Easy Chicken Stew – is a delicious meal with chicken and vegetables simmered in a deliciously seasoned broth! The flavors in this easy stew recipe are just incredible!

This Easy Chicken is made with juicy chicken meat, tasty mushrooms, carrots, potatoes and herbs, giving it a full flavor that is super tasty. A recipe like this Easy Chicken Stew is a meal unto itself, full of protein, healthy carbs and veggies. Dark meat is best for this recipe, giving this stew great texture and flavor, but if you using chicken breast, I would suggest browning the chunks and then adding in the last 20 minutes or so. Mushrooms don’t skip it, unless you really don’t like them. They add a lot of flavor and aroma to the stew. You can never go wrong with a bowl of stew it’s an easy to make comfort food classic that is sure to impress your family and friends.

This Easy Chicken Stew is hearty and delicious, and there are a lot of ways that you can customize it to your tastes. Feel free to use other vegetables such as red bell peppers or broccoli. You can also try different types of potatoes like red potatoes or sweet potatoes. Flavor your stew with other ingredients such as bacon, white beans or canned tomatoes. This hearty and delicious Chicken Stew is a favorite of mine. Some people like warm stews in the winter, but this stew is good enough to serve year round. It is very rustic, hearty and just a delicious bowl of comfort food and kids absolutely go crazy for this stew.

Serve this easy stew recipe with crusty bread and you cannot go wrong. Another great thing about this Easy Chicken Stew is that it’s easy to make ahead of time, or to save leftovers. You can easy refrigerate this for a couple of days after cooking. It’s easy to reheat for quick meals throughout the week. Enjoy!

Easy Chicken Stew

Recipe by lidiacookbookCourse: Main Course, SoupsCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

6

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

50

minutes

Calories

400

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

Easy Chicken Stew – is a delicious meal with chicken and vegetables simmered in a deliciously seasoned broth! The flavors in this easy stew recipe are just incredible!

Ingredients

• For the Chicken Stew:

• 1 ½ lbs. chicken thighs boneless, skinless cut into small pieces

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 medium onion, diced

• 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced

• 8 oz mushrooms, sliced

• 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed

• 2 bay leaves

• 4 cups water, or as needed

• Salt and pepper, to taste

• Turmeric powder, optional

• Chopped parsley, optional

• For the Slurry:

• ½ cup water

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions

• To make Chicken Stew:
• In a large pot, add oil and place it over medium-high heat and add chicken thighs stir until the chicken is mostly cooked through
• Add the onions, stirring and cooking until onion is slightly softened
• Add the mushrooms, continuing to stir for a few minutes as they cook
• Add the potatoes, carrots, bay leaves, salt, pepper and water, make sure the ingredients are covered by the water and cook for 30 minutes on medium-low heat
• To make Slurry:
• Mix together ½ cup water and 2 tablespoons flour, add a little at the time to boiling stew to reach desired consistency
• Once the stew is at the desired thickness, it is ready to serve
• Add the parsley and turmeric if desired

Notes

• Easy Chicken Stew can be frozen, but I would suggest doing it in individual portions. Once you defrost it, it cannot be refrozen, so only take out what you plan to eat.