Scarlett's Wiltshire Chicken Casserole

• 1 roasting chicken (or breasts or thighs or joints)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 200 g shallots or 200 g onions, in chunky slices
• 125 g pancetta or 125 g smoked bacon, strips
• 2 sticks celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• salt and pepper
• 1 dash dry white wine or 1 dash cider vinegar or 1 dash lemon juice
• stock
• 1 tablespoon cornflour, mixed with
• water
• 1 sprig herbs or 1 sprig dried herbs
• 150 g mushrooms

1. cut the chicken into pieces, heat oil in pan and fry off on each side (oil should be very hot so chicken browns but doesn't cook through).
2. Remove chicken pour off oil add butter, fry off onions for a couple of mins until brown,.
3. turn down heat add bacon and celery.
4. add wine/cider/lemon juice and garlic.
5. stir in cornflour and herbs.
6. mix in chicken, pour stock half way up casserole.
7. Place sliced mushrooms on top and bake in oven for 1hr.

chicken, oil, butter, shallots, pancetta, celery, garlic, salt, white wine, stock, cornflour, water, herbs, mushrooms

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/scarletts-wiltshire-chicken-casserole-216185 (may not work)