Mediterranean Chicken Stew with step by step photos and a video recipe. Chicken stew is a delicious meal with chicken, bell peppers, potatoes, onions, carrots and tomatoes. It is simmered in seasoned chicken broth until tender. It is a healthy and hearty, one-pot chicken stew recipe.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Course: Main
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 6
Author: Preeti
Equipment
Large Pot or Dutch Oven
Ingredients
Marinate the chicken
700gramsboneless skinless chicken breast
½teaspoonground black pepperadd as per taste
salt to taste
To make Mediterranean Chicken Stew
4teaspoonolive oildivided
1onionchopped
1green bell pepper
1red bell pepper
1carrotpeeled and diced
1potatopeeled and diced
2teaspoongarlicminced
1teaspoonground pepper
salt to taste
1teaspoonpaprika
1teaspoonthyme
1.5teaspoonoregano
½teaspoonground cumin
2cupslow-sodium chicken broth
14.5-ounce 1 can of crushed tomatoes
¼cupchopped cilantro
1tablespoonlemon juice
Instructions
Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
Heat 2 teaspoon of olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Brown the chicken for 2-3 minutes on each side. The chicken need not be cooked through. Remove it to a plate.
In the same pot, add onions, bell peppers, carrots and potatoes. Stir and sauté the vegetables for 5-7 minutes until they are soft.
Add garlic, pepper, salt, paprika, thyme, oregano and cumin. Sauté for 30 seconds.
Add the chicken broth and tomatoes. Stir to combine. Cook until it comes to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low. Add chicken back to the pan. Cover and cook on low heat for 30 minutes.
Remove from heat. Add cilantro and lemon juice and stir to combine. Serve with bread or rice.
Video
Notes
Be careful while adding salt to the recipe. Chicken broth has salt in it. Also, we seasoned the chicken with salt and pepper.
After adding chicken to the broth, reduce the heat and cook on low heat for 30- minutes. It gives you tender and juicy chicken pieces that taste incredibly delicious. Also, slow cooking helps to thicken the stew.