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Chicken and vegetable hotpot

The addition of sweet potato to this healthier chicken casserole boosts levels of the antioxidant vitamin E, and each serving provides three of your five-plus-a-day vegetable serves

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 1 hr 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 medium to large sweet potatoes (about 400g), peeled and diced
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
  • 200g shallots, quartered
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon tomato purée
  • 450g skinless boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size chunks
  • 2 red capsicums, deseeded and cut into 1cm thick slices
  • 1½ tablespoons plain flour
  • 1 very low salt chicken stock cube dissolved in 1 cup boiling water
  • 200g potatoes, thinly sliced
  • steamed green veg, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Cook the kumara in a pan of boiling water for 10 min until just tender. Drain and set aside.

    2 Meanwhile, heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, add the shallots and cook for 5 min until softened. Add the garlic, paprika and tomato purée, then fry for a few more min.

    3 Add the chicken and stir-fry for 3–4 min. Add the capsicums and flour and cook for 2 min, stirring.

    4 Heat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Add the kumara and stock to the pan and bring to a simmer. Cook gently for 10–15 min until the sauce has thickened. Season with pepper and spoon into a 1.2 litre baking dish.

    5 Top with the potato slices, brush with the remaining oil and bake for 45 min until the potatoes are tender. Serve with steamed veg.

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