Chicken braised with cider and bacon

Name: Chicken braised with cider and bacon
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: olive oil; 4 chicken legs; 4 rashers thick-cut smoked back bacon chopped into lardons; 1 onion halved and sliced; 1 tbsp plain flour; 450ml dry cider; 1 heaped tsp Dijon mustard; 1 small savoy cabbage shredded; 25g butter

Instructions

Cook:50min

We love this really easy chicken recipe with a delicious, cidery sauce. After 40 minutes in the oven, the flavours of the cider and bacon really come through.

Updated at: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:29:26 GMT