Mommy Makes Cassoulet the Easy Way!

A rich warm meal for the whole family without the hours of cooking.

Cassoulet usually involves, duck and pork and sausage of some sort, here is my simple recipe for a look alike! If you like you can add bread crumbs mixed with a bit of olive oil on top and you broil the dish for an added crunch. Wait to add salt until the end because the salt pork adds a lot of salt to the dish.

1 chicken cut up
2 inches salt pork, diced
Pure olive oil
1 cup pearl barley
1 cup chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, chopped
4 chippolini or pearl onions, quartered
1/2 red onion, diced
2 cups chicken broth
2 Tbs thyme, fresh
1 Tbs celery seed

1 bay leaf
1 cup mushrooms quartered
1 can white beans (such a Great Northern), drained
Salt

Pepper

Preheat oven to 350 ˚F

Coat hot Dutch Oven with olive oil. Brown chicken on medium heat in a batches in Dutch oven

Remove chicken, drain grease and set aside.
Add bacon, barley, all onions and garlic, stir to coat, add broth all herbs and mushrooms.
Cook covered in 350˚F oven until chicken is tender. About 1 hour.

Remove lid, add beans tuck under chicken so they don't burn.
Broil uncovered 5- 10 minutes to crisp skin.