Description
A hearty stew when you need some comfort food for your family. The best thing about this Sweet Chicken stew is that we only use one pot for cooking it, and the good thing about these kinds of stew recipes is that you can freeze the leftovers for a lazy night’s dinner.
Ingredients
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- 6 Chicken tights with bones or chops
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Salt and black pepper
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon of minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cans of tomato pieces (400 grams)
- 2 cups of chicken stock
- 1/2 cup of Tawny or Oporto
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup of peas
- 1/2 cup of raisins
- 1/2 cup of prunes
- 1/2 cup of dry peaches
Instructions
- Clean the chicken thighs from the extra fat and season them with salt and pepper.
- Heat a drizzle of vegetable oil in a pot or large dutch oven over medium-high heat and fry the chicken for a couple of minutes to seal the juices inside. Set them aside. In the same oil, fry the chopped onions and minced garlic cloves. Fry them for 2 minutes, and add the tomato paste and bay leaf, let it cook for a minute to develop more flavours season them with salt and pepper to let all the juices out. Add the canned tomato pieces, chicken stock, Oporto (tawny) and cooked chicken. I cooked them for 30 minutes to develop a deep flavour. Incorporate the veggies (carrots and peas) and the dry fruits (raisins, prunes and peaches) and cook the savoury stew for another 20 minutes. Season the stew with salt and pepper and also a tablespoon of sugar if needed. Sometimes the cans of tomatoes are not ripe enough, and you get acidity.
- Serve the Chicken with rice, baked potato or grilled veggies. I’ll hope you enjoy this delicious meal.
Notes
You can incorporate some baby potatoes into the stew when you add the veggies, but I don’t recommend them if you freeze the stew.
Keywords: Sweet Chicken Stew, One pot Chicken Stew, estofado de pollo dulce