Chicken Sausage Cassoulet - Half Cup Habit

Ingredients

• 1 pound navy beans (dried; or white kidney)
• 6 sausage, Italian (mild)
• 4 chicken leg quarters (whole)
• salt and pepper
• 2 tbsps olive oil
• 1/2 pound bacon (smoked; strips cut into 1/2 –inch pieces)
• 1 tbsp thyme (fresh; leaves picked, plus 5 whole sprigs)
• 1 large onion (finely diced)
• 1 leeks (rinsed, halved, and cut into half-moons)
• 2 large carrot (peeled and finely diced)
• 1 large stalk celery (finely sliced)
• 6 cloves garlic (minced)
• 2 bay leaf
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 28 oz can tomatoes (diced)
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1/2 lemon zest
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper (freshly cracked)