Healthy Chicken and Bacon Cottage Pie Recipe

Ingredients

For the Chicken and Leek Filling:

  • Low-calorie cooking spray

  • 500g chicken breast, diced

  • 100g unsmoked bacon medallions, cut into thin strips

  • 1 large leek, trimmed, washed, and sliced

  • 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped

  • 2 tsp English mustard powder

  • 300ml chicken stock (made with 1 low-salt, low-calorie stock cube)

  • 75g low-fat cream cheese

  • 1 sprig fresh thyme, leaves finely chopped

For the Fluffy Potato Topping:

  • 740g potatoes, peeled and quartered (Russet or Maris Piper work best)

  • 25g low-fat cream cheese

  • 25ml chicken stock (reserved from the filling prep)

  • 10g fresh parsley leaves, chopped

  • 25g reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, grated

  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

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