- serves 4 people
- preparation 20 minutes
- cooking 30 minutes
- difficulty Easy level
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken (boneless thigh or breast)
- oil for frying
- 1 red chilli
- 1 red capsicum (pepper)
- 1 garlic clove
- 500 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 300 ml apple juice, unsweetened
- 100 g celeriac
- 1 ripe mango
- salt and black pepper
- 100 ml low-fat crème fraîche
- chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve
- cooked wild rice, to serve
Instructions
Cut the chicken into smaller pieces and fry in oil in a large pot.
Chop the chilli, capsicum and garlic finely and put into the pot when the chicken has started to brown. Let it sizzle for 1–2 minutes.
Add the chopped tomatoes and the apple juice. Let the mixture boil for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, cut the celeriac and the mango into 2 cm cubes. Set the mango aside.
Boil the celeriac quickly in salted water and strain.
Stir the celeriac gently into the pot and season with salt and pepper.
Serve the casserole with a dollop of crème fraîche, mango cubes and chopped parsley.
Serve with wild rice.
Recipe and image from Vélochef by Henrik Orre (Hardie Grant, $39.99, hbk).
View our Readable feasts review and more recipes from the book here.
Cook’s Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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