Saturday, June 6, 2015

Cheep Chicken Country Bake

This is an absolute budget breaker - we were down to our last scrappy vegetables and 6 chicken legs - you know what guys are like - "what? I only get 2 legs?" - well, make it go further and cook up a heap of vegetables with it - you will not only finish cleaning out your fridge, but this is a super "cheep" meal (pardon the pun). Even if some of those veges are looking a little tired, you can still use them in this dish.






6 chicken drumsticks
3 pieces bacon - chopped in chunks
3 potato - peeled and chopped
1 sweet potato - peeled and chopped
2 brown onions - peeled and chopped
1 red capsicum - remove flesh and seeds, chop
1 fresh beetroot - peel and chop
3 large mushrooms - thickly sliced
1 head garlic - peeled
Sage
Rosemary
Bush seasoning
All spices seasoning
Olive oil
150g butter
Salt

Rub the drumsticks with seasoning and leave overnight to marinate.

Chop up vegetables so they are about the same size.

In a large baking dish, place all ingredients. Drizzle with olive oil and fresh herbs. Chop up butter and place around dish. 













Bake 180deg for about 1.5 hours.

Note: you can use any vegetables you have which need to be used up for this dish. Putting it together tonight, I had my doubts that 6 drumsticks would be enough for the 3 of us, the vegetables and bacon made it go that much further. If adding beans, add for the last 10-15 minutes only. Don't throw away the juices from the pan, drizzle them over the meal when plating up.




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