Friday 20 May 2011

*BURP*

Home alone dinners are often a rollercoaster of randomness and tonight was a real high.  Fennel, potato and cherry tomatoes with a chicken breast, seared off in butter and braised in chicken stock... based on the Abel and Cole braised fennel recipe on a card from a few weeks ago.

One whole fennel bulb, a handful of red, new potatoes and a handful of cherry tomatoes.  Slice the fennel and potatoes.


 Stick a knob of butter in a pan or casserole dish to melt.


Brown the fennel slices a bit.


Lay the potato slices on top.


And then the tomatoes.


Pour over the chicken stock (1 cube made up with 300ml boiling water).


Put a lid on and leave in the oven at 180C for 45 minutes to an hour.


That's a LOT of food and it's really tasty.  Serves one very very hungry person, or add two chicken breasts to the same amount of veg for two less hungry people.

4 comments:

  1. Oooh, I love fennel... had some great braised fennel once randomly cooked by a lady from Belgium in Morocco - good memories :)

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  2. Another fennel fan here, and that does look good.

    If ever I'm alone I fail completely. I very much enjoy cooking for others but can never, ever summon the enthusiasm to cook just for myself.

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  3. Fennel is SO good! I like it sliced very thin in salads. Yum yum!

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  4. The broth looks like it tasted amazing. I love home alone dinners- Perfect time to cook non-Denty compatible foods.

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