Healthier Chicken Vegetable Stew

This is a really versatile recipe. I vary it depending on what I have in the fridge. I think the most important ingredients are the onion, garlic, and mushroom. You could probably even do a vegetarian version. This is also a good recipe for people with allergies.

Step: 1

Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, carrots, and garlic in the hot oil until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms to onion mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are slightly tender, about 5 minutes.

Step: 2

Stir tomato paste and about 1 tablespoon water together in a bowl until tomato paste is thinned; add remaining water, marjoram, rosemary, paprika, sage, bay leaf, cayenne pepper, and pepper and stir.

Step: 3

Stir tomato paste mixture into onion mixture; add chicken. Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover stockpot, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes.

Step: 4

Stir cornstarch and cold water together in a bowl until smooth. Stir cornstarch mixture and salt into stew; bring to a boil and cook until stew is thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.

Per Serving: 171 calories; protein 13.1g; carbohydrates 11.8g; fat 8.3g; cholesterol 29.3mg; sodium 138.3mg.

The name of “stew” can refer to 2 time a food and a cooking method. Stewing involves not fast cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a flavorful liquid . It’s similar to braising, instead it does have a few notable differences. The raw animal vested is chopped into smaller pieces instead of being cooked whole , and the liquid all of it covers the contents in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway full . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a reputation for being a rib-sticking eating process that warms you up on a freezing , winter day. It’s right that ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew can make warming properties , but stew’s cozy factor goes way beyond protecting you from the cold . It’s all about those tender chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The way they come together make the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.