Slow & Low Chicken Double Bacon Casserole

• Return the frying pan to medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook diced bacon, carrot and celery, breaking up with a spoon, until tender, 4-6 minutes. • Add garlic & herb seasoning and a pinch of chilli flakes (if using) and cook until fragrant, 1-2 minutes. • Stir through passata, chicken-style stock powder and the water. Transfer to slow cooker and set cooking temperature to high. • Place lid on slow cooker and cook, turning drumsticks each hour, until chicken is tender and the meat is falling off the bone, 4 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~ MODULAR STEP ~~~~~~~~~~ • Return the frying pan to medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook diced bacon, carrot and celery, breaking up with a spoon, until tender, 4-6 minutes (cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded). • Add garlic & herb seasoning and a pinch of chilli flakes (if using) and cook until fragrant, 1-2 minutes. • Stir through passata, chicken-style stock powder and the water. Transfer to slow cooker and set cooking temperature to high. • Place lid on slow cooker and cook, turning drumsticks each hour, until chicken is tender and the meat is falling off the bone, 4 hours.

• When the chicken has 25 minutes cook time remaining, bring a medium saucepan of salted water to the boil. • Peel potato, then cut into large chunks. Cook potato in the boiling water until easily pierced with a fork, 12-15 minutes. • Drain and return potato to the pan. Add the butter and milk to potato and season generously with salt. Mash until smooth. Cover to keep warm.