I made cassoulet this evening. What is cassoulet? It is a French peasant dish made from white beans and meat (usually pork, according to Wikipedia, and that's how I've had it in the past but tonight I used chicken). Here's what I did.
Overnight, soak 1 pound white beans.
In the morning, cook in crock pot on high for an hour and then on low until done. Drain, leave in pot.
Two hours before dinner:
Sweat holy trinity (bell pepper, onion, celery),
Cut up and brown 1 chicken breast,
I also added about 1/4 cup of diced volpi pepperoni. Just cuz.
This all gets combined with the beans in the pot.
Add 2 cans of diced tomatoes and about 1/8 cup of thyme. Salt to taste (or salt at the table).
Cook on high in crock pot for about an hour and a half to 2 hours. Serve with crusty bread and a field green salad and perfection.
Yum yum yum. This to me is France. More specifically Paris on my last trip, eating duck cassoulet for lunch, watching the locals. Sigh.
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