CreamyChickenHotpot

Ingredients:

• 4 baking potatoes, sliced

• 500 grams chicken breast (diced)

• 1 small tin of sweetcorn

• 4 rashers of bacon (sliced)

• 1 red pepper (diced)

• 250 grams (chopped)

• 1 onion (finely diced)

• 200 grams cream cheese

• 0.5 litre chicken stock

• 200ml double cream

• 1 teaspoon of tarragon

• 1 garlic clove (crushed)

• 300 grams of leeks (sliced)

• 1 tablespoon of mustard

• 6 carrots (peeled and sliced)

• 150 grams of peas

Directions:

1 Pre heat oven to 180° C/ Gas 4

2. In a saucepan bring the stock to the boil and season with salt, pepper and tarragon. Reduce the heat and allow to simmer until stock has reduced slightly.

3. Meanwhile add the chicken, mushrooms, bacon, pepper, onion, garlic clove and sweetcorn into a large frying pan and cook through.

4. Par boil potatoes in salted water for 5 minutes

5. Add the cheese, mustard and cream to the stock and mix well. Make sure that it doesn’t boil or overheat. This should soon thicken up, but if not add 1 tablespoon of flour to thicken it.

6 Put the chicken mixture with the carrots, leeks and peas in an oven proof dish and pour the sauce over the top, mix if needed.

7. Place the sliced potatoes over the top ensuring that there are no gaps and they are level then evenly brush the potatoes with oil and bake in the oven for 30 mins or until the potatoes are crispy.

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