Chicken Marengo

A rustic French-style chicken stew in a rich tomato-olive sauce—comforting, savory and perfect with pasta, mash or green veg.

Servings
4
Difficulty
Easy
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Chicken Marengo

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 300 g mushrooms
  • 4 pcs chicken legs
  • 500 g passata
  • 1 pcs chicken stock cube
  • 100 g black olives
  • parsley chopped

Directions

  • Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole dish and stir-fry the mushrooms until they start to soften.
  • Add the chicken legs and cook briefly on each side to colour them a little.
  • Pour in the passata, crumble in the stock cube and stir in the olives.
  • Season with black pepper (you shouldn’t need salt).
  • Cover and simmer for 40 minutes until the chicken is tender.
  • Sprinkle with parsley and serve with pasta and a salad, or mash and green veg if you like.