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Endives "bonne femme"

Name: Endives "bonne femme"
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 23 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g onion; 500 g potatoes; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon; 700 g endives (head of chicory); ½ lemon; Salt; Pepper

A one-pot endive dish with potatoes, onion and bacon.

[Translator's note: the French "bonne femme" style is good, straightforward home cooking (whether the cook is a man or a woman!).

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Duration

1 hour 25 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 25^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g onion
2 500 g potatoes
3 4 tablespoons olive oil
4 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon
5 700 g endives (head of chicory)
6 ½ lemon
7 Salt
8 Pepper
Total weight: 1,825 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

40 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 25 min.

Preparation 40 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare and chop 300 g onion.

Step 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Peel 500 g potatoes and slice, then rinse and dry.

Step 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan or casserole on medium heat.

When hot, add 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon and cook for 2 or 3 minutes while stirring.

Step 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add the chopped onion, salt and pepper and stir well. Cook for 1 or 2 minutes without colouring.

Step 5 - ⌛ 30 min.

Add the sliced potatoes, salt and pepper again and stir well.

Cover and leave to cook for about 30 minutes.

Step 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

Meanwhile, prepare 700 g endives (head of chicory) but do not blanch, then cut into pieces.

Step 7 - ⌛ 10 min.

Add the endives to the pan, add the juice of ½ lemon and stir well.

Cover and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.

Step 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Remove the lid and check if the potatoes are cooked. They should be soft. If not, leave to finish cooking without the lid.

Step 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Serve piping hot, either on individual plates or straight from the pan in the middle of the table.

Remarks

As with any cunningly modest recipe like this one, the proportions are very approximate, so you can adapt it to suit yourself.

I love to eat this with a drizzle of vinegar over it, but that's a matter of personal taste.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	2 g RDI=3 %	9 g RDI=3 %	10 g RDI=13 %	130 kcal RDI=6 %	543 kJ RDI=6 %
Per person	10 g RDI=15 %	39 g RDI=15 %	44 g RDI=60 %	590 kcal RDI=30 %	2,472 kJ RDI=30 %
Whole recipe	40 g RDI=61 %	156 g RDI=59 %	176 g RDI=240 %	2,361 kcal RDI=118 %	9,887 kJ RDI=118 %