Chicken Cheese Casserole

• 8 chicken drumsticks
• 1 lemon
• 1 (200 g) containersoft cheese
• 15 g butter, softened
• 20 g fresh chives, chopped
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 4 slices beef bacon
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 (411 g) cans flageolet beans, drained
• flat leaf parsley, to garnish (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 200 Deg C.
2. Loosen skin frm drumsticks by easing a knife between skin and flesh.
3. Begin at the thickest end and work down, peeling skin back but not removing it from base of joint.
4. Grate lemon rind and cut lemon in half.
5. Squeeze juice from one half and slice remaining half.
6. Beat cheese, butter, chives, lemon rind, juice and seasoning together.
7. Spread over chicken and pull skin back over each drumstick to enclose the cheese mixture.
8. Secure the skin with halved cocktail sticks.
9. Put beans, bacon and onion into an ovenproof dish, season well and mix.
10. Arrange the drumsticks on top, brush slices between them with oil.
11. Season and tuck lemon slices between them.
12. Roast for 30mins until chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear.
13. Remove cocktail sticks.
14. Garnish with parsley, if liked.

chicken, lemon, containersoft cheese, butter, fresh chives, salt, freshly ground black pepper, beef bacon, onion, oil, flageolet beans, flat leaf parsley

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-cheese-casserole-12154 (may not work)