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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.

20 min
Prep
45 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
13
Ingredients
7
Steps

Ingredients

Servings
  • 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. 1

    Chop the onion.

  2. 2

    Slice the mushrooms.

  3. 3

    Chop the chicken into approx ½ x ¾ inch pieces.

  4. 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. 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. 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. 7

    Serve with mashed potatoes or rice and, optionally, some vegetables of choice.

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