the leeks COOK 2
- Slice the leeks into rings
- Chop the bacon into pieces
4. Brown the chicken COOK 1
- In the large frying pan, fry the chicken in the oil, turning until both sides are browned
- In a large, shallow, ovenproof dish, lay the cooked chicken pieces
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the oil.
5. Preheat the oven COOK 2
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4
6. Cook the bacon and leeks COOK 2
- In the large frying pan, add the bacon and sliced leeks, scraping up any remaining bits of chicken skin as you fry them
- Lower the heat and stir in the wholegrain mustard
- Add the cream and stir to mix well
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the chicken.
7. Pour over the chicken COOK 1
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and cover with aluminium foil
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the sauce.
8. Bake covered COOK 1
- Bake covered for about 45 minutes
9. Bake uncovered COOK 1
- Remove the foil and bake uncovered for a further 15-20 minutes until the chicken starts to brown nicely
10. Plate and serve BOTH
- Serve immediately on creamy mashed potatoes with wilted greens on the side
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