Chicken, Leek And Sweet Potato One Pot

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 kg chicken pieces, on the bone
• 1 leek, cut into 2 cm slices
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 600 g orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to hot (220 degrees c.).
• 2 heat 1 tabsp of the oil in a large overnproof casserole dish, add the chicken, in batches, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until browned.
• 3 remove browned chicken to a plate.
• 4 add the remaining oil and cook the leek and garlic for 2 minutes or until soft.
• 5 add the flour to the dish stirring until flour is cooked.
• 6 gradually add the stock, stirring until the sauce boils and thickens.
• 7 remove from the heat and return the chicken to the casserole dish.
• 8 add the sweet potato and half the thyme.
• 9 cover the caeerole dish, place in the oven and cook for 1 1/2 hours or until the chicken is cooked through and the sweet potato is tender.
• 10 season and scatter with the remaining thyme.
• 11 serve with steamed rice.