Normandy chicken

Name: Normandy chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French recipes
Ingredients: 75g butter; 8 skinless chicken thighs; 6 shallots, halved; 4 celery sticks, chopped; 300ml apple juice (or cider); 300ml good-quality fresh chicken stock, hot; 200ml crème fraîche; 4 eating apples, such as Cox’s or Braeburn, cored and cut into wedges; 3 tbsp chopped fresh chives, to serve

Published: 31 Oct 05
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

This Normandy chicken, or Poulet à la Normande, is an easy dish that is ready in under an hour. If French cuisine is your bag, we’ve got a lovely French onion soup that you’ve got to try.

Serves 4

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Ingredients

75g butter
8 skinless chicken thighs
6 shallots, halved
4 celery sticks, chopped
300ml apple juice (or cider)
300ml good-quality fresh chicken stock, hot
200ml crème fraîche
4 eating apples, such as Cox’s or Braeburn, cored and cut into wedges
3 tbsp chopped fresh chives, to serve

Method

Heat 50g butter in a roasting tin on the hob and brown the chicken thighs all over, turning as needed. Add the shallots and celery and cook for a few minutes. Pour over the apple juice and stock and season to taste. Bring to the boil, then cover tightly with foil and cook for 20 minutes, or until the juices run clear when the chicken is pierced. Stir in the crème fraîche and bring just to the boil, then simmer for 1 minute.
Heat the rest of the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the apple wedges and fry for 5 minutes until lightly coloured. Stir the apples into the chicken. Sprinkle with some chopped chives and serve. This is great with French beans, broccoli and mashed potato.

Recipe from November 2005 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 598kcals
Fat: 40.6g (24.7g saturated)
Protein: 36.7g
Carbohydrates: 24.1g (22.7g sugar)
Salt: 1.1g

delicious. tips

Freeze any leftover cooled casserole, then defrost overnight in the fridge and reheat at 180C/fan160C/gas 4 for 30 minutes until piping hot. Cooking this in a roasting tin helps save time when browning the chicken, because you can do it all at once rather than in batches.

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