Chicken Stovies

I like doing stovies in the oven but they can also be cooked on the hob or slow cooker.

Usually made with leftover cooked meat from the previous dinner, there are a wide variety of recipes and ingredients, I have seen stovies made with lorne sausage, link sausages or meat free, I have never tried those as mum and gran usually cooked them with leftover beef or lamb.

I had some leftover chicken to use up so decided to make chicken stovies, they were delicious, Jodie almost licked the bowl 😂

Ingredients

1-2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, diced

1 carrot, thinly sliced

1.5 kg potatoes, peeled, thinly sliced

300g-400g leftover cooked chicken

1 chicken stock cube

300ml-400ml chicken stock

dash gravy browning

Method

1.  Preheat oven to 190°C.

2. Heat oil in an oven proof casserole dish on the hob over a low-medium heat, add onion and carrot. Cook until softened, approx 10 minutes. Add bite sized pieces of chicken and season, brown meat for 1-2 minutes, making sure it doesn't stick to the base of pot.

3.  Remove from heat, add sliced potatoes in even layers, layer on layer over chicken, crumble chicken stock cube over potatoes, add a dash of browning (not necessary but gives it the browned look of stovies), pour over stock. 

4.  Cover with lid and cook for 50-70 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Roughly mash and mix together. Season to taste.

Enjoy with oatcakes.