parmesan chicken with potato and sprout gratin
Yes! It’s sprout season again. Please don’t just boil them and leave them alone, there’s so much more to the little farty ball. Like here, a Brussels Sprout gratin baked with potatoes and cream for a great side dish.
There’s a video version of the gratin on my YouTube channel here:
I was chuffed with how everything turned out save for one flaw. To quote Michel Roux Jr “where’s the sauce?!” It needed a meaty gravy just to lend a little more moisture. But beyond that, it was dead good. A sprout is for Winter, not just Christmas.
Want more Brussels Sprout recipes? My Christmas dinner isn’t complete without sprouts and chestnuts, and you must check out my legendary sproutotto.
parmesan chicken with potato and sprout gratin
Ingredients
- 500 g potatoes
- 250 g Brussels Sprouts
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 red onion
- 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 150 ml single cream
- teaspoon wholegrain mustard heaped
- 2 skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 egg beaten
- 2 handfuls panko breadcrumbs
- 1 handful parmesan finely grated
Instructions
- Get a large pan of water on to boil and preheat the oven to 200C.
- Use a food processor to thinly slice the potatoes, and add them to the water with the stock cube. After 5 minutes pass the Brussels through the processor too and add to the water.
- Heat a casserole dish over a medium heat. Thinly slice the onion and bacon and fry in a little oil in the dish until starting to colour. After the sprouts and potatoes have had 3 or 4 more minutes drain and add to the casserole dish. Stir well, season, pour in the cream, stir in the mustard and then transfer to the oven to cook uncovered for 15 minutes, until golden on top.
- Meanwhile heat a frying pan over a medium heat. Bash the chicken breasts with a rolling pin until thin and season. Dust lightly in flour, roll in beaten egg and then in the parmesan and breadcrumbs. Fry in shallow oil on both sides until golden. To be sure use a probe thermometer checking it reaches at least 65C inside. Serve on top of the gratin.
Brilliant innovation!
Completely agree that sprouts become a LOT more edible after shredding. (It’s how we do ours) and we think you’re right to encourage people to eat them at other times than Christmas.
We spend a lot of time in the North East, your Durhams and your Middlesbroughs. The local dish of the latter is the Chicken Parmo – a gargantuan flattened breaded chicken fillet. They serve it slathered in cheesy bechamel. Do you reckon this regional touch might be an alternative to a meaty gravy as a solution to yours & Mr Roux Jr’s suggestion?
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