Susans Chicken Stew Recipes

SUSAN'S CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Peel and cube potatoes. Chop onion. Trim and slice celery and carrots.
• Place chicken, vegetables (except peas), and chicken stock into a LARGE slow cooker. Stir in the soup and the Herbs de Provence seasoning.
• Cover and cook on low at least 6 hours.
• One hour before done, stir in the green peas. Cover and continue to cook. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper before serving.
• CALORIES: 305. FAT: 7 G. CARBOHYDRATE: 22 G. PROTEIN: 37 G. VITAMIN A: 140%. VITAMIN C: 19%. CALCIUM: 6%. IRON: 14%.

ROSALIA'S CHICKEN STEW WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken well under cold running water and pat dry with paper towels. Season generously with salt and pepper. In a large heavy skillet, heat the olive oil over medium/high heat. Brown the chicken pieces evenly on all sides, then transfer to a covered heatproof casserole. Add the onions and carrots to the hot skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, until golden. Transfer them to the casserole with the chicken. Place the potatoes around the edges of the casserole and again season with salt and pepper. Add the bay leaf.
• Pour off most of the fat from the skillet and, over high heat, deglaze it with the white wine. Cook, stirring and scraping the bottom and sides of the pan to release all the flavorful bits into the liquid, for about 3 minutes. Pour the wine over the chicken, add the stock and bring up to the boil. Reduce the heat to very low, cover and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, until the chicken thighs test done. Check the pan occasionally to make sure the liquid is kept at a slow simmer. If it boils the chicken will be tough.
• Transfer the chicken and vegetables to a platter with a slotted spoon and discard the bay leaf.
• To make the picada: combine the almonds and garlic in a food processor and process them to a fine paste. Add the saffron and the hardboiled egg yolks only, process again and add enough of the liquid from the casserole to make a smooth paste. Return the casserole to mediumhigh heat and whisk the picada into the cooking liquid. Simmer until the sauce is reduced to about 3 cups, and taste for seasoning. Return the chicken and vegetables to the pan and turn to coat them with the sauce and heat through. Serve in the pan, sprinkled with the egg whites.

PERUVIAN STEWED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place tomatoes in a blender or a food processor fitted with the metal blade and process until liquefied. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan or stockpot over moderate heat. Add onion and saute until soft, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and saute for another 2 minutes. Add cumin, oregano and bay leaf and stir to combine. Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper and add to pan. Brown the chicken lightly. Add the tomatoes and enough water to cover 3/4 of chicken. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until chicken is cooked through. About 10 minutes before the chicken is done, add the green pepper and peas. Serve warm.

CHICKEN STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• De-bone chicken and cut into chunks or shred. Set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery until soft, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons flour and whisk continuously to make a thick roux, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour in chicken broth, whisking to remove any lumps. Add 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper, basil, thyme, potatoes, and mixed vegetable. Cover and cook the stew over medium heat until vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in chicken meat and continue to simmer.
• Meanwhile, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and dill. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into the simmering stew. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook until the dumplings are tender, 8 to 10 minutes more.

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• Place the chicken and water in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Skim fat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30-45 minutes or until chicken is tender. Meanwhile, puncture skins of sausages; place in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil; cook for 20 to 30 minutes or until no longer pink. Drain. In a large skillet, brown sausages on all sides. Cool and cut into bite-sized pieces; set aside. , In small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Crumble bacon and set aside. In the drippings, saute garlic until tender., Remove chicken from Dutch oven; cool. Drain broth; skim fat. Reserve 5 cups broth. Remove chicken from bones; cut into bite-sized pieces. , Pour reserved chicken broth into the Dutch oven. Add the chicken, sausage, bacon, garlic, parsley and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, macaroni, salt and pepper; simmer 10 minutes longer or until heated through. If desired, sprinkle with additional parsley.

SUSAN'S BEEF STROGANOFF

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook beef in hot skillet, stirring occasionally, until some of the fat from the meat renders, 1 to 2 minutes; add onion and saute the mixture until the beef is completely browned, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour water into the skillet; add beef bouillon. Reduce heat to low and cook mixture at a simmer until the liquid is mostly evaporated, about 90 minutes.
• Stir cream of mushroom soup into the beef mixture; continue cooking until heated through, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5 minutes; drain. Divide noodles between 4 plates and spoon beef mixture over the noodles.

SAUSAGE AND CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Heat a large stock pot over medium to medium high heat.
• Cook sausage until nice and brown, about 20 minutes.
• Remove sausage and set aside.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons fat from pan.
• Sauté onions until tender.
• Add bell peppers and garlic and cook until softened.
• Add wine, turn up heat and boil for 1 minute.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add potatoes, tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, water, oregano, basil and marjoram and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Add sausage and chicken and green beans (if using) and simmer uncover for about 20-30 minutes.
• Add cheeses and serve over rice if desired.

SUSAN'S HARVEST STEW

Steps:

• Put bouquet garni ingredients in the center of a square of cheesecloth; set aside.
• Pour 1 T of the oil into a hot pot (covered casserole), brown beef quickly over high heat, add more oil as needed; set beef aside.
• In same pot, with another tablespoon of oil, cook onion until soft; add garlic & paste; stir & cook 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle & stir flour over this, then add broth & wine; stir well to scrape up fond.
• Add veggies, meat & bouquet garni; cover & simmer over LOW heat for about 2 hours; stir occasionally.
• Taste & season with salt & pepper.
• Cool; cover & chill overnight.
• Reheat & serve as noted in description (above).