Ingredients
- 12 skinless chicken pieces - a mixture of thighs and drumsticks on the bone, and halved chicken breasts
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 200g bacon lardons, smoked or unsmoked, or streaky rashers, snipped
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs thyme
- bottle of cheap red wine
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 140g cold butter, diced
- 250g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp chopped mixed herbs - try parsley, thyme and sage or chives