One Pot Chicken Stew
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So hearty, comforting and cozy! Loaded with tender chicken, potatoes and veggies. Serve with crusty bread or biscuits.
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This bowl of chicken stew is a much needed hug-in-a-bowl. A bowl so hearty, so cozy, so darn comforting. And it’s just what you need on a chilly, cold brisk night.
Loaded with the most tender chunks of chicken (thank you, chicken thighs), red potatoes and all the veggies. All we need is a vessel for dipping. Some crusty bread, biscuits or even some cornbread. Take your pick.
tips and tricks for success
- Prep ahead of time. Save time by prepping and dicing the chicken and vegetables ahead of time (minus the potatoes as they will brown if chopped too early).
- Sear the meat. Browning the chicken first is key here. That dark crust on the chicken will create such richer, deeper flavors in your stew (plus, the browned bits at the bottom of the pot are all lovely bits here, adding so much flavor).
- Choose a wine you will drink. A dry white wine (pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc) is great here – it does not have to be anything fancy or overpriced. Just something you don’t mind sipping on since you will have an open bottle.
- Serve with crusty bread. Serve with all the homemade crusty bread for dipping, sopping and dunking!
what to serve with chicken stew
Tools For This Recipe
Dutch oven
One Pot Chicken Stew: Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, chicken breasts can absolutely be used here but chicken thighs have more dark meat and a higher fat content which will yield juicier, more flavorful chicken.
Additional chicken stock can be used for white wine as a non-alcoholic substitute.
Absolutely! But because dried herbs are often more potent/concentrated than fresh herbs, you need less when using dry. The correct ratio is 1 tablespoon fresh herbs to 1 teaspoon dried herbs.
Chicken stew is very much freezer-friendly. You can freeze the leftovers in individual freezer bags, thaw overnight, and reheat on the stovetop over low heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through.
One Pot Chicken Stew
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced
- 2 celery ribs, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 2 ½ cups chicken stock
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 pound red potatoes, cut into 3/4-inch chunks
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Equipment
Instructions
- Season chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Working in batches, add chicken, and cook, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 6-8 minutes; set aside.
- Add onion, carrots and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Whisk in flour and tomato paste until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
- Stir in wine, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Stir in chicken stock, thyme, bay leaves and chicken. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until chicken is very tender, about 20 minutes.
- Stir in potato; simmer until potatoes are just tender and stew has thickened, about 15 minutes. Remove and discard thyme sprigs and bay leaves. Stir in parsley; season with salt and pepper, to taste.*
- Serve immediately.
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Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! We had leftovers and now enjoying it for lunch as well. Definitely on rotation!
None of y’all followed the recipe obviously because if you did follow it then you never added the chicken back after setting aside.
The chicken is added back in step 7. Perhaps you did not follow the recipe?
7. Stir in chicken stock, thyme, bay leaves and chicken. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until chicken is very tender, about 20 minutes.
About to make this, just checking it states to brown chicken in batches then set aside. Do I cook the onion, celery and carrot separately then add the chicken before adding the tomatoe paste?
Thank you
Please make an Instant Pot version of this soup and all your other great recipes!
We will do our very best! 🙂
Picky husband approved! This recipe had excellent flavor. I love your website and make a few of your recipes on rotation. I did add about a cup of broth at the end and subbed the Red potatoes for Russet (we prefer Russet) but I followed the rest to a T. I just added this one to the rotation. Thank you!!
This was so good, and easy! I added extra veggies (red pepper) and some diced green chiles because it was a bit bland. It needed a lot more broth, and the potatoes needed more time. (But I live at 7,000 feet.) I ended up simmering it for about 3 hours total—so chicken was super tender! Next time I’ll know. And there will be a next time!
I would like to sub in boneless chicken breasts. Does the cook time change? I would also like to sub in some sweet potatoes with the potatoes. any suggestions?
This was so delicious and easy to make! I can’t recommend this enough. My family loved it and the leftovers were superb.
So delicious! It was simple, easy to follow and oh boy everyone loved it! Thank you for this recipe, I’ll be making it again :).
I make this on a regular basis, so lovely, thighs instead of breast, give this real flavour, I half it at the potatoe stage as I’m on low carbs, so easy to do, I add a little bit of brown rice, fabulous both finished at the same time, my hubby really enjoys this. Thankyou so much for this recipe.
I made this last night for dinner, with cornbread. We loved it- followed the directions exactly as written and it was so delish! Fresh thyme, chunky veggies and meat, broth was creamy and silky…it’s going on rotation!
Made this tonight. It was great!!!!!!! I added red bell pepper because I had it. Thank you!!!!!
Made this tonight for dinner and it was delicious! The only ingredient I didn’t have on hand was the potatoes, so I served it over rice instead.
So very tasty and a great way to use up the veggies in the fridge.
This made a very delicious stew! I made it almost exactly as written, except for substituting 1/2 cup of chicken broth for the wine. I also needed to add about a half cup of broth near the end. Still, this recipe is a keeper! Everyone loved it. Thanks again, Chungah & team.
This is a beautiful dish! Perfect for a chilly fall night. The only things I tweaked were to use 2 teaspoons of dried thyme instead of 4 sprigs of fresh, and I did add about another half to 3/4 cup more broth as others suggested because I added a little more chicken and potatoes than the recipe called for. But everything else was in strict accordance with the recipe and it was absolutely wonderful!! I can’t wait to make it again!
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This stew was delicious. Everyone enjoyed it. Easy to make.
Excellent recipe, definitely a keeper! So flavorful and simply delicious. I did add one extra cup of chicken broth and the consistency was perfect.
Super tasty and hearty. We modified to use the Instant Pot, cooking the chicken and vegetables on sauté. We set to pressure cook on high for eight minutes when we added the chicken back. We did a quick release and added the potatoes. Set for three more minutes and then quick release again. YUM!