What can I make with these ingredients?

[Nickinha]

Chicken Drumsticks
Tomato
Onion
Carrot
potato

Please advise mumsnetters... How can I get a lovely gravy to go with those ingredients (kind of like a hot-pot).

Thank you

Personally I'd nip to the shop and get some chicken bisto & oxo, but I'm lazy

brown chicken and remove

dice onion and carrot (and celery if you have) and fry gently for 5 mins til soft (not brown).

Add a tbsp of plain flour and cook for a couple of mins

Then 500 ml chickn stock or half and half with red or white wine

Chuck in herbs (oregano, basil for eg)

And diced tomatoes if you want a tomatoey thing

Season

Add back in the chicken

If you want a one pot thing then slice the spuds and layer on teh top or just do mash

oh and if you are putting tomatoes in leave then add some garlic with the onions & carrots

I would roast it all in the same dish in the oven with some worcester sauce and garlic.

feck, that's made me hungry.

Thanx CountessDracula!!! Sounds yummy, have they published a Mumsnet recipe cookbook yet? Everyone gives such great ideas...

Notdoingthehousework - that sounds just as good. All collectors items these...

Notabanana - would you add any liquid (like water/wine) or would you just add the worcester sauce?

nickinha, (thread hijack, bizarre question) do you speak Portuguese?

Just the worcestor sauce and even then I would do it without too. Just did mini turnips with w. sauce on last week and I never knew how nice it was!

Browning the chicken first just adds to time taken and the colour. Doesn't always add to the taste if you don't want to do it.

Um bocadinho oregonianabroad porque?

eu sabia! O teu nome deu me a idea.

o meu pai é Portugues.

Ahhhh!!!! tu esta na englaterra agora? Eu esta aqui em Afrika de Sul.... Minha filha e portuguese (nascer em Portimao). Desculpa mas meu Portuguese nao muito bem... . Finalment - uma amiga portuguesa!

I'm crap at writing in Portuguese!

Lived in Lsibon 4 years. have you ever been? (I assume so if your daughter was born in Portimao?)

Driven through quite a few times, but only visited there once. I lived in Albufeira for 10 years... sunny Algarve. Got to go now, but will look out for you on here tomorrow... thanx everyone for the useful tips.

Hope your chicken was muito bom!