Chicken Bean Stew Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion, jalapeno and garlic in oil until tender. Add the broth, beans and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until heated through. , Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into stew. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add chicken and parsley; heat through.

Steps:

• In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until cooked, but not crisp (about 5 minutes).
• Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring, until softened (about 5 minutes).
• Add the potatoes and chicken broth; simmer until the potatoes are just tender (about 15 minutes).
• Meanwhile, pull the meat off the rotisserie chicken, discarding skin and bones.
• Add the chicken and white beans to the stew; cook until heated through.
• Just before serving, stir in the arugula and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy 5 1/2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the celery, carrot, and onion. Saute the vegetables until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in the tomatoes with their juices, chicken broth, basil, tomato paste, bay leaf, and thyme. Add the chicken breasts; press to submerge.
• Bring the cooking liquid to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer gently uncovered until the chicken is almost cooked through, turning the chicken breasts over and stirring the mixture occasionally, about 25 minutes. Using tongs, transfer the chicken breasts to a work surface and cool for 5 minutes. Discard the bay leaf. Add the kidney beans to the pot and simmer until the liquid has reduced into a stew consistency, about 10 minutes.
• Discard the skin and bones from the chicken breasts. Shred or cut the chicken into bite- size pieces. Return the chicken meat to the stew. Bring the stew just to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Ladle the stew into serving bowls and serve with the bread.
• Serving suggestion: crusty bread.

Steps:

• Bring rice and 2 cups of water to boil in a heavy-bottom pot. Cover and simmer, cooking a total of 17 minutes.
• Chop whole onion and saute in hot oil in a nonstick pot over medium-high heat.
• Wash, trim and chop whole celery. Mince garlic and add both to onion.
• Wash, trim seed and chop green pepper and add to onion.
• Chop hot pepper and add; cook these a total of 10 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, stock, thyme, oregano and black pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Drain and rinse beans thoroughly.
• Shell shrimp and cut in halves or thirds, depending on size of shrimp.
• Dice the chicken and add, with shrimp and beans, to the stew. Continue cooking about 3 minutes, just until shrimp and chicken are cooked.
• Stir in cooked rice. Season with pepper and salt. Serve with corn muffins, if desired.

Steps:

• Pull the skin off the chicken and discard. Heat the oil in a large casserole dish, brown the chicken all over, then remove with a slotted spoon. Tip in the onions, garlic and chillies, then fry for 5 mins until starting to soften and turn golden.
• Add the peppers, tomatoes, beans and hot stock. Put the chicken back on top, half-cover with a pan lid and cook for 50 mins, until the chicken is cooked through and tender.
• Stir through the coriander and serve with soured cream and crusty bread.