Humble chicken stew & mash

Name: Humble chicken stew & mash
Cook time: 110 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 leftover free-range chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken; 4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon; olive oil; 2 onions; 3 large carrots; 2 potatoes or 250g celeriac; a few sprigs of fresh thyme; 2 fresh bay leaves; 200g button mushrooms; 1 heaped tablespoon of plain flour; 800g potatoes; 1 large knob of unsalted butter; 4 tablespoons semi-skimmed milk; optional: 1 whole nutmeg, for grating

1 hr 50 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

For this recipe, you will need 1 leftover chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken. A simple delicious chicken stew done one of my favourite ways – with leftover chicken and creamy mash. Enjoy!

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nutrition per serving

Calories

26%

Fat

23%

Saturates

29%

Sugars

14%

Salt

10%

Protein

62%

Carbs

26%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

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By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1 leftover free-range chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken

4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon

olive oil

2 onions

3 large carrots

2 potatoes or 250g celeriac

a few sprigs of fresh thyme

2 fresh bay leaves

200g button mushrooms

1 heaped tablespoon of plain flour

800g potatoes

1 large knob of unsalted butter

4 tablespoons semi-skimmed milk

optional: 1 whole nutmeg, for grating

Method

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