Chicken & mushroom potjie

6 - 8 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 1 hr 30 mins
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Indulge in this heartwarming potjie.

By Food24 May 04 2010
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Ingredients (17)

50 ml fresh chillies — 573
6 chicken breast fillets — with skin and on the bone
8 chicken — thighs, with skin and on the bone
250 g bacon — diced
1 garlic — cloves, chopped
1 dash salt
1 dash freshly ground black pepper
1 dash paprika
1 dash rosemary and olive spice
1 onion — large, chopped
2 tomatoes — large, chopped
2 apricots — tinned
few sprig fresh thyme
500 g baby potatoes — halved
300 g button mushrooms
250 ml cream
1 bunch spinach — shredded
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Method:

Step 1:
Season chicken with salt, pepper, paprika and rosemary and olive spice. Heat no.3 potjie up and lubricate with drizzle of olive oil. Add chicken pieces, bacon and garlic and brown.

Step 2:
When chicken is browned, add onion, tomatoes and apricots and season with thyme, salt and black pepper to taste. Cook for 45 minutes.

Step 3:
Add baby potatoes and cook for 15 minutes.

Step 4:
Add cream and mushrooms and cook for 15 minutes.

Step 5:
Remove potjie from heat, add spinach and rest for 10 minutes.

Tips:
Serve on brown rice with garlic flatbread and a good glass of white. Flatbread potjie on the stove does the trick as well and is less messy and remember not to stir while cooking.



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