Chicken Tarragon in Cider
A classic English chicken tarragon in cider with dry cider (more during cooking), chicken breast, single cream. Hearty, comforting and proper.
Ingredients
- 1 tbspn olive oil
- ¼ tspn sugar
- 15 gm butter
- 2 tspn dried tarragon
- 100 gm onion (prepared weight)
- salt to taste
- 80 - 100 gm button mushrooms
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 200 ml dry cider (more during cooking)
- 1 chicken breast
- 1 small 227 gm tin chopped tomatoes
- 3 tbspn single cream
- 1 tspn tomato purée
Method
- 1
Chop the onion.
- 2
Slice the mushrooms.
- 3
Chop the chicken into approx ½ x ¾ inch pieces.
- 4
Heat the oil and butter over a medium flame and cook the onions and mushrooms, stirring regularly, for about until they are lightly golden,
- 5
Add the cider, chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, sugar, dried tarragon, salt and pepper, and simmer, stirring regularly, for , adding a cider as required to prevent drying.
- 6
Add the chicken and thoroughly stir in the cream and simmer, stirring regularly, for until the chicken is fully cooked, adding a cider as required to prevent drying.
- 7
Serve with mashed potatoes or rice and, optionally, some vegetables of choice.