Cider braised chicken with pearl barley & carrots

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 pieces of chicken, can be any cut you like

1 tbsp olive oil

4 garlic gloves chopped

200g peal barley

100ml dry cider

300ml chicken stock

250g carrots chopped

25g butter

250g leeks sliced

250g peas

Step 1: Season your chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a wide shallow pan and brown off your chicken for 5 minutes before removing it onto a side plate. Leaving the fat in the pan.

Step 2: fry the garlic and stor briefly, then stir in the pearl barley, cider and chicken stock and bring to the boil. Return your chicken skin side up, cover with a lid and leave to simmer for 20 minutes. Add the carrots and leeks and cook for a further 20 minutes.

Step 3: Uncover the pan and add the peas and a splash of cider, taste and add more if needed. Simmer for 5 minutes until the liquid has reduced nicely.