Chicken
Stew is a comfort food for me. I love the one my mom makes. It’s healthy
nutritious and super yum. Sometimes I find it tastier than a curry! Every
household I guess has their own version of chicken stew. I have made some
tweaks in my mom’s recipe and today I am sharing my own Homestyle Chicken Stew with carrot and
leek.
HEALTH BENEFIT
Carrots
are rich in Vitamin A, C, K and B8
Carrots
provide beta carotene and fiber
Leeks are
good source of Vitamin A, B6, C, K, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium and Manganese
Chicken is
obviously white meat and good protein. If you get free range chicken then
nothing like it.
HOMESTYLE CHICKEN
STEW 
Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Total Time
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10 min
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30 min
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40 min
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Recipe Type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2
INGREDIENTS
- Chicken
– ½ kg, in small peices
- Red
Onion – 1 peeled and chooped
- Carrot
– 3 peeled and sliced
- Leek
– 2 chopped (only the white and light green tender parts)
- Ginger
– ½ inch grated
- Garlic
– 3 cloves, minced
- Milk
– 2 tablespoon
- Chicken
Stock – 500 ml
- Salt
& Pepper – to taste
- Red
Chili Flakes – a dash
- Dried
Oregano – 1 teaspoon
- Olive
oil – 3 tablespoons
- Flour
– 2 teaspoon for dusting
INSTRUCTIONS
- Dust the chicken pieces with flour and keep aside.
- Heat 1 teaspoon Olive oil in a pan and lightly sauté the chicken.
- Remove the chicken and keep aside in a bowl
- Add the rest of olive oil in the same pan
- Add minced garlic in the oil and fry on low heat till garlic
gives off a wonderful aroma
- Add onion, carrot, leek and sauté
- Add grated ginger
- Add little salt, cover and cook for 2 minutes in low heat.
- When the leeks turn translucent add chicken stock, milk, chili
flakes and oregano
- Cover and cook for 20 minutes or till chicken is tender
- Scoop out chicken and vegetables in a bowl and reduce the
stock on high heat for 5-10 minutes to make a thicker stew.
- Serve hot on a bed of rice or with bread.
TIPS
When you dust chicken with flour it helps in two ways
- browning the chicken while frying
- making the stew little thicker and not very watery
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Enjoy a good healthy meal.
Until next time, Cheers!
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