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Chicken & Bean Stewp

Sheila
This thick chicken soup almost a stew is hearty, easy, and from scratch delicious. It is seasoned with the fragrant garam masala, garlic, and tarragon and full of vegetables. The leftovers are amazing.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course dinner, Main Course, Main Dish, supper
Cuisine American, Indian
Servings 6 people
Calories 272 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 whole Chicken boiled and pulled from bone (approximately 4 cups of cooked chicken)
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 cup Onion
  • 4 stalks Celery chopped
  • 2 cups chopped Carrots
  • 3 Red Potatoes cut in cubes
  • 2 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Garam Masala
  • 2 cups Vegetable Broth
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 3/4 teaspoon dried Tarragon
  • 1 can Cannellini Beans
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Cover chicken 3/4 of the way with water, boil for 30 minutes or until chicken is falling off the bone. Pull chicken off bone and place in a bowl. Strain boiled chicken juice off of the chicken, set aside. Give pan a quick rinse and return to stove.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to pan, heat over medium-low heat add onion, garlic, celery, carrots, and potato to pan sauté for 5 minutes. Sprinkle garam masala over vegetables and mix around, cover and let cook on low for 5 minutes.
  • Remove lid, and deglaze pan with vegetable broth, using spatula to scrape any bits from bottom of pan. Add chicken and 2 cups of chicken juices back into pan along with bay leaf, tarragon, and salt and pepper to taste bring to a low bowl, turn down to low, cook for minimum of 30 minutes or until vegetables are fork tender. Remove bay leaf before serving.
  • Crock Pot version: If you are going to use your crock pot for this recipe you can remove chicken and strain juice directly into the crock pot dish. Sauté vegetables and deglaze pan add this to crock pot. Mix in beans and additional spices. Turn crock pot on low or keep warm for 2-4 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 272kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 15gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 412mgPotassium: 784mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 287IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 2mg
Keyword carrots, chicken, garam masala, garlic, homemade, red skin potatoes, root vegetables, soup, stew, tarragon
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