Cassoulet with Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs
- 200 g white beans soaked for 12 hours in cold water
- 4 tomatoes diced
- 4 chicken sausages
- 4 strips of thick bacon 1/2 cm
- 2 shallots sliced into rings
- 1 bunch of parsley finely chopped
- ½ liter red wine
- Sprig of thyme
- Bay leaf
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 dl olive oil
- 20 g tomato paste
- Flour
Instructions
- Rub the chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a pan and brown the chicken thighs along with the bacon, shallots, and tomatoes until golden brown.
- Remove the thighs from the pan.
- Add tomato paste to the mixture in the pan and stir well.
- Add flour until the mixture comes off the pan.
- Add the soaked white beans (drained), red wine, and more wine if needed.
- Stir well and season with salt and pepper.
- Lightly flour the chicken sausages and brown them in some oil.
- Combine the sauce, chicken thighs, and sausages in a large earthenware pot.
- Insert the thyme sprig and bay leaf into the sauce.
- Cover the pot and place it in the oven at 180°C for 35 minutes.
- Serve the cassoulet, sprinkled with chopped parsley or a sprig of chervil.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Serve with boiled potatoes.
Note:
Dried white beans need to be soaked overnight. You can also replace them with canned beans. Enjoy this delicious cassoulet with a Belgian twist!
Dried white beans need to be soaked overnight. You can also replace them with canned beans. Enjoy this delicious cassoulet with a Belgian twist!