Veracruzana Chicken Stew With Winter Squash Recipes

CHICKEN STEW WITH RICE AND WINTER SQUASH

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and parsley. Cook until vegetables are fragrant but not soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chicken pieces and cook until browned and fat begins to render, 5 to 10 minutes. Add squash and stir to coat well with pan juices.
• Pour in white wine and stir in concentrated broth, peas, and rice. Stir until broth has dissolved. Pour in 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the rice is cooked, adding water if necessary, about 20 minutes. Stir the stew occasionally.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

VERACRUZANA CHICKEN STEW WITH WINTER SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Line a small baking sheet or a pie tin with foil and place the onion and garlic on it. Place under the broiler, close to the heat. Broil for 2 minutes and check. As soon as the garlic skin is charred, remove the cloves and set aside. Turn the onion, using tongs, and continue to broil, turning often, until it is charred and softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Peel the garlic and transfer to a blender with the onion and tomatoes (do this in 2 batches if your blender is small). Blend until smooth.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat in a deep lidded frying pan or a heavy casserole. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown for 5 minutes on each side, in batches if necessary. Transfer to a bowl. Pour off the fat from the pan.
• Keep the heat high and add the remaining olive oil. Add the blended tomato mixture to the pan all at once. It should sear and splutter. Cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes, until the mixture thickens noticeably, then add 1/2 cup of the stock and salt to taste. Turn the heat down to low and simmer, stirring from time to time, for 15 minutes. Stir in the remaining chicken broth.
• Return the chicken pieces to the sauce, along with any liquid that has accumulated in the bowl. Add the olives, capers, raisins, rosemary, oregano, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, cayenne and squash and bring back to a simmer. Season to taste with salt and pepper, cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, or until the chicken and squash are tender. Stir in the sherry, if desired, and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve with rice or other grains.

EASY CHICKEN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH STEW

Steps:

• Mix cilantro, oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Coat chicken thighs with spice mixture.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, onion, and garlic; cook until chicken is browned, 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Add squash, tomatoes, chicken broth, and paprika. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and squash is tender, about 25 minutes.

SQUASH & CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until chicken is no longer pink. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with couscous if desired.

AUTUMN CHICKEN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large (4 1/2 quart)Dutch oven. Add chicken and brown about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove chicken and add onion, garlic and celery to pan; sauté on medium heat about 5 minutes.
• Return chicken to the pan with vegetables.
• Add tomatoes, chicken broth, wine, salt, pepper, sage, thyme and bring to a boil; simmer about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Add squash, bring to boil and simmer 30 minutes or until squash is tender.
• Stir in frozen peas (optional) and reheat for a minute or two.
• note:Bone-in chicken adds a little more flavor and bones can be removed after cooking but before serving stew. As a short cut, you can use boneless, skinless breasts, or if you like dark meat, substitute chicken thighs for some or all of the chicken breasts.

WINTER SQUASH AND CHICKEN STEW WITH INDIAN SPICES

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add to Dutch oven; sauté until brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer to plate.
• Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in same pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Add curry powder, cumin, and cinnamon; stir 1 minute. Return chicken to pot. Add squash, potatoes, broth and tomatoes. Cover and simmer 15 minutes. Uncover and simmer until chicken and potatoes are cooked through and liquid is slightly reduced, about 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with cilantro.

WINTER CHICKEN N' SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lay squash slices in a 11x13-inch baking dish. Spread rice in an even layer over the squash slices. Arrange chicken pieces onto the layer of rice.
• Mix chicken broth, broccoli soup, peas, sage, and black pepper together in a bowl; pour into baking dish around the chicken piece. Sprinkle cayenne pepper over the chicken pieces. Season chicken and rice mixture with salt. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Cook in the preheated oven for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil and continue cooking until the chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Cool dish 5 minutes before serving.

STOVETOP BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND CHICKEN STEW WITH QUINOA

Steps:

• Season chicken tenderloins with salt and black pepper; pat into flour in a shallow bowl until lightly coated. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook tenderloins, until browned, turning once, about 5 minutes per side. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; add garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and apple chicken sausage. Cook and stir until garlic and onion are fragrant and sausage is slightly browned, about 2 minutes. Pour in 1/2 cup chicken stock to deglaze the pan, scraping up browned bits. Add tarragon, sage, and garam masala; simmer for 2 more minutes.
• Slice the chicken tenderloins into 1-inch pieces. Add chicken, remaining chicken stock, butternut squash, carrots, celery, and apple to pan; cover and bring to a boil. When stock is boiling, push ingredients to the edge of the skillet and add quinoa to the center of the pan. Cover and simmer over low heat until vegetables are soft and quinoa is cooked, about 20 minutes.
• Mix in butter; stir the stew until slightly thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste.

CARIBBEAN CHICKEN AND SQUASH STEW

Steps:

• Cut chicken up into pieces legs, wings, thighs etc --.
• Peel and chop sweet potatoes. Chop onions, zuchinni and ham.
• In plastic bag add flour, garlic, salt and pepper.
• Add chicken pieces to bag one or two at a time. Shake to coat.
• Heat skillet to medium high heat and brown chicken turning as necessary.
• When chicken is brown add to large soup pot.
• In skillet with chicken drippings add onions thyme, bay leaf, crushed hot red pepper flakes and any left over flour mix.
• Saute until spices and onions are blended and you can smell spices with the onions.
• Add spiced onions to soup pot with chicken.
• Pour can of chicken broth into skillet and scrape away any left over flour etc --.
• Pour soup and tomatoes into soup pot.
• Add sweet potatoes, ham and stir until chicken and vegies are mixed.
• Simmer until chicken is done.
• Last 10 minutes of cooking add zuchinni.
• Serve when all vegies and chicken are done.