If I am not checking out stores on a rainy day I enjoy cooking – especially a dish like my Rainy Day Chicken Stew. Taking the time to cut up the vegetables, saute the onions and garlic, brown the chicken and then slowly cook everything together to get great flavor is a labor I love and is a family favorite!
YOU WILL NEED: (serves 6-8)
2-3 lbs of skinless, boneless chicken thighs (cut into 1″ pieces)
1 box of (32 fl oz.) organic chicken stock (or home-made stock)
1 Cup of Chardonnay (or white wine of your choice)
Olive oil
1 box (26 oz.) San Marzano Fire Roasted Crushed Tomatoes
1 medium yellow onion (peeled and diced)
3 cloves of garlic (peeled and diced)
1 russet potato (peeled and cut into 1″ pieces)
1 sweet potato (peeled and cut into 1″ pieces)
1 turnip (peeled and cut into 1″ pieces)
2 yellow bell peppers (cleaned, seeded and cut into 1 ” pieces)
3 carrots (peeled and cut into 1″ pieces)
Fresh sage and thyme sprigs (tie-together with cooking twine)
salt and pepper
Dutch oven or large pot
STEPS:
Add about 2 TBSP of olive oil to bottom of pot. Over medium heat slowly saute garlic and onion until translucent. Remove onions and garlic and set aside. Add chicken pieces to pot, season with salt and pepper and saute until lightly browned (about 8 minutes). Remove chicken and set aside. Add wine and deglaze the pot getting up any brown bits.
After deglazing add cooked chicken, onions and garlic back into the pot. Add in the crushed tomatoes and stir. Add all of the vegetables and pour in all of the chicken stock. Turn the heat to high and bring quickly to a boil.
Once boiled, stir , lower heat, add sage and thyme, and simmer for 1- 1 1/2 hours, with pot partially covered.
The completed Rainy Day Chicken Stew should have reduced slightly, thickened a bit and root vegetables should be tender.
Season to taste and Rainy Day Chicken Stew is ready to serve!
Serve and enjoy with a warmed, crispy baguette (to dunk in the delicious stew sauce) and a glass of your favorite wine or beer (in front of the fireplace even better). If you like it spicy add your favorite hot sauce to taste. Bon Appetit!
Do you prefer to shop or cook on rainy days?
Thanks for stopping by…Cynthia
