Metric Jesters Quick Chicken Stew Food

ONE-POT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Pat dry the chicken with a few sheets of paper towel and season thoroughly with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a heavy-bottom dutch oven or a soup pot over high heat. When oil is hot, add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until brown on all sides, about 5-6 minutes total. The goal here is to simply brown the chicken on the outside and extract some of its flavor. Make sure to use high heat, otherwise, the chicken will steam out and not brown. Transfer to a plate.
• Reduce heat to a medium and add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Add carrots and onions. Cook, stirring often until onions begin to soften and tips turn golden, about 4-5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds or until fragrant, while stirring nonstop. Add 1/2 cup chicken broth while stirring and scraping to loosen browned bits from the bottom of the dutch oven.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour and 1/2 cup broth; add to the dutch oven. Stir in chicken and remaining 4 cups of chicken broth. Add bay leaf and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring back to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 25 minutes, partially covered.
• Add potatoes and cook uncovered until potatoes are tender, about 18-20 minutes. If needed, increase the heat so the stew is at a gentle simmer. Also taste the broth for salt and pepper and add more if needed. Stir in parsley and discard bay leaf before serving.

METRIC JESTER'S QUICK CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Chop carrot, celery, mushrooms and onion and stir fry in dutch oven.
• Wash and chop potatoes into bite size pieces.
• Bone and skin chicken, placing bones and skin in large saucepan on high with 4 cups water, tumeric and salt (makes a quick yellow broth).
• Chop chicken in large bite-sized pieces and add to frying veggies.
• When chicken is half cooked, add potatoes and continue to stir fry.
• When chicken is fully cooked, broth should be ready, strain broth into dutch oven retaining one cup to mix with flour.
• Add extra cup of broth mixed with flour to thicken.
• Bring to boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender and broth is thick.

QUICK CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in skillet over high heat until hot.
• Dice chicken and add to skillet, stirring quickly 3 to 4 minutes or until white.
• Remove to a plate.
• Add remaining 1 tbsp oil to skillet and heat.
• Stir in onion, celery, carrots and mushrooms.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring, until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
• Mix in tomatoes with their liquid, white wine, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper.
• Heat to boiling.
• Dissolve flour in cold water and stir into stew.
• Heat to boiling.
• Add potatoes and green beans.
• Reduce heat to med-low and simmer 5 minutes.
• Mix in chicken and simmer 3 minutes longer.

METRIC JESTER'S FUSION STIRFRY

Steps:

• put pot on to boil, and when rolling, add pasta.
• heat up wok or large skillet on medium.
• spin garlic, ginger, and walnuts in magic bullet or blender, us as much or as little water so that you get a thin paste.
• stir in lemon juice, lemon zest, soy sauce, sesame oil, cardamom and coriander and then set aside for later.
• stir-fry vegetables together.
• toss drained pasta with vegetables and sauce mix.
• eat and enjoy.
• NOTE: you could add just about any type of meat or nut to the vegetable stir-fry if you want more protein .

METRIC JESTER'S BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• toss beef cubes and muschroom slices with montreal steak spice, then coat with oil.
• Sear beef and mushrooms in dutch oven.
• add onions and stir fry until onions are just starting to get soft.
• add celery, carrots, and potatoes stir and wait 3-5 minutes for food to warm up.
• add beef stock (water) all at once if hot, or slowly if cold.
• add barley and spices and then stir until combined.
• simmer for up to 4 hours, but it's cooked after 1.
• If using a slow cooker: start with the barley and liquid, and then using the same pan, sear beef and add, brown mushrooms and add, fry onions, celery and carrots then add, de-glaze pan and top off with spices. cook for 6 to 8 hours.

EASY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the white spring onion slices and fry for 1 min to soften. Tip in the swede and potatoes and cook for 2-3 mins more, then add the chicken, mustard and stock. Cover and cook for 35 mins, or until the vegetables are tender and the chicken cooked through.
• Add the cabbage and simmer for another 5 mins. If the stew looks too thin, mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp cold water and pour a couple of teaspoonfuls into the pan; let the stew bubble and thicken, then check again. If it's still too thin, add a little more of the cornflour mix and let the stew bubble and thicken some more.
• Season to taste, then spoon the stew into deep bowls. Scatter over the green spring onion slices and serve with crusty bread or warm cheese scones, if you like.