Old Fashioned Chicken & Vegetable Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 tablespoons plain flour
2 teaspoons dried thyme
4 skinless chicken leg quarters
4 slices smoked back bacon
2 medium onions
2 celery ribs
150 g button mushrooms
500 ml dry cider
300 ml chicken stock
2 bay leaves
400 g carrots
2 leeks

Preparation

Preheat oven to gas mark 4,.
put flour and dried thyme in a bag, joint leg quarters, add to bag and cover with flour,.
heat oil in frying pan,and brown, then place in a casserole dish.
chop the vegetables and fry 10 mins till soft and coloured.
add to chicken in casserole with any left over flour. add mushrooms and leeks and stock.
bring to boil and place in oven for one hour then turn to simmer and cokk till tender.