Chicken casserole will be 'much tastier' in 15 minutes with one ingredient

It's a hearty and nutritious meal that's perfect for the cooler winter nights and packed with protein, vitamins and nutrients that might help keep you healthy as the nights draw in, too.

This simple chicken casserole takes just 15 minutes to prepare, making it an easy way to make healthy food without having to slave over a hot stove all night or fall back on processed ready meals.

Most chicken casserole recipes recommend using chicken on the bone, such as the recipe from BBC Good Food, but food blog The Slimming Foodie says you should use chicken thigh fillets instead which are 'much cheaper' and 'actually often much tastier'.

It says: "I like to use chicken thigh fillets, as honestly I am just not a fan of digging the bones out while I'm eating it, and the thigh fillets already have the skin removed which keeps them nice and lean. Thigh fillets are also a great value way of buying good quality free-range chicken as they are much cheaper than breast, and actually often much tastier."

To make this simple chicken casserole, all you need is:

• six chicken thigh fillets
• a finely chopped onion
• two crushed cloves of garlic
• two sprigs of fresh rosemary
• one tablespoon of cornflour
• 800ml of chicken stock
• four large peeled and sliced carrots
• 750g of baby new potatoes cut in half or thirds
• one teaspoon of dried thyme
• one teaspoon of dried parsley
• cooking oil

The 15 minute prep method is:

Preheat the oven to 160C. Fry the onion in a large casserole dish for five minutes until softened. Add the garlic, rosemary and chicken and stir fry for five minutes.

Stir the cornflour through and pour in the chicken stock. Then add carrots, thyme, parsley and season with salt and pepper.

Then put the lid on and put in the oven for 60 minutes.

The casserole will then make enough to serve four people - the perfect autumn or winter meal for the whole family.