Chicken With Bacon And Cabbage

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 chicken pieces (skin removed if you like)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 onions
• 3 garlic cloves (i like lots!)
• 300 g bacon
• 1/2 small head of cabbage, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup olive
• 2 cups wine
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown the chicken in the olive oil - you can skip this step if you're short on time.
• 2 remove chicken, pour off any excess fat.
• 3 brown the onion.
• 4 add the garlic and bacon and continue to brown.
• 5 add the remaining ingredients.
• 6 top up with water or stock if chicken not covered.
• 7 reduce heat and cook slowly for 1-2 hours.
• 8 stir in the thyme, salt and pepper - be careful with the salt because the bacon and olives are salty.
• 9 you can thicken with corn flour if you like. sometimes i chop up a potato and add with the cabbage to thicken it.
• 10 serve with pasta, rice, potatoes, polenta etc.