Chicken Cassoulet With Acorn Squash |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 90 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A healthy, hearty oven-stew. Serve on a cold winter's day with some hot crusty bread. Ingredients:
1 tablespoon stick margarine or butter |
2 cups chopped onion, divided |
2 garlic cloves, minced |
dry marsala or apple cider |
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley |
3/4 teaspoon dried thyme, divided |
3/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided |
salt to taste |
1/2 teaspoon dried basil |
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano |
2 cups diced peeled acorn squash |
1/2 bag of baby carrots |
2 (15-ounce) cans great northern beans, undrained |
1 pound skinned, boned chicken breast |
2 bacon slices |
1 pound smoked sausage, cut into 1/2-inch chunks |
Directions:
1. Melt margarine in a large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium heat. Add 1 cup onion and garlic, and saute for 5 minutes.
2. Add Marsala (apple juice), parsley, 1/4 teaspoon thyme, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, basil, and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Spoon into a bowl; set aside.
3. Combine enough apple juice to cover squash and carrots in a sauce pan; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer partially covered for 30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
4. Combine the carrot-squash mixture with beans and add to tomato mixture.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
6. Rub chicken with 1/2 teaspoon thyme and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; set aside.
7. Cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, remove bacon from pan and set aside.
8. Add chicken (chop down as it cooks) and sausage to bacon drippings in pan; cook and remove individual pieces as they become well browned (I like my sausage with just a touch of burn to it), adding 1 cup of roughly chopped onion towards the end.
9. When chicken, sausage and onion are cooked; return to pan and add all prepared ingredients, stir to combine.
10. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour
11. Uncover and bake an additional 30 minutes.
12. Add additional apple juice if a saucier dish is preferred.
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