Chicken Casserole For Four Persons - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 chicken joints
3 level Tbsp. flour
1 level tsp. salt
1 oz. butter or margarine
pinch of pepper
2 Tbsp. oil
3 oz. streaky bacon
1 medium onion
4 oz. mushrooms
1 tsp. mixed herbs (optional)
2 chicken stock cubes
3/4 pt. hot water
chopped parsley

Preparation

Mix flour and seasonings and dip chicken joints in this, coating well.
Remove rind and dice bacon.
Peel and slice onion. Wash and slice mushrooms.
Heat butter (or margarine) and oil in a frying pan, and fry chicken until golden brown.
Put into a casserole.
Lightly fry the bacon and onion; add to the chicken. Add the mushrooms and herbs.
Sprinkle in the rest of the flour. Pour off any fat left in the frying pan.
Add the hot water and stir to dissolve the sediment.
Add the chicken stock cubes and stir until dissolved.
Pour into the casserole.
Cover and cook until the chicken is tender (approximately 1 1/4 hours) at gas mark 4 (350\u00b0).