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Chicken stew

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Midlifecrisisxamillion · 26/10/2024 17:02

I've just made my first chicken stew. What would people normally eat with it? Would you normally cook the chicken in the stew or separate and then add later? If you cook it in the stew, how do you stop all the chicken gunk spoiling the stew?

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Larrythebloodycat · 26/10/2024 18:04

Dumplings are traditional with stew, but mash, rice, couscous or crusty bread will also work.

Calliopespa · 26/10/2024 18:25

Breadcat24 · 26/10/2024 17:37

please do not boil raw chicken.
To make a stew either -
use portions of chicken or cubed chicken browned in oil and then add wine and stock and veg and simmer
or
use left over bits of roast chicken- make a stock from the bones simmer veg in it then add in the left over cooked roast chicken

to answer the original question what you serve with it depends on the veg you add in- I add carrots, parsnips, celery, barley and lentils for a basic chicken stew and serve with bread.
If I am making a more sophisticated chicken stew- such as portions of chicken sauteed then cooked in wine and stock and herbs (poss tomato if you want to go spanish) then once stewed and thickened I would serve with new potatoes and green beans

Or for more formal meal potato dauphinoise is nice with it.

Floralnomad · 26/10/2024 19:29

I must say I usually do casserole with left over chicken so it’s already cooked , everything in a casserole dish , tin of soup , stock pot , some water and leave in the oven for as long as . If I was doing it with uncooked chicken I’d be browning it first and then doing the above .

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