- 1000g new potatoes
- 500g diced chicken leg
- 2 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 800g tin of butter beans
- 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 chicken stock cube
- 400g French beans
- A handful of tarragon, leaves only
- 1 x 200g crème fraîche
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 250ml boiling water
- Baking tray
- Medium pan with lid
- Measuring jug
- 1.
Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Fill and boil your kettle. Scrub the potatoes and halve or quarter them so they’re all roughly the same size. Scatter them onto a baking tray, drizzle with 1/2 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss to mix, then slide into the oven and roast for 35-40 mins till golden and crisp.
- 2.
While the new potatoes roast, put a medium-sized pan on a medium heat and add ½ tbsp olive oil. Add the diced chicken leg and fry for 5-6 mins, turning once or twice, till golden all over.
- 3.
While the chicken fries, peel and finely chop the onion. Peel and grate or crush the garlic.
- 4.
Lift the golden brown chicken out of the pan and set aside on a plate. Add another ½ tbsp oil to the pan and add the onion. Season with a little salt and pepper. Fry, stirring often, for 5 mins till the onion starts to look glossy.
- 5.
Drain the butter beans and rinse them. Stir the garlic into the onion. Cook and stir for 1 min. Tip in the butter beans and the chicken, adding any juices from the plate. Stir in 1 tbsp mustard and crumble in the stock cube. Pour in 250ml boiling water, stir to mix, then cover and bring to the boil. Once it’s bubbling, turn the heat down a little and simmer for 10 mins.
- 6.
Trim the woody ends off the French beans and halve them widthways. Pick the leaves off the tarragon sprigs and roughly chop the leaves.
- 7.
When the chicken has cooked for 10 mins, stir in the French beans and simmer for 3 mins. Turn the heat down to very low. Then stir in most of the tarragon and half the pot of crème fraîche. Gently warm for 1-2 mins (keeping the heat low helps to stop the crème fraîche form splitting, but if it does split, don't worry. It'll still taste good). Taste and add a pinch more salt or pepper if you think it needs it.
- 8.
Spoon the creamy braised chicken and beans into 2 warm shallow bowls and serve with the roast new potatoes on the side. Garnish with the remaining tarragon.
- Tip
Leftover crème fraîche tip