Chicken thighs with cauliflower mash and green beans

Name: Chicken thighs with cauliflower mash and green beans
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in; 1 cauliflower, cut into florets; 40g butter; 2 tbsp double cream; 200g green beans, trimmed; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp dried thyme

Crisp skinned chicken on a buttery cauliflower mash, with garlicky green beans on the side.

Time45 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.85 a head
Oven200°C (180°C fan)

4 servings

Ingredients

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8chicken thighsskin on, bone in
1cauliflowercut into florets
40 gbutter
2 tbspdouble cream
200 ggreen beanstrimmed
2garlic clovessliced
1 tbspolive oil
1 tspdried thyme

Method

1
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Rub the chicken with the oil and thyme, season well and put it skin side up on a tray.
2
Roast for 35 minutes until the skin is deep golden and crisp.
35 min
3
Meanwhile, boil the cauliflower in salted water for 12 minutes until very soft, then drain well and leave to steam dry for 2 minutes.
12 min
4
Blend or mash the cauliflower with 25 g of the butter and the cream until smooth. Season well and keep warm.
5
Boil the beans for 4 minutes. Drain. Melt the rest of the butter in a pan, fry the garlic for 1 minute and toss in the beans.
4 min
6
Serve the chicken on the mash with the beans and any juices from the tray.

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