
🇬🇷 Greek
Chicken Moussaka
🇬🇷 Greek
Bubbling, golden-topped comfort: chicken baked until the edges crisp and the centre turns molten. About 90 minutes from fridge to table.
Prep 40 min Cook 50 min Serves 4 Hard
Ingredients
- Chicken500 g
- Butter50 g
- Heavy Cream200 ml
- Saltto taste
- Onion1, sliced into rings
- Potato3
- Olive Oil1 tbsp, for the dish
- Milk500 ml
- All-Purpose Flour50 g
- Dried Oregano1 tsp
- Cheese100 g, grated
- Ground Cinnamon1/2 tsp
Optional extras
- Fresh Dillhandful, to finish
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
- 2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the chicken.
- 3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the dried oregano.
- 4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
- 5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.
Chef's tip
Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.
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