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Creamy chicken with pumpkin and mushrooms

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Chicken drumsticks, bacon, pumpkin and mushrooms in a creamy paprika sauce is the perfect comfort food for cold nights.

  • Serves4
  • Cook time4 hour 15 minutes
  • Prep time10 minutes
Creamy Chicken with Pumpkin and Mushrooms, garnished with lemon and flat leaf parsley

Ingredients

  • 4 Coles Hickory Smoked Shortcut Bacon Rindless rashers, chopped
  • 8 Coles RSPCA Approved Australian Chicken Drumsticks
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 brown onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 300g cup mushrooms, thickly sliced
  • 700g butternut pumpkin, peeled, seeded, cut into 2cm pieces
  • 1 tbs ground paprika
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) chicken stock
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) pouring (pure) cream
  • Chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve
  • Sliced Coles Finest by Laurent Rye Sourdough Vienna, toasted, to serve
  • Lemon wedges, to serve

Nutritional information

Per serve: Energy: 2655kJ/635 Cals (31%), Protein: 55g (110%), Fat: 37g (53%), Sat Fat: 13g (54%), Sodium: 591mg (30%), Carb: 17g (5%), Sugar: 10g (11%), Dietary Fibre: 6g (20%).

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Cook bacon in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat, stirring, for 5 mins or until golden. Transfer to a slow cooker.

  2. Step 2

    Place the chicken and flour in a large bowl and toss to coat, shaking off excess. Heat the oil in the pan. Add the chicken and cook, in 2 batches, turning, for 5 mins or until browned all over.
  3. Step 3

    Transfer the chicken to the slow cooker with the onion, garlic, mushroom, pumpkin, paprika and stock. Cover and cook for 4 hours on high (or 6 hours on low) or until the chicken is tender and falling off the bone.
  4. Step 4

    Stir the cream into the chicken mixture in the slow cooker. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with sourdough and lemon wedges.

Creamy chicken with pumpkin and mushrooms

Creamy chicken with pumpkin and mushrooms
  • Serves4
  • Cook time4 hour 15 minutes
  • Prep time10 minutes
Ingredients
  • 4 Coles Hickory Smoked Shortcut Bacon Rindless rashers, chopped
  • 8 Coles RSPCA Approved Australian Chicken Drumsticks
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 brown onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 300g cup mushrooms, thickly sliced
  • 700g butternut pumpkin, peeled, seeded, cut into 2cm pieces
  • 1 tbs ground paprika
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) chicken stock
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) pouring (pure) cream
  • Chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve
  • Sliced Coles Finest by Laurent Rye Sourdough Vienna, toasted, to serve
  • Lemon wedges, to serve
    Description

    Chicken drumsticks, bacon, pumpkin and mushrooms in a creamy paprika sauce is the perfect comfort food for cold nights.

    Method
    1. Step 1

      Cook bacon in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat, stirring, for 5 mins or until golden. Transfer to a slow cooker.

    2. Step 2

      Place the chicken and flour in a large bowl and toss to coat, shaking off excess. Heat the oil in the pan. Add the chicken and cook, in 2 batches, turning, for 5 mins or until browned all over.
    3. Step 3

      Transfer the chicken to the slow cooker with the onion, garlic, mushroom, pumpkin, paprika and stock. Cover and cook for 4 hours on high (or 6 hours on low) or until the chicken is tender and falling off the bone.
    4. Step 4

      Stir the cream into the chicken mixture in the slow cooker. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with sourdough and lemon wedges.