chicken hachis parmentier

As a child the Hachis Parmentier was my  favorite dish, it was the favorite of most children too. it was so simple and comforting,  made of ground beef and mashed potatoes. there was not any ground beef of hamburger meat sold at this time, you had to ground your own beef or ask the butcher and really it was not very much use at that time, just some time for children who still did not have teeth to chew their steak. Most of the time the Beef Parmentier was made with left over beef from a boiled dinner, the "pot au feu".
cooking has very much change since I was a child, there was a more conservative feeling about cooking and people did follow the culinary customs and the traditions. now things have change and chefs come with all kind of different form for the traditionnel dish of the past. and in this set of mind I have decided to make a chicken Parmentier.

Hachis Parmentier

for the chicken

Ingredients


5 chicken legs
1/2 a large onion chopped
3 or 4 slices of bacon chopped
a few chopped mushrooms
enough stock to cover the chicken.
1 cup of white wine
2 cloves of garlic
2 branches of fresh sage and fresh thyme


Instructions

In a large hot pan brown the chicken , when it is well brown put aside

Brown the onions and the mushrooms till the onions are golden.
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deglaze the pan with white wine

put the chicken back in the pan 

add the chicken stock just to cover
add the garlic cloves and the herbs. 

add salt and pepper

cook on the top stove slowly on medium heat or in the oven at 400F

While the chicken is cooking make the mashed potatoes.( I use 4 very large potatoes).

layer the chicken and the mash potatoes and cover the top of the mash potatoes with a little bread crumbs and Parmesan .

Put in the oven for a few minutes till the top is lightly brown

I used the vegetables which were braised with the chicken for a topping

miam miam . A table . Bon appetit


Notes.
_ you can naturally use some other parts of the chicken
_ if you don't have fresh herbs you could use dried one, I like fresh better.
for the children do not serve with the topping they probably will not like  it  but it is the best part.printable recipeprintable recipe