This chicken stew is a meal in itself. It’smade all in one-pot so hearty, delicious and comfort one-pot meal. One can slurp it as a soup or can have it as a curry with piping hot steam rice.
Looking for a hearty, healthier chicken recipe? This chicken stew is scrumptious and nutritious loaded with protein, healthy carbs and veggies. The best part is it is a zero oil dish. I feel this is a very healthier version too because not even a single drop of oil is used to make this chicken stew. So there can’t be anything better than this for weight watchers and health conscious people.
Chicken Stew is a delicious meal with chicken, zucchini, carrot, lettuce, onion, spring onion, ginger, garlic, spiced with some chilly flakes, flavoured with sichuan peppercorns and rice flour to thicken the stew.
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Chicken stew is one of my all time favorite. I often make them with variations. I often twit the recipe with seasonal veggies and seasonings by using fresh and dried mixed herbs. Sometimes I make the stew thin and runny by opting out the rice flour. I also loved to add lots of crushed black peppercorns during monsoon and winter seasons which is very healthy and helpful in healing cold and cough.
I guarantee you can never go wrong with a bowl of stew that is sure to impress your family and friends or any guest coming your home. This is such a classic, comfort and hearty dish to serve your guest. Most interestingly it’s a simple and easy to make comfort food and is ready under 30 minutes.
Chicken stew is a perfect comfort food classic to warm up with on a cold day! So guys try this super easy and hearty chicken stew recipe and share your thoughts about the recipe with me.
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Notes:
■ I have used rice flour for more healthier reason, if not available you can use cornflour.
■ Potato can be used instead of flour and slightly mashed them. This will thicken the stew.
■ You can add veggies of your choice and which is in season.
■ You can use fresh herbs or mixed dried herbs, its taste amazing .
■ If you cannot source sichuan peppercorns, you can use coriander leaves and cracked black peppercorns.
■ If you are using country chicken cooking time will be more.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients to make Chicken Stew:
Chicken – 500 gms
3-4 Red & Green Chilly sliced diagonal
1 tomato pureed
1 large Onion thinly sliced
1 tbsp Chilly flakes
4-5 Garlic cloves finely chopped
1 inch Ginger finely chopped
2 tbsp Spring onion chopped diagonal
1 small Zucchini sliced
1 carrot sliced
1 cup Green Lettuce roughly chopped
1 tsp Sichuan Pepper dry roasted and coarsely crush
2 tbsp Rice flour or corn flour
Salt to taste
2-3 cups Water or as required
How to make Chicken Stew:
In a pan add the chicken, thinly sliced onion, salt, tomato puree, chilly flakes and stir well for about 2 minutes.
Chicken will start releasing water, now cover the pan with lid and let the chicken cook in its own juice for around 5-10 minutes over low heat.
When water dries up, pour 2-3 cups water and continue to cook for another 10 minutes.
Add the chillies, chopped ginger, garlic, zuchini, carrot, green lettuce and the spring onion. Let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
Now mix the rice flour in some water and pour into the chicken. Stir continously for around 2 minutes to prevent from forming lumps.
Add the coarsely crushed sichuan pepper, give a quick stir and take off the heat.
Slurp it as a soup or enjoy it with piping hot steam rice.
RECIPE CARD
One-Pot Chicken Stew
Equipment
- Heavy bottom pot
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 500 Grams Chicken
- 3-4 Red & green chilli Chopped
- 1 Large Tomato pureed
- 1 Large Onion Thinly sliced
- 1 Tablespoon Chilli flakes
- 4-5 Cloves Garlic chopped
- 1 inch Ginger chopped
- 2-3 tablespoon Spring onion chopped
- 1 Small Zucchini Sliced
- 1 Small Carrot sliced
- 1 cup Green lettuce roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns ( see notes dry roasted and coarsely crushed
- 2 tablespoon rice flour or cornstarch/cornflour
- 1 tablespoon Salt or as per taste
- 2-3 cups Water (or as required
Instructions
- In a pot add the chicken, thinly sliced onion, salt, tomato puree, chilly flakes and stir well for about 2 minutes.500 Grams Chicken, 1 Large Tomato pureed, 1 Large Onion, 1 tablespoon Salt or as per taste, 1 Tablespoon Chilli flakes
- Chicken will start releasing water, now cover the pot with lid and let the chicken cook in its own juice for around 5-10 minutes over low heat.
- When water dries up, pour 2-3 cups water and continue to cook for another 10 minutes.2-3 cups Water
- Add the chillies, chopped ginger, garlic, zuchini, carrot, green lettuce and the spring onion. Let it cook for 2-3 minutes.3-4 Red & green chilli, 4-5 Cloves Garlic, 1 inch Ginger, 2-3 tablespoon Spring onion chopped, 1 Small Zucchini, 1 Small Carrot, 1 cup Green lettuce
- Now mix the rice flour in some water and pour into the chicken. Stir continously for around 2 minutes to prevent from forming lumps.2 tablespoon rice flour or cornstarch/cornflour
- Add the coarsely crushed sichuan pepper, give a quick stir and take off the heat.1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns ( see notes
- Slurp it as a soup or enjoy it with piping hot steam rice.Enjoy!
Notes
- I have used rice flour for more healthier reason, if not available you can use cornflour.
- Potato can be used instead of flour and slightly mashed them. This will thicken the stew.
- You can add veggies of your choice and which is in season.
- You can use fresh herbs or mixed dried herbs, its taste amazing .
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If you cannot source sichuan peppercorns, you can use coriander leaves and cracked black peppercorns.
- If you are using country chicken cooking time will be more.
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I hope you liked the recipe. Your valuable feedbacks are always welcome, I love hearing from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every one of you.
Happy cooking!
❤ Akum
