- A 250g pack of diced chicken leg
- ½ x 227g pot of soured cream
- A 12g sachet of dried porcini
- 1 garlic clove
- A 200g punnet of chestnut mushrooms
- A 500g bag of new potatoes
- A handful of chervil
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 beetroot
- 2 tbsp brown rice vinegar
- 1 onion
- 600ml boiling water
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Measuring jug
- A couple of bowls
- A couple of pans with lids
- Baking tray
- Baking paper
- Frying pan
- 1.
Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Crumble the stock cube into a measuring jug and stir in 600 ml boiling water. Add the dried porcini mushrooms and set aside to infuse.
- 2.
Peel the beetroot and finely slice into matchsticks. Put in a bowl with a large pinch of salt. Scrunch together. Pour in the brown rice vinegar. Stir and set aside to pickle.
- 3.
Scrub the potatoes and chop into 1 cm cubes. Chuck in a large pan and cover with boiling water. Add a pinch of salt. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 mins. Drain and leave to dry.
- 4.
Heat ½ tbsp oil in a heavy based pan over a medium heat. Tip in the diced chicken leg. Fry for 5-6 mins, stirring occasionally, till golden on all sides. Pour in the porcini and porcini infused stock. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat. Cover and simmer for 30 mins.
- 5.
Tip the potatoes onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Drizzle over 1 tbsp oil and season. Roast for 20 mins till crisp and golden. Turn the potatoes after 10 mins.
- 6.
Thickly slice the mushrooms. Peel and grate the garlic. Peel and thinly slice the onion. Heat ½ tbsp oil in a frying pan. Fry the mushrooms for 2 mins, then throw in the onion and garlic. Cook for 4 mins till all the veg is just softened. Add the veg to the chicken pan and simmer for a further 10 mins.
- 7.
Finely chop the chervil stalks and put in a bowl. Tip in half the pot of soured cream. Ladle a couple of spoonfuls of the stock from the chicken pan into the soured cream. Mix, then pour int0 the chicken pan. Cook for 2 mins till warmed through. Season.
- 8.
Roughly chop the chervil leaves. Add half to the chicken and the remainder to the pickled beetroot. Serve with the roasted potatoes.