Low Fat Chicken Stew Food

LOW FAT CROCK POT CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Coat bottom and sides of a 4-quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray .
• Place vegetables in the pot.
• Trim chicken thighs of excess fat and cut into pieces.
• Add chicken to the pot, followed by herbs, crushed tomatoes, and chicken broth.
• Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours.
• Serve and enjoy!

LOW-FAT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the celery, carrot, and onion. Saute the vegetables until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Stir in the tomatoes with their juices, chicken broth, basil, tomato paste, bay leaf, and thyme.
• Add the chicken breasts.
• Bring the cooking liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer gently uncovered until the chicken is almost cooked through, turning the chicken breasts over and stirring the mixture occasionally, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken breasts to a cutting board and cool for 5 minutes.
• Discard the bay leaf.
• Add the kidney beans to the pot and simmer until the liquid has reduced into a stew consistency, about 10 minutes.
• Discard the skin and bones from the chicken breasts.
• Shred the chicken into bite- size pieces. Return the chicken meat to the stew. Bring the stew just to a simmer.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

CROCK POT APPLE CHICKEN STEW (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, layer potatoes, carrots, onion and celery.
• Combine salt, thyme, pepper and caraway; sprinkle half over veggies.
• In a skillet, saute the chicken cubes in oil, until browned; transfer to a slow cooker.
• Top with apple.
• Combine the apple cider and vinegar; pour over chicken and apple.
• Sprinkle with remaining salt mixture.
• Top with bay leaf.
• Cover, and cook on high for 4-5 hours, or until veggies are tender, and chicken is cooked.
• Remove the bay leaf.
• Stir before serving.

LOW-FAT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown beef in oil. Add the next seven ingredients; cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add carrots and potatoes; cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Stir in peas; heat through.