Chicken Casserole With Leek And Vegetables Recipes

PUFF PASTRY CHICKEN AND LEEK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Place chicken thighs, leek, carrots, celery, peas, parsley, garlic, shallot, tarragon, salt, basil, pepper, and bay leaves into a large pan. Pour in milk and stir to blend ingredients. Bring to a simmer. Cover and continue to simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. Strain off milk and set aside in a bowl. Separate chicken and vegetables into two bowls. Tear chicken into rough chunks when cool enough to handle.
• Melt butter in the same pan over medium heat. Sprinkle in flour, stirring frequently and breaking up any chunks. Continue to stir and cook until thickened and golden, making a roux. Gradually add the strained milk, stirring until you have a sauce. Stir in heavy cream and Dijon mustard, then add the chicken and vegetables. Remove from heat and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken mixture into the prepared baking dish. Roll out the puff pastry and overlap the pieces to cover the casserole. Glaze the pastry with beaten egg and make several vents in the pastry using a sharp knife.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 30 to 40 minutes.

CHICKEN, LEEK, AND MUSHROOM CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a medium saute pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, and cook until golden brown on 1 side, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip, reduce heat to medium, and cook until cooked through, about 10 minutes more. Transfer chicken to a plate, and return pan, with drippings, to medium heat.
• Heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil in pan. Add leek, celery, mushrooms, and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are golden brown and tender, 8 to 10 minutes. (Reduce heat if vegetables brown too quickly.) Stir in flour, and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. Add sherry, stock, milk, and bay leaf, and cook, scraping up browned bits from bottom, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaf.
• Arrange bread on bottom of a 2-quart oval baking dish, overlapping slices slightly. Spoon half of the vegetables and sauce over bread. Slice chicken crosswise, 1/2 inch thick, and arrange on bread. Top with any accumulated juices from chicken. Spread remaining vegetables and sauce over chicken, sprinkle with parsley and Parmesan, and bake until golden brown and bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN CASSEROLE WITH LEEK AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Cook chicken pieces with tablespoon oil in pan and brown on both sides. Remove from pan and drain on paper towel.
• Remove any excess fat from pan, add 1 tbsp of butter and cook potatoes, sweet potato, celery and carrots for 1 to 2 minutes and remove.
• Cook mushrooms for 1 minute in 1 tbsp butter, remove.
• Add 2 tbsp butter to pan with 1 tbsp oil, add sliced leeks and garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until soft. Remove.
• Add 2 tbsp butter to pan, add flour and cook for 1 minute or until butter is absorbed. Slowly add chicken stock stirring between additions until you have a smooth "gravy". Add additional stock or water if too thick. Add thyme and cook for 1 minute.
• Put all ingredients into slow cooker or casserole dish and mix well. Slow cook for 6 hours or until meat is thoroughly cooked. If cooking in oven, chicken should be cooked in 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Serve as is or with mash or noodles.
• If you are cooking this in the oven, you may want to reduce this recipe in half to accommodate standard casserole dishes. I have a hungry family to feed so we cook enough for two dinners.
• Leftovers can also be put in pie.

EASY SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Put the veg and chicken in a slow cooker. Pour the stock over and around the chicken thighs, then mix in the gravy granules to thicken it up (the sauce will be quite thick - use less gravy if you prefer a runnier casserole).
• Switch the slow cooker to low and leave to cook for at least 4 hrs, or up to 8 hrs - try putting it on before you go to work, so that it's ready when you get home. Season well, then serve.