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Quick & Easy Cassoulet

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts cut in half or 4 thighs
  • 3 sausages
  • 1 can white beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 can pinto beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 celery stalk chopped
  • 1 carrot chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh oregano chopped
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1½ cup crushed tomatoes
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 2 cups panko
  • 1 teaspoon porcini powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 cup melted butter

Prep Time:

15 minutes

Cook Time:

1 hour

Serves:

4

A much easier, faster, healthier version of a traditional French Cassoulet.  But it is just as delicious!

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
  2. Brown sausages and set aside.
  3. Brown chicken and set aside.
  4. Drain fat from pan and then sauté onion, carrot, garlic, oregano and celery until onion is translucent.
  5. Add the chicken stock and reduce by 1/3.
  6. Add the tomatoes salt and pepper.
  7. Add the beans and then nestle the chicken and sausages into the sauce.
  8. Cover and bake for 50 minutes.
  9. Cut bacon into matchstick size pieces and cook until crisp. Drain and set aside.
  10. In a medium bowl combine panko, dried oregano, onion powder, bacon and melted butter
  11. Raise oven temperature to 500°F.
  12. Spread topping over cassoulet.
  13. Bake uncovered for another 8-10 minutes.