Chicken in a cheese & wine sauce

THIS dish is best with roasted chicken chopped and added at the end with all of the juices but diced stir fried chicken breast is good too.

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 800g diced cooked chicken

• 4 Rashers Crisply cooked bacon finely chopped

• 1 Onion coarsely diced

• ½ TSP Chilli powder

• 1 TSP Sweet smoked paprika

• 1 Cup Dry white wine

• 2 TBSP Plain flour

• 2 TBSP Salted butter

• 1 Cup Mature or vintage grated cheddar

• ½ Cup grated red Leicester or double Gloucester cheese

• 2 Garlic cloves finely grated • 1 TSP Sugar

• 2 TBSP Vegetable oil

Method

Fry the onions until lightly cooked without colouring.

Add the garlic for a further 4 minutes over a low heat. Stir in the butter, sugar, spices and flour and mix well.

Add the wine and bring up to the boil and then simmer and add the cheese and cook until it melts into the sauce.

Finally add the bacon and cooked chicken to warm though and serve.

Roast or mashed potatoes are a good accompaniment with green vegetables lightly boiled.