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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal457
  • fat12g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs30g
  • sugars11g
  • fibre6g
  • protein48g
  • salt1.11g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oil in a wide pan with a lid, add the chicken, then quickly cook to brown it all over.

  • step 2

    Tip in the onion, garlic and thyme, then fry for a further 2 mins. Pour in the wine, 150ml water and a little salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins, covering halfway through the cooking time, until the chicken is tender.

  • step 3

    Stir the beans into the pan and briefly warm through. Roughly chop the parsley, then scatter over to serve.

RECIPE TIPS
HEALTHY BENEFITS

Chicken thighs supply twice the levels of iron and zinc of breast meat and are rich in tryptophan, which helps to lift your mood and promotes restful sleep. Flageolet beans are packed with B vitamins.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2008

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Overall rating

A star rating of 3.7 out of 5.36 ratings

Crouton11

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

This recipe definitely needs a bit of tweaking - whatever you fancy, basically. As it is there's nothing wrong with it, it's just not very tasty.

swissmiss2010

I followed the advice of others who said it was too watery, so I did not add any water. I added a stock melt pot for extra flavour. The recipe still ended up with very watery sauce even though I cooked it longer and upped the temperature a bit. The chicken was moist and tender just a shame about…

pookie79

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Another lovely dish however it does need some tweaking!! I added some chopped bacon and used chicken stock instead of plain water after reading other comments. I also simmered the dish uncovered for longer so the sauce was thicker however once the beans are added, the sauce does seem to become…

mswood

Replaced wine with chicken stock but used only approx. 250ml. Used canneloni beans which I partly mashed at the end of cooking to make gravy thicker. Also added slices of red pepper and some smoked paprika, and since I had chicken thighs with the skin on, I removed the skin after browning and…

evelynjcooper

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I really liked this, my husband less so, but I'll probably be cooking it again. My husband thought that the sauce was too thin and lacked richness.

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