Chicken Chasseur or Hunter's Chicken
This best French Chicken Chasseur recipe is a top-rated French chicken recipe. It is easy to make and contains simple ingredients like bone-in chicken, tomatoes, herbs, mushrooms, and wine. The dish is very flavorful and looks as fabulous as it tastes.
Servings: 4
Calories: 130kcal
Equipment
- Cast iron skillet
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs bone-in, skin on
- 1 medium onion or 2 medium shallots
- 2 tbsp butter or olive oil
- 10 oz mushrooms, sliced
- 3/4 cup Chopped Tomatoes or 1 tbsp of tomato paste
- 1/2 cup white wine dry
- 2 cups Chicken Stock
- 1 tbsp gluten-free flour, arrowroot, or regular flour- optional if the sauce is not thick enough
- 1 tbsp Fresh Parsley Chopped
- 1 tbsp Fresh Tarragon Chopped
Instructions
- Heat up your oven to 375 F.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat up the butter or oil in a cast-iron skillet on medium heat.
- When the oil is hot brown the chicken for 6 minutes on each side.
- Transfer the chicken to a plate and set it aside.
- Add onion and garlic and cook it for 5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, and sweat them for 5 minutes.
- Deglaze the pan with wine until about 2 tablespoons of liquid are left.
- Add chopped tarragon.
- Add tomatoes and chicken stock and bring it to a boil.
- Add the chicken to the pan, transfer the pan to the oven, and cook it for 45 minutes at 375 F.
- If your sauce is not thick enough, combine 2 tablespoons of either gluten-free flour, arrowroot, or regular flour (if you eat gluten) with a 1/4 cup of water and mix well. You can add it to the sauce and cook it for 4 another minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the oven, add butter (optional) and top it with chopped parsley. Serve with a side dish of your choice! Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 173mg | Potassium: 147mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg