Country Chicken Stew Recipes

COUNTRY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Brown chicken pieces in oil on both sides in dutch oven over medium heat; drain off excess oil.
• Add carrots, onion, potato, broth, basil, marjoram, sage, onion powder, paprika, bay leaf, thyme, and tarragon to chicken in pan.
• Add salt and pepper to taste; bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Add tomatoes with their juice and the wine.
• Cover and simmer 10 minutes more or until chicken is tender and cooked through.
• Remove chicken to platter; discard bay leaf; and skim fat.
• Stir cornstarch mixture into stew and stir constantly until thickened.
• Adjust taste for salt and pepper, and return chicken to pan.
• Simmer for 5-10 minutes or until warmed through.
• Serve with parsley dumplings, or over split biscuits, if desired.
• Tastes good just as it is, too.

FRENCH COUNTRY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Prepare the chicken but don't skin.
• Salt the pieces and dredge them lightly in the flour, brushing off and saving the excess.
• Trim off and discard the bacon rind.
• Slice the bacon across the width into 1/4 pieces Heat the oil in a large kettle and brown the bacon lightly.
• Remove and set aside.
• Brown the chicken pices in batches, removing them as they finish browning.
• Remove and discard all but 3 Tbs of the fat.
• Add the onion, pepper, tarragon, and the remaining flour.
• Scrape these back and forth in the hot fat until the onion is transparent.
• Add the tomatoes and their juice and continue the scraping action until most of the juice has evaporated.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of water, the wine, and the crumbled bouillon cube.
• Add the bacon, chicken, peas, and carrots.
• Cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes Scrub the new potatoes under cold water and pare off a one inch strip around the middle of each one, leaving the peel on the ends.
• Add them to the stew and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Stir in the parsley.
• Salt to taste, and serve hot.

CREAMY COUNTRY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• On a small cutting board, cut the chicken breast into chunks and set aside.
• Next, whisk together the cream of mushroom soup and chicken stock in a mixing bowl and set aside.
• Next, snap the ends off of the green beans and discard. Snap the beans in half or thirds depending on size.
• Next, prep the other vegetables: chop celery, dice an onion, chop carrots, mince garlic, peel & chop potatoes into chunks and set aside. Open the can of corn and drain the juices, set aside.
• Add the butter to a dutch oven over medium heat.
• Once the butter is melted, add the chicken, celery, onion and garlic. Stir to combine and cook for one minute.
• Next, add the remaining vegetables to the pot.
• Pour the cream of mushroom and stock mixture over the stew ingredients in the pot.
• Season with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
• Next, add the water to the pot, cover with a lid and bring to a low boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for one hour.
• Finally, add the heavy cream, stir to incorporate with the rest of the ingredients. Remove the pot from the heat.
• Serve stew hot.