Chicken And Vegetable Stew is an oil free recipe that is scrumptious and comforting dish. It has a light broth with chicken, vegetables, fermented bamboo shoot water and some very few basic ingredients. It is a soulful and wholesome dish perfect to have with piping hot steam rice and can also have it as a soup.
Chicken and vegetable stew is a Naga style chicken cooked in traditional way. This stew is simple and easy to make with simple cooking process. It requires only few ingredients to make this flavorful stew and is ready under 30 minutes.
Zero oil chicken and vegetable stew is basically boiled chicken. Without any guilt you can happily relish and it is indeed a very heart warming, healthier and nutritious dish. A real comfort dish!
This is a naga traditional chicken recipe which is zero oil and prepared with a handful of ingredients. The ingredients used to make this naga style chicken are country chicken, fermented bamboo shoot water, vegetables, green chillies, ginger, garlic, salt, water and coriander leaves.
This naga style chicken is very tasty, flavorful and healthier. It is a simple and easy recipe with simple cooking process. This dish is savored in almost all Naga household.
Here I have used fermented bamboo shoot water. You can use the fermented bamboo shoot.
Do check out my naga traditional chicken recipes Naga Chicken Curry Amsu (Chicken With Rice Flour), Chicken With Greens, Chicken Porridge, Chicken With Dry Bamboo Shoot. Also other stews recipes are Chicken Stew, Chicken Brocolli Stew Indian Spiced Chicken Stew.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS CHICKEN VEGETABLE STEW?
● It’s simple and super easy to prepare
● It does not require much time and is ready under 30 minutes
● It’s light and scrumptious
● It’s healthier compared to other stew and curries as it is zero oil dish.
● It’s nutritious as it is made with country chicken and vegetables.
● It’s made wih limited ingredients but flavor-packed and wholesome.
INGREDIENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE ZERO OIL CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW
This section explains what all ingredients is used in making the zero oil chicken and vegetable stew, how to use or choose certain ingredients and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card below.
CHICKEN – The recipe is made using skinless country chicken. You can use the skin-in chicken. Broiler chicken can be substituted with country chicken.
WATER as required
SALT as per taste
GREEN CHILLY – Coarsely ground green chilli is used.
TOMATO – Regular tomato is used here. You can also use cherry tomatoes.
GINGER AND GARLIC – Freshly ground ginger and garlic is used. Do not use store bought ginger garlic paste. Pound them in mortar and pestle just enough to open up the flavor.
FERMENTED BAMBOO SHOOT WATER – You can use fermented bamboo shoot as well. Bamboo shoot or its water enhances and intensifies the flavour of the dishes
VEGETABLES – Potato, beans and carrot is used. You can use vegetable of your choice.
CORIANDER LEAVES – You can also use Burmese coriander or crushed ginger leaves.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW?
This section shows how to make zero oil chicken and vegetable stew with step-by-step photos and details about the technique with video tutorial. For full ingredients measurements, see the recipe card below.
Zero oil chicken and vegetable stew is a straight forward recipe. Start by putting the chicken, salt, water, green chilly and tomato. Cook them for few minutes. Then add in the fermented bamboo shoot water and cook for another few minutes. Add in the potatoes and cook for about 5 minutes. Then add in the carrot and french beans and cook for just a couple of minutes. Lastly add in the ground gingergarlicand cook for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle the chopped coriander leaves, give a quick mix and take off the heat. Voila your delicious and scrumptious chicken and vegetable stew is ready to be relished. Enjoy it with piping hot rice or sip it as a soup.
If you’re fond of naga food, then this is surely the one to go for! It is lip-smacking good. I hope you’ll try this simple and easy naga style chicken recipe and if you do, please do share your thoughts about the recipe with me here.
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Zero Oil Chicken And Vegetable Stew Video Tutorial
STEP BY STEP PICTORIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE COUNTRY CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW
In a mortar pestle pound the green chillies coarsely. Remove and keep aside.
Next add in the ginger and garlic and pound them coarsely. Keep aside.
In a heavy bottom pan add in the chicken.
Add in water submerging the chicken well.
Add in salt as per taste, ground green chilli and chopped tomato.
Mix well, put on the lid and cook for about 10 minutes.
Add in the fermented bamboo shoot water and cook about 5 minutes.
Add in the potatoes and cook for about 5 minutes.
Add in the beans and carrot and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add in the ground ginger garlic and cook for about 1-2 minutes.
Add in the chopped coriander leaves, give a quick stir and turn off the heat.
Your scrumptious zero oil chicken and vegetable stew is ready. Slurp!
NOTES:
● You can cook the same dish with broiler chicken.
● Add vegetable of your choice. Veggies like chow chow, cabbage, mustard greens, broccoli, cauliflower etc are some veggies you can add in addition to the one used in the recipe.
● You can also add fermented bamboo shoot.
● Adding a dash of king chilly takes the stew to another level. I havent used it in the stew since my son cant have that much hot.
● If ginger leaves is available you can crush it and add them in the stew. It’s imparts an amazing flavor and aroma.
RECIPE CARD
Zero Oil Chicken And Vegetable Stew
Equipment
- Heavy bottom pan
- Ladle
- mortar and pesrle
Ingredients
- 500 grams country chicken (local chicken)
- 3-4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salt or as per taste
- 6 large green chilli
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 1 inch ginger
- 6-8 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoon fermented bamboo shoot water (extract)
- 2 medium potato cut large chunks
- 2 medium carrot cut 2-3 inches long or dice into roundel
- 8-10 french beans cut into 2-3 inches long
- few leaves coriander chopped
Instructions
- In a mortar pestle pound the green chillies coarsely. Remove and keep aside.
- Next add in the ginger and garlic and pound them coarsely. Keep aside.
- In a heavy bottom pan add in the chicken.
- Add in water submerging the chicken well.
- Add in salt as per taste, ground green chilli and chopped tomato.
- Mix well, put on the lid and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Add in the fermented bamboo shoot water and cook about 5 minutes.
- Add in the potatoes and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add in the beans and carrot and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the ground ginger garlic and cook for about 1-2 minutes.
- Add in the chopped coriander leaves, give a quick stir and turn off the heat.
- Your scrumptious zero oil chicken and vegetable stew is ready. Slurp!
Video
Notes
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You can cook the same dish with broiler chicken.
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Add vegetable of your choice. Veggies like chow chow, cabbage, mustard greens, broccoli, cauliflower etc are some veggies you can add in addition to the one used in the recipe.
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You can also add fermented bamboo shoot.
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Adding a dash of king chilly takes the stew to another level. I havent used it in the stew since my son cant have that much hot.
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If ginger leaves is available you can crush it and add them in the stew. It's imparts an amazing flavor and aroma.
FEW CHICKEN STARTERS RECIPE YOU MIGHT LOVE TO TRY
● Bhut Jolokia Grilled Chicken
● Chicken Leg Fry
● Crispy Fried Chicken
● Chicken 65
● Easy Grilled Chicken Salad
● Pizza Stuffed Meatloaf
● Cheesy Chicken Fritters
● Tandoori Chicken
● Chicken Pakora
● Baked Whole Chicken Leg
● Pan Baked Chicken Leg
● Peri Peri Chicken
● Spiced Fried Chicken
● Coca Cola Chicken
FEW CHICKEN SIDE DISHES YOU’LL LOVE
● South Indian Masala Chicken Fry
● Chicken Liver & Gizzard Fry
● Chicken Masala Stir Fry
● Spicy Mango Chicken Wings
● Chicken & Banana Flower Stir Fry
● Steamed Chicken
THE CHICKEN CURRY COLLECTION
● Chettinad Chicken Curry
● Easy Chicken Curry
● Chicken Manchurian
● Butter Chicken
● Pepper Chicken Gravy
● Chicken Kola Urundai Kuzhambu
● Black Pepper Chicken
All of these recipes are super easy to prepare, ready in no time, and will never disappoint you.
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Love Akum
Beautiful, healthy and easy-to-follow recipe, Akum! I’d definitely give it a try. Lovely meeting you on foodies+ platform. Looking forward to more recipes. 😊