Chicken Stew
Chicken stew is such a simple and satisfying meal. It honestly tastes the best in my opinion with bone in chicken but I love boneless chicken meat so I always add that in. This time I used just chicken thighs because that’s what I had and didn’t feel like going to the store. It was a lazy Sunday and it was marvelous. While the stew was good, you just can’t beat the flavor of bone in chicken! So, my most preferred way to make this is with a chicken fryer cut up and boneless thighs.
Pack of boneless chicken thighs and/or 1 chicken fryer cut up
water
3/4 of a 16 oz jar of roux
2 chicken cubes
1 onion diced
1 bell pepper diced
1 head of garlic diced
red pepper
black pepper
salt
About 1 tbsp garlic powder
About 1 tsp onion powder
2 bay leaves
1-2 tbsp zydeco chop chop
1/2 tsp basil
few dashes of Tobasco
Boil half a pot of water and then add your roux and chicken cubes watching and stirring your pot until fully dissolved because it has a tendency to foam over.
Once your roux is dissolved and you’re satisfied with the thickness, add your veggies (onion, bell pepper, and garlic). Cook at a medium high heat until veggies are well Wilted. (Approximately 15-30 minutes)
Add in your chicken, red pepper, black pepper, and salt to taste, onion powder, garlic powder, bay leaves, zydeco chop chop and Tobasco and then bring to a boil. Once stew is brought to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook for about 30-45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. If you choose to do a bone in fryer and boneless thighs you can add fryer first because it takes longer to cook. Then, about 15 minutes in or so, add in your boneless chicken.
Serve over rice and grub a dub dub. I like to pair this dish with a mixture of cream corn and whole corn seasoned with butter and a little Salt and pepper.
Step 1
Add dat roux and stir baby stir. And don’t forget to watch that it doesn’t boil over! And it’s a bi*tch to clean up.
Step 2
Add those beautiful veggies in.
Step 3 above and below
Add it all in and stir. Bring to a boil then lower heat to a medium.
The finished product. It’s not the most beautiful dish but its goooooood eating.
Step 4
The husband enjoying ;)
