My favourite Chicken dish!

I saw this recipe in the super A Taste of Stithians booklet and made it immediately. It looked just delicious. Understatement! You can easily buy boned chicken thighs, to save the boring boning bit. 30 or 40 years down the line, I would suggest adding a little chopped chilli too!

Pre heat your fan oven to 180C and you will need a medium roasting dish.

4 large chicken thighs, skinned

6 oz strong grated cheddar

6 oz good pork sausage meat

some small sliced mushrooms - about 4 oz

4 slices of gammon ham, chopped

chopped parsley, some chives and and little thyme - your choice.

fresh ground pepper and sea salt

8 rashers of streaky bacon - smoked or plain but I like smoked

Lay out the skinned chicken thighs flat, on a surface [I covered the thighs with cling film and flattened them out a little with a rolling pin]. In a medium bowl, mix together the grated cheese, sausage meat, sliced mushrooms and chopped ham. Add your choice of chopped herbs, seasoning and with your hands, mix all together. Divide this mixture equally between the four chicken portions and place in the middle. Roll up, then roll two pieces of streaky bacon around the little parcels. Secure with a cocktail stick if necessary, or tuck underneath.

Place in your roasting dish and bake for about 45 mins. There will be lovely roasting juices to spoon over. 

Absolutely delicious. Serve with any type of potato and some nice veg. 

In the above mentioned Stithians booklet this recipe is called Ken’s favourite chicken dish and was submitted by Ken Snowden of Radio Cornwall.