Chicken With Tomatoes And Bacon

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 4 slices bacon
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 250 g button mushrooms, quartered
• 8 chicken drumsticks
• 2/3 cup tomato paste
• 1 cup red wine
• 880 g chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon chicken stock powder
• 1 teaspoon chipotle chili flakes
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed (optional)
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 1 sprig fresh oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped pitted olive
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• feta cheese, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large pan, add the onions, garlic, bacon and mushrooms and cook until softened-about 10 minutes.
• 2 remove to a plate and add the chicken pieces to the pan. brown well on all sides.
• 3 remove from the pan and add the tomato paste to the pan. cook, stirring for a couple of minutes, then add the wine, tomatoes water, brown sugar, stock powder and fresh and dry herbs and spices and bring to the boil stirring.
• 4 return the chicken and bacon vegetable mix to the sauce, cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or until chicken is tender.
• 5 about 15 minutes before serving, remove the lid and stir the olives through.
• 6 with the lid off, increase the heat and allow to thicken to a nice sauce consitency.
• 7 just before serving, stir the fresh parsley through.
• 8 we ate this over penne pasta, with feta cheese crumbled on top.