We worked really hard all last weekend while its rained .The promise of dry weather this weekend meant we had to go out for a nice walk in the Forest of Dean , ancient woodland criss- crossed with waterstreams and large oak trees.
Lurking next to one stream were a cluster of egg yolk yellow chanterelles its the first time I have found these little babies, they love to be near streams and a few were nibbled beyond repair. So keen was I to pick them I even forgot to take any photos in situ. I had some chicken thighs out of the freezer so from wood to plate in a few hours quite delicious
A simple one pot recipe with earthy zesty tastes for perfect autumn dish
Roasted Chicken with Chanterelles
6 Chicken thighs ( I remove the skin otherwise it is a little greasy )
3 handfuls of cooked new potatoes , cut in half
3 handfuls of chanterelles
2 cloves of garlic peeled & roughly chopped
1 handful of flat parsley , finely chopped
1 cup of water
1 tbsp of wholegrain mustard
1 lemon – cut into quarters
- Mix the chanterelles , potatoes ,lemon , mustard and parsley
- Place in a oven proof dish , layer over the chicken thighs
- Roasted in the oven at 220degC for 35 minutes without a lid
- Half way through cooking mix the ingredients together again, cover the dish for the remaining cooking time.
P.S If you live in the US Marx foods are currently running a contest with prize of a chanterelles for the best chanterelle recipe so so there are plenty of other ideas Marx Foods Blog
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i love the journal accompanying the recipe. and of course the dish looks absolutely delicious…………i’ll just have to live vicariously through you Beck 😉
Wow, I try this this summer. I was searching for a recipe of chanterelle for chicken.
This sounded great and I tried this recipe tonight. I made two mistakes however. I didn’t have any nice mustard so I used a tablespoon of dijon mustard. I also squeezed the lemons into the water before adding the quarters to the pot. I think that these two things combined to make the resulting broth very sour and bitter. Yuck. The chicken, mushrooms and potatoes tasted OK, but I was bummed to not have a nice sauce to go with them. Just wanted to warn others!