Brussels sprouts with bacon & chestnuts
- Women`s Corner
- November 13, 2022
A classic Christmas combination – and it counts as two of your 5-a-day.
Ingredients:
- 1 ¼kg Brussels sprouts, trimmed (or if buying pre-trimmed, buy 1 kg)
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, cut into bite-sized pieces (or use more, if you like)
- 200g vacuum-packed chestnuts
- 50g butter
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Method: Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, then tip in 1 ¼ kg trimmed Brussels sprouts. Once back to the boil, cook for 5 mins. Drain, run under the cold tap until cold, then drain again. Heat a large frying pan, add 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, cut into bite-sized pieces, and gently fry for 10 mins until crisp and golden.
Tip out of the pan, leaving the fat behind, then add 200g chestnuts and fry over a high heat for about 5 mins until tinged. Tip out of the pan. Add the Brussels sprouts to the pan with a splash of water, then cover and finish cooking over a medium heat for about 5 mins, stirring now and again, until just tender.
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Uncover, turn up the heat, then add most of the 50g butter and sauté the sprouts for 2 mins more. Tip in the bacon and chestnuts, season generously with salt and pepper, then serve with the last knob of butter on top.
This recipe is taken from https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/
