Simple chicken with peas and bacon is a delicious and easy one pan dinner recipe. This budget meal serves 4 and can be on the table in less than an hour!
Folks, this simple chicken with peas and bacon recipe is relatively effortless and only needs one large frying pan for cooking.
That's good news in terms of the minimal effort involved.
Plus good news regarding the dishes to be washed!
It's one of our favourite busy weeknight meals and I'm sure you'll think the same thing too once you've tried it!
As you know I get my recipe inspiration from a number of places.
Travel and from recipes I have had the fortune to eat!
This chicken with peas and bacon is my variation of a French dish, the classic poulet à la Clamart.
I was lucky enough to be served this dish when I stayed with a French family as part of a school exchange. Many moons ago......
The original classic French recipe calls for whole chicken thighs to be used.
Here I've swapped out the whole chicken thighs and used chopped up lean boneless skinless chicken breasts instead.
Chopping up the chicken breasts means that they cook quicker.
The rest of the ingredients should be quite easy to get and cheaply too.
For the wine I usually only buy a 125ml miniature which is enough to cook with.
Simple Chicken with Peas and Bacon in 5 Steps
- Heat oil. Sauté onion and bacon.
- Add and cook sliced chicken.
- Add white wine and chicken stock. Simmer.
- Stir in the peas and cook.
- Season to taste. Serve.
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Simple Chicken with Peas and Bacon Recipe
Serve this simple chicken with peas and bacon recipe with mashed potatoes.
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Simple Chicken with Peas and Bacon Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion sliced
- 4 turkey bacon rashers
- 300 g skinless chicken breast sliced lengthways then halved
- 125 ml white wine
- 125 ml chicken stock
- 190 g frozen peas
- Freshly ground salt and pepper
Instructions
- Gently heat the oil in a medium sized frying pan / skillet. Add the onion and bacon and sauté for about 3 – 4 minutes until softened.
- Add the sliced chicken to the pan and stir-fry for about 4 – 5 minutes until cooked and no longer pink inside.
- Add the white wine and chicken stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for approximately 12 - 15 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half.
- Add the peas to the pan, cook stirring for about 5 minutes until peas are soft.
- Season with salt and pepper.
David @ Spiced
Sometimes the best meals are the simple ones! This chicken + peas sounds delicious, Neil, and of course bacon makes everything better! Have fun on the Cumbria Way...I can't wait for the recap posts. Make sure to take plenty of photos, ok? 🙂
Neil
Thanks David. And yes the addition of bacon does make many recipes just that little bit better doesn't it?
I'll definitely take lots of photographs. It's deciding which ones to include when writting up the blog post that I have a problem with. I usually have too many. Ha ha!
Ron
If it has bacon in it, I'm in. Sounds yummy and nutritious as well. We eat a lot of peas over this way and your recipe for Simple Chicken with Peas and Bacon will have us eating even more. Thanks for sharing.
Neil
Glad you like it Ron and it's definitely a great recipe for surplus peas. Have a good weekend!
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
I am loving quick and simple meals ALWAYS. With my busy days, this will make a perfect dinner. I would love to give this recipe a try. Thank you for another amazing recipe, Neil.
Have a great weekend.
Neil
I know you've been very busy recently Ashika. Hopefully this dinner recipe will give you back some extra time to make some of those amazing cakes of yours! 😀
Ben|Havocinthekitchen
While I like to use chicken thighs in some recipes, for my "everyday meals" there's nothing better than skinless chicken breasts. Love this combo - green peas go so well with protein while turkey bacon goes well...with everything. 🙂 Delicious!
Neil
I'm the same Ben. Chicken thighs are great but as they take longer, for weekday meals I'll tend to use Chicken breasts. Thanks for your comment! 🙂
Easyfoodsmith
This meal is sounding so good especially considering the hot and humid weather here.
Neil
Thanks! Yes I can understand that when it's really hot and humid you just want something quick and easy dpn't you? And this fits the bill!
Jeff the Chef
This has comfort food written all over it!
Neil
Thanks Jeff. I'm a big fan of easy comfort food. As long as it's relatively healthy too. 🙂
Laura
Neil, i love this idea to add a bit of bacon for flavor to lean meats - keeps the dish so full of flavor and still healthy! The smell of bacon + onions is one of my all-time faves, too! Love this one-pan recipe! Have. A great trip!
Neil
Thanks Laura. Just catching up with you now at the end of our trip. Had an amazing time!
I absolutely agree with you that the smell of onions and bacon cooking is amazing. Actually the thought of it makes me really hungry too. 😉
Mimi
I love the simplicity of this dish! Flavorful and healthy and perfect for spring. Just lovely.
Neil
Glad you like this dish Mimi. Thank you. And yes with spring peas this is a perfect spring recipe.
Shashi at SavorySpin
Neil, I am not too familiar with French Cuisine, so I so loved reading about your inspiration behind this dish. My first time hearing of poulet à la Clamart - your simple peas and chicken with bacon sounds like one flavor jammed dish - what a wonderful mingling of flavors! Also, I clicked on that Cumbria way link and wow -so looking forward to your pictures!
Neil
I really simplified the actual french poulet à la Clamart with this dish Shashi but I think it gives a simpler dish to make and in less time too.