Chicken in a Leek and Bacon Cream Sauce
Chicken in a Leek and Bacon Cream Sauce
This is a great family meal but is also special enough for a dinner party. Serve with your favourite vegetables and fresh bread.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 250g unsmoked bacon, diced
- 1 tablespoon butter for frying
- 3 leeks, sliced and washed
- 80g butter
- 80g flour
- 300ml milk
- 1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste
- 300ml cream
- 300g cheddar cheese, grated
- 4 chicken breasts
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:1hour
- Fry the bacon in the butter; drain put to one side.
- In the bacon juices add the leeks and a bit more butter if needed. Cook until soft. Put with bacon when done; tip the juices over.
- Make the white sauce: Melt butter then stir in flour. With a whisk add the milk; keep on the heat and whisking until all the lumps have gone and thickened up. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the cream and more milk if too thick. If too runny in a cup mix some more flour and milk making sure there are no lumps and add bit by bit until thicker.
- Add the cooked leeks and bacon; stir in. Add the cheese and stir until melted.
- Tip half the sauce into an ovenproof dish. Place the chicken breasts on top of the sauce. Tip the rest of the sauce over the chicken. Cover with foil.
- Cook in a preheated oven at 190 degrees C for 30 minutes.
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Yum, so easy to make. - 27 Mar 2012
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