Mustard Chicken and Leek One-Pot
A delicious one-pot dish...golden chicken thighs on a bed of creamy mustard vegetables - YUM!
Ingredients
- 4 tsp olive oil
- 8 skin on bone in chicken thighs (see Notes)
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large or 3 medium leeks washed, trimmed and thickly sliced
- 600g potatoes chopped into 3cm cubes, or new potatoes, halved
- 600ml chicken stock
- 0.5 small bunch of thyme
- 2 tbsp Dijon or wholegrain mustard
- 125ml reduced-fat crème fraiche
- 320g frozen peas
- 1 tbsp plain flour (optional – see Notes)
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a wide casserole dish over a medium to high heat, and season the chicken all over. Cook the chicken on all sides until the skin is crisp and golden brown – around 10 minutes (they don’t need to be cooked through at this point). Transfer to a plate.
- Discard all of the fat in the pan except about 1 tsp, and fry the leeks for 5 to 6 minutes until starting to turn bright green and tender. Add a splash of water if the leeks are beginning to turn golden. Scoop out and set aside with the chicken.
- Tip the potatoes into the pan, then pour over the chicken stock and nestle in the thyme. Cook, uncovered, over a high heat for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to medium. Stir in the mustard, crème fraiche and leeks. Nestle the chicken back into the pan, so it’s mostly covered by the sauce.
- Put on the lid and cook for 20 minutes. Then add the peas and cook for a further 5 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender. If you prefer a thicker sauce, mix the flour in a small bowl with 2 tbsp of cold water. Stir into the sauce and simmer with the lid off for 2 to 3 minutes more until the sauce thickens. Grind over some black pepper to serve.
Notes
- Chicken - I doubled the amount of thighs per person to 2 each.
- Plain flour - at step 4 you might find that the sauce is thick enough, so you won't need to add the optional flour mixed with water.
- This mustard chicken and leek one-pot recipe is easily reduced if you're cooking for less people.