Quick Chicken Chasseur Recipes

CHICKEN CHASSEUR (INSTANT POT RECIPE)

Steps:

• Prepare all your ingredients and get your equipment ready.
• Meanwhile, season the chicken with salt and pepper (1/4 teaspoon of both salt and pepper on each breast). Pour the extra virgin olive oil into the Instant Pot and brown your chicken breasts for 5 minutes on each side. Do this in batches to avoid overcrowding the pot. Once brown, put the chicken on a plate and leave to one side.
• Pour the wine into the Instant Pot and deglaze the pan, scraping all the brown bits from the bottom. Next, add the tomato puree, and give it a good stir until it dissolves into the wine. Now, add the garlic, anchovies, fresh tomatoes, paprika, parsley, sage, thyme, bay leaves, celery salt, onion granules, maple syrup and lemon juice. Stir everything together and then turn off the sauté function.
• Put the chicken, with all its juices back into the Instant Pot together with the mushrooms, carrots and shallots. Next, pour over the chicken stock and give everything one final stir, ensuring the chicken is beneath the liquid.
• Secure the lid to the Instant Pot and select the Pressure Cook button. You want high pressure for 1hr 40 minutes. Do not use the Meat Stew function as it does not cook the Chicken Chasseur long enough for the depth of flavour we want!The Instant Pot should take 10 minutes to generate steam and start cooking.
• Once cooked, do a quick release, and when safe to do so, remove the lid. Immediately, turn on the sauté function. The sauce will begin to reduce down and develop even more flavour. To encourage thickening, take a small bowl and add two tablespoons of arrowroot flour and combined this with four tablespoons of liquid from your stew. Mix until you have a smooth paste. Pour the arrowroot paste back into the Instant Pot and stir. After 10 minutes, your Chicken Chasseur will be ready to eat.
• Serve and enjoy!!

QUICK CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Heat a shallow saucepan and sizzle the bacon for about 2 mins until starting to brown. Throw in the chicken, then fry for 3-4 mins until it has changed colour. Turn up the heat and throw in the mushrooms. Cook for a few mins, stir in the flour, then cook until a paste forms.
• Tip in the tomatoes, stir, then crumble in the stock cube. Bubble everything for 10 mins, splash in the Worcestershire sauce, stir through the parsley, then serve with mash or boiled rice.

ONE-POT CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Heat 1 tsp olive oil and half of the 25g butter in a large lidded casserole.
• Season 4 chicken legs, then fry for about 5 mins on each side until golden brown. Remove and set aside.
• Melt the remaining butter in the pan. Add 1 chopped onion, then fry for about 5 mins until soft.
• Add 2 crushed garlic cloves, cook for about 1 min, add 200g small button or chestnut mushrooms, cook for 2 mins, then add 225ml red wine.
• Stir in 2 tbsp tomato purée, let the liquid bubble and reduce for about 5 mins, then stir in 2 thyme sprigs and pour over 500ml chicken stock.
• Slip the chicken legs back into the pan, then cover and simmer on a low heat for about 1 hr until the chicken is very tender.
• Remove the chicken legs from the pan and keep warm. Rapidly boil down the sauce for 10 mins or so until it is syrupy and the flavour has concentrated.
• Put the chicken legs back into the sauce and serve.

EASY CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Place cornstarch in a large resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken in 2 teaspoons oil. Remove and set aside., In the same skillet, saute mushrooms and onions in remaining oil until tender. Add the broth, sherry and seasonings; bring to a boil. Carefully return chicken to the pan; simmer, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in tomatoes; heat through. Serve with rice if desired.,

CHICKEN CHASSEUR RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large pan heat 1 tbsp of oil and brown chicken breasts seasoned with salt and pepper on both sides until golden. You may have to do it in batches to avoid overcrowding. Remove to a plate and set aside until needed.
• To the same pan add butter, sliced onions, mushrooms and garlic and saute with a pinch of salt on low heat for 10 minutes. Then add the white wine and let it bubble away for a couple of minutes.
• Then add the thyme leaves, bay leaves and tomato paste. Bring the chicken breasts back to the pan together with diced tomatoes and chicken stock, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and let it simmer covered for 20 minutes, then uncover and cook for 10 minutes longer. If by the end of the cooking time the sauce is too watery let it simmer uncovered to reduce.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR (HUNTER-STYLE CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Season chicken pieces on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a few tablespoons of clarified butter in a Dutch oven over high heat. Place chicken in skin side down and cook until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and brown the other side. Remove chicken to a baking sheet and bake in the oven until just cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the pan. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and saute until golden brown. Add the shallots and cook for 30 seconds. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Cognac and cook until completely reduced. Add the wine and cook until completely reduced. Add the stock and tomato and bring to a simmer. Cook until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon ("nappe") and then swirl in the butter ("monter au beurre"). Once the butter is added, the sauce can not be further reduced because it will break. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the tarragon and chervil.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Remove the breastbone from the breast. Cut each breast into 2 even pieces on the bias. Cut the legs into 2 pieces at the joint and on the bias and remove the thighbones. Serve 1 leg piece and 1 breast piece. Make sure only 1 piece contains a bone. Serve on hot plates, napped with the sauce.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper then toss in the flour to coat.
• Heat a large frying pan until hot, add the oil and half the butter then fry the chicken pieces, skin side down, for 1-2 minutes until golden-brown. Turn the chicken and fry on the other side for another 1-2 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a frying pan until hot, add the remaining butter and fry the bacon and button mushrooms until they are golden-brown. Add the shallots and caster sugar and fry for 2-3 minutes until golden and caramelised.
• Add the wine and bring it to a simmer, stirring to deglaze the pan, then pour the bacon and mushroom mixture over the chicken. Add the stock, tomato purée and tarragon to the chicken and bring to the boil.
• Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the liquid slightly reduced.
• Meanwhile, for the mash, place the potatoes into a pan of salted water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 12-15 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
• Drain the potatoes and return them to the pan, then place the pan on the heat for one minute to steam off any excess moisture.
• Mash the potatoes well, then add the butter and milk, beating to form a smooth mash. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• When the chicken is cooked, add the tomatoes and flat leaf parsley, check the seasoning then simmer for a further two minutes before serving.
• Serve two pieces of chicken per person with the sauce spooned over and a dollop of mash alongside.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Heat oil in a deep based oven proof casserole dish / dutch oven. A cast iron dish is ideal. Brown the chicken thighs or lightly cook the breast fillets. When the chicken is lightly brown add the onions and garlic and cook slowly until the onions are clear.
• Add the can of tomatoes, the white wine, the tomato paste and stock cube and heat through. Place the lid on and put into the preheated oven for one hour.
• Add the button mushrooms, the mixed herbs and replace into the oven for a further thirty minutes. Some people like a browned top to their chicken Chasseur in which case do not replace the lid of the casserole dish for the last thirty minutes of the cooking time. Season to taste and serve. Thicken with more tomato paste if required.

QUICK CHASSEUR SAUCE

Steps:

• For the rustic chunky sauce shown in the photo, chop the onions into 1/4 inch dice, and the mushrooms in thicker chunks. If you wish a more refined sauce, substitute a shallot instead of the onion, and mince it finely; slice the mushrooms as thinly as you can, and substitute 8 oz tomato sauce for the diced tomatoes. We prefer the rustic style.
• Melt the butter over medium heat in a non-reactive skillet. Cook the onions (or shallots) gently until they are just translucent. Raise the heat, and add the mushrooms. Cook until they are delicately browned. Add the wine and Madeira, reduce the heat, and cook until the volume of liquid is reduced by half.
• By the way, we are dead on the classical preparation so far (well, except for the rustic part, using onions and thickly chunked mushrooms.) Now for the amazing shortcut that makes this so cool. I have in my kitchen notes that I learned this trick from a Jacques Pepin book sometime in the 70s or early 80s - blame my unscholarly habits that I didn't include the specific source! If anyone can track it down, by all means comment below.
• Add in one 12-ounce can or jar of commercial beef gravy. If you happen to have leftover homemade beef gravy, that's even better. If you have taken the time to make classic Sauce Espagnole, veal bones and all, by all means, use that. It's the texture that's important here. Over the years, I've used Franco-American, Heinz, and others - use what you have on hand that has the most reasonable ingredients, and stir well.
• Also add whatever you're using for tomato flavor - for a rustic texture, you can't beat diced tomatoes, but tomato sauce will also work. Add dried herbs of your choice; I'm partial to a dried Fines Herbes blend from the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake, Maine; you might use a bouquet garni blend, or simply thyme, rosemary, and tarragon. Stir well, reduce the heat to low, and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
• Now what can you use this sauce for? Oh my, what not? This is a sauce that might make cardboard taste great. It's wonderful slathered on sliced meatloaf. Slice or chunk leftovers (poultry, roast, steak, chops) and heat in the sauce, or use as a filling for crepes. Or just sop it up with crusty bread!
• The sauce will keep for a week in the refrigerator, and at least 6 months in the freezer, if well packaged. I like to make a pot full of the sauce - a bit more than a quart - and freeze what I'm not using immediately in 1 to 2 cup portions. It will thaw with no loss in texture.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 4. Put the chicken pieces in a large bowl, season well and toss with the flour to lightly coat.
• Heat the oil in a large, heavy casserole, and sear the chicken in batches on all sides until golden brown. Add a splash more oil if you need to, but the chicken should render some fat as you go. Take your time over this, as this will help colour and flavour the stew. Remove to a plate.
• Add the butter and shallots to the oil and fry for 5 minutes, then add the mushrooms and fry for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and tomato purée, then pour in the wine and bubble until reduced by half, scraping the bottom to remove any golden bits that have stuck to the pan.
• Add the seared chicken back into the pan with the herbs. Top up with enough stock to cover the chicken. Put on the lid, transfer to the oven and cook for 1 hour.
• While the chasseur is cooking, cut the top off the garlic bulb to expose the cloves and put on a sheet of foil, season, drizzle over the oil and scrunch up to seal tightly. Roast below the chicken for 20-30 minutes until really tender when pressed. Remove and leave to cool.
• After 1 hour, remove the lid from the chicken and cook for a further 20-30 minutes or until the sauce has thickened slightly and the chicken is fall-apart tender. Season well.
• When the chicken is nearly ready, boil the potatoes in plenty of well-salted water for 15-20 minutes or until very tender. Drain and steam dry for 1-2 minutes. Tip back into the warm pan, and mash with the cream, milk and butter. Press the roasted garlic cloves from their papery shells and swirl through the silky mash, along with the cheese. Season well with white pepper and a little salt, and grate over a little more cheese to serve.
• If you want to thicken the sauce a little more, mix the cornflour with a splash of cold water and stir into the chasseur. Heat over a low flame for 3-4 minutes or until thickened. Scatter with the parsley, and serve spooned over the cheesy mash.