Buttered Sprouts With Chestnuts & Bacon

A classic Christmas combination - and it counts as 2 of your 5-a-day

• Cooking Time Prep 15 mins
  Cook 15 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 8

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  196

• Protein

  8g

• Carbs

  16g

• Fat

  12g

• Saturates

  5g

• Fibre

  7g

• Sugar

  7g

• Salt

  0.61g

Ingredients

• 1¼kg 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

Directions

1. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, then tip in the sprouts. Once back to the boil, cook for 5 mins. Drain, run under the cold tap until cold, then drain again.
2. Heat a large frying pan, add the bacon and gently fry for 10 mins until crisp and golden. Tip out of the pan, leaving the fat behind, then add the chestnuts and fry over a high heat for about 5 mins until tinged. Tip out of the pan.
3. Add the 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. Uncover, turn up the heat, then add most of the 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.

Categories: All Christmas