Bone-In Chicken With Bacon & Thyme - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
200 g smoked bacon, diced
200 g brown button mushrooms, sliced thickly
750 g chicken thighs, bone in
150 ml double cream
2 tablespoons fresh thyme, finely chopped
fresh ground black pepper

Preparation

Heat the oven to 180\u00b0C.
Heat a stove-top to oven pan (eg Le Creuset) on medium heat. Add 1T of the olive oil.
Saute the onions & garlic until translucent & just beginning to brown. Remove from the pan.
Add the remaining 1T of olive oil, and fry the bacon until light brown and starting to crisp.
Put the onions & garlic back into the pan, and add the mushrooms. Saute for 1 minute.
Mix through the thyme.
Place the chicken in the pan and pour over the cream. Bake in the oven for 80 minutes, turning twice.
Grind over black pepper to taste & serve.