Apple and chicken dinner
This recipe is for older children, as cooking with meat requires a little extra safety.
SERVES
4
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
20
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
35
MINUTES
Ingredients
1 tbs olive oil
4 streaky rashers
2 red onions
2 springs thyme
4 boneless chicken thighs
200mls chicken stock
1 large apples
Method
It is extremely important to wash your hands well, before and after you cook with raw meat.
First you will need to cut up the rashers into pieces about two centimetres in size. Wash the chopping board and knife, or scissors, after you use them.
Carefully cut each onion in half and then cut each half into about six wedges. Cut the apple into wedges as well.
Ask an adult to help you heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Fry the pieces of rasher for about a minute then scoop them into a dish that you can put in the oven. Add the red onions and thyme to the oven proof dish as well.
Add the four chicken thighs to the frying pan and fry them for about four minutes turning them once. This is called browning and helps to keep the juices inside the chicken when it is roasting. Turn off the hob and carefully add the chicken to the oven proof dish.
Add the stock to the frying pan, you do not need to put it back on the hob for this, the stock simply takes the flavour from the pan. Pour this into the ovenproof dish.
Add salt and pepper and the apple wedges.
Cook for 35 minutes with the lid off. Ask an adult to make sure that the chicken pieces are completely cooked through. This nice served with potatoes or rice for dinner.
