Chef John's Quick Cassoulet

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This hearty cassoulet recipe has some short cuts to make a quick version of the French classic. Chicken thighs replace the time-consuming, duck confit; canned white beans replace dried; and bacon serves as a convenient substitute for other, more involved smoked pork options.

Prep
35 min
Cook
97 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather the ingredients.
  2. 2 Add bacon to a large, cold oven-ready skillet. Place over medium heat and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until almost crisp. Transfer to a bowl, reserving the grease in the pan.
  3. 3 Stir in sausage slices; cook 3-4 minutes. Add chicken thigh pieces; cook and stir for 5 minutes, until browned. Remove meat to the plate with bacon. Discard all the oil, but don't wipe out the pan.
  4. 4 Add chopped onion and turn the heat to medium-low; cook and stir for 5 minutes, until the onions are translucent. Add 1 cup of chicken stock.
  5. 5 Mash about 1/4 of the beans in a small bowl, stir all the beans into the pan.
  6. 6 Stir in cayenne, rosemary and thyme. Add reserved meat back to the pan. Stir in remaining cup of stock or more if needed to cover. Return to simmer.
  7. 7 Mix bread crumbs, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and melted butter together in a small bowl. Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 7 inches from the heat source.
  8. 8 Sprinkle the cassoulet with half the bread crumb mixture. Place under the broiler and cook about 5 minutes, until browned.
  9. 9 Remove the pan and push bread crumbs down into the cassoulet. Top with remaining bread crumb mixture. Return to oven and continue broiling 5 more minutes, until browned.
  10. 10 Turn off the broiler and leave in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove and let sit for 5 minutes. Enjoy.

Nutrition per serving

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