Chicken and Guinness Bake

This was a nice combination of ingredients like a Coq Au Vin but with Guinness the recipe serves 4; I thickened the sauce before serving with bisto granules. The second time I made this I used par boiled carrots instead of the tomatoes and mushrooms.

3 Chicken Fillets 

Salt and Black Pepper

1 tablespoons olive oil

1 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed

4 ripe tomatoes, quartered - I used 6 of my frozen ones

1 packet of bacon, cut into squares

1 onion, finely chopped

4 mushrooms halved

1 can Guinness beer

1 tablespoon Thyme 

Preheat oven to fan 160°C

Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper and cut each into 3-4 slices.

Heat the frying pan and cook the bacon till brown then set aside.

Heat the oil and fry the chicken and garlic quickly – this should take 1-2 minutes max with the heat on medium to medium-high. We are not trying to cook the chicken through here, just brown the sides. 

Add the bacon and onion back to the pan with the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes.

Add the tomatoes and Guinness stirring till mixed.

Place all ingredients into an oven proof dish and scatter with thyme.

Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes or until done.

Serve with mashed potato.