17 September 2025 in Neven's Ulster Food Tour 2025, Recipes

Chicken Sauce Layonaise with Crushed Baby Potatoes

Chicken Sauce Layonaise with Crushed Baby Potatoes

Serves 4

Ingredients

For The Chicken
  • 4 x Quality Assured Cornfed Chicken breasts, skin on
  • 150g Chestnut Mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 2 x Shallots, peeled and finely sliced
  • 50ml Madeira Wine
  • 75ml White Wine
  • 1 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tbsp fresh thyme leave, chopped
  • 200ml Beef Stock
  • 120ml Double Cream
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For The Crushed Baby Potatoes
  • 1 Packet Irish Charlotte Potatoes
  • 6 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 6 Garlic Cloves, lightly bashed in their skins
  • 1 tbsp rosemary sprigs
  • Sea Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Method

For The Chicken
  • Heat a large heavy based saucepan over a medium heat
  • Add the rapeseed oil and butter
  • Place the chicken into the heat pot skin side down and season the flesh side with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until just sealed
  • Remove from the pan and set aside
  • Using the same pot, add in the shallots, garlic and mushrooms and sauté for 2-3 minutes, stirring to combine
  • Deglaze with the madeira wine, white wine and red wine vinegar
  • Allow to reduce slightly
  • Add in the chopped thyme and stir
  • Add in the beef stock followed by the double cream and stir well to combine everything
  • Return the chicken to the pan and nestle it into the sauce
  • Cover with a lid and reduce the heat to a simmer
  • Cook for 15-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and tender
  • Finish with chopped parsley
For The Crushed Baby Potatoes
  • Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F/ Gas mark 6).
  • Put the potatoes in a large pan with cold salted water. Bring to the boil and cook for 15-20 minutes until tender. Drain and leave to steam dry for a few minutes.
  • Arrange the potatoes in a large shallow baking tin, leaving enough space between each one so they have room to spread once smashed. Using the back or a large spoon or potato masher, push down on each of the potatoes to make them crack open.
  • Drizzle the olive oil over the potatoes, season with sea salt and black pepper and add the garlic to the tray along with rosemary sprigs.
  • Roast for 45 minutes to 1 hour, turning once and removing the garlic, until the potatoes are crisp and golden.
  • Arrange on a platter and let everyone help themselves