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Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Leeks and Bacon

Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole with Leeks and Bacon is packed full of flavour and real family comfort food.
Course Main Course
Cuisine English
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Servings 4 people
Calories 406kcal
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Ingredients

  • 130 grams smoked bacon lardons
  • 3 large chicken breasts
  • 400 mls chicken soup
  • 2 medium leeks sliced
  • 3 large carrots chopped
  • 2 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 100 mls white wine dry
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 2 tbsp cold water mix with cornflour
Metric - U S Customary

Instructions

  • Firstly fry off the bacon lardons in a frying pan until crispy. Add the wine when crispy to deglaze the pan and let bubble for a couple of minutes to burn off the alcohol.
  • Now put all the other ingredients apart from the corn flour slurry into the slow cooker pot.
  • Give it a good mix.
  • Cook On Low for 6 hours in the slow cooker or 1 hour 30 minutes covered in a casserole pot in the oven at 180 C/355F/Gas Mark 5
  • Add the corn flour slurry and mix through. The hot sauce will thicken.
  • Use 2 forks to roughly shred the chicken whilst still in the pot.
  • Serve with buttery mash or similar for a full on comfort food love in. You're so welcome beautiful people.

Notes

Keep leftovers in a container in the fridge and reheat until piping hot.
Leftovers will freeze really well for a couple of months
Use chicken thighs to make the dish more economical
To make this in your  oven then cook in a covered casserole dish for an hour and a half at 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4

Nutrition

Calories: 406kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 133mg | Sodium: 1369mg | Potassium: 1065mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 10013IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 3mg