Do you like chicken stew?
I do.
So does my family.
We like it a lot actually.
Chicken stew is easy to prepare, and you can add whatever vegetables you like to it. Once the initial stages of browning and putting the ingredients together are done, the stove or oven does all the work. Stews can be eaten with rice, or pasta, or a salad, or with a loaf of crusty bread.
What’s not to love?
Today I used my Le Creuset Oval French Oven to cook my chicken stew. It was super delicious!
This is because cast iron pots are able to conduct heat evenly. This means that no matter which part of the pot your food is lurking around in, it will cook as evenly as its neighbors. In addition, Le Creusetβs French ovens come with a layer of enamel coating. Being made from materials that are of top-notch quality, it will not flake off β which is all important as you really donβt want strange bits (or worse still, strange chemicals) cooking together with your food!
Let me show you how.
Season the chicken with salt and black pepper. I used chicken thigh meat because it is more juicy but you can also substitute with chicken breast if you wish.
In the casserole, brown the chicken in batches in a little olive oil. Once the chicken is brown, remove and place in a bowl. (There is no need to cook the chicken completely.) Continue until all the chicken pieces have been browned. Set the chicken aside.
In the same casserole, add a little more olive oil. Saute the onion for about one minute, or until the onion has softened.
Add the celery and carrots. Stir to mix. Cook this for another minute or so.
Add white wine if you wish. If you are not adding the wine, replace with the same quantity of chicken stock. (For notes on chicken stock please see here.)
Bring the liquid to a boil. This is important – using your spatula, slowly and gently scrape the bottom of the casserole to dislodge the black bits. These are bits of flavor so you want every bit you can get. In addition, this makes cleaning up super easy later on. Since Le Creuset cast iron cookware is enameled, it is really easy to scrape off the bits of flavor.
Add the chicken stock and return the chicken (and juices in the bowl) back into the casserole.
Bring to a boil. Add your favorite herbs – I used bay leaves, rosemary and thyme.
Turn the heat down to a simmer, cover the casserole and cook for about 20 minutes.
Add the potatoes, and stir to combine.
Cover and simmer for another 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
Stir in the corn starch slurry, season with salt and pepper, then top with chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
{GIVEAWAY}
For the first time, I have partnered up with Le Creuset Singapore to host a Giveaway for one Le Creuset 22m Round French Oven in Kiwi, worth $629 to one lucky reader of The Domestic Goddess Wannabe!!
Are you excited? I am! π
Apart from being total eye candy, the well-made Le Creuset Round French Oven is designed with the right thickness and the right weight of the lid, to spread heat evenly throughout the pot. This will keep the steam and condensation trapped inside, pulling out the flavour and nutrients of the original ingredients.
And as a Le Creuset user, I can assure you this is one pot that is made to perform and to last!
For your chance to win this, simply complete the Rafflecopter below.
The more tasks you complete, the more chances you have to win this fabulous prize. Good luck!
*Terms and Conditions Apply.
- 500g chicken thigh/ breast, skin removed and cut into bite-size pieces
- 5 baby carrots, cut into pieces
- 3 stalks celery, cut into pieces
- 3 potatoes, skin removed and cut into pieces
- 1 medium onion, cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup (120ml) white wine - I used Chardonnay
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken stock, or mix 50% salted chicken stock with 50% water
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon fried rosemary
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons corn starch, mixed with 2 teaspoons water to make a slurry
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 bunch Italian flat-leaf parsley, to garnish
- Season the chicken with salt and black pepper.
- In the casserole, brown the chicken in batches in a little olive oil. Once brown, remove and place in a bowl. Continue until all the chicken has been browned. Set the chicken aside.
- In the same casserole, add a little more olive oil. Saute the onion for about one minute, or until the onion has softened.
- Add the celery and carrots. Stir to mix. Cook this for another minute or so.
- Add white wine if you wish. If you are not adding the wine, replace with the same quantity of chicken stock.
- Bring the liquid to a boil. This is the important β using your spatula, slowly and gently scrape the bottom of the casserole to dislodge the black bits. These are bits of flavor so you want every bit you can get.
- Add the chicken stock and return the chicken (and juices in the bowl) back into the casserole.
- Bring to a boil. Add your favorite herbs β I used bay leaves, rosemary and thyme.
- Turn the heat down to a simmer, cover the casserole and cook for about 20 minutes.
- Add the potatoes, and stir to combine.
- Cover and simmer for another 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
- Stir in the corn starch slurry, season with salt and pepper, then top with chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley. Serve immediately.
*Contest ends on Thursday 16 July 2015 at 2359hrs. The winner will be selected via Rafflecopter, and notified via email. He/She has up to Saturday, 18 July 2015 to respond to the notification email. Should there be no response, the winning entry will be rendered null and void, and another winner will be chosen. All prizes will be sent to the winner by Le Creuset Singapore. Incomplete entries will be disqualified. Open to residents of Singapore only.
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Yes!!! I love Le Creuset!!!
Me too! π
Good quality and easy to use Le Crueset!!!
Always my dream to own one of these beautiful crockery !!!
Le Creuset. ….my favourite kitchenware! ! Sooooo good for stewing, baking and soup!
With the right thickness of the casserole and right weight of the lid for the Le Creuset 22cm Round French Oven to stew the chicken, it allowing the heat to spread evenly throughout the casserole, keep the steam as well as condensation being kept inside so that able to pull out the nutrients and flavour of the food itself. The beautiful Kiwi colour allowing us to serve the food together with the casserole besides letting the food remains in hot or warm for long hours rather than transfer out into a bowl and getting cold. As such, i love this Le Creuset 22cm Round French Oven in Kiwi.
I’ve fallen in love with Le Creuset & The Domestic Goddess Wannabe!
Awww thank you Carol! π
Le Creuset makes wonder in kitchen churn up all our favourite dishes.
Definitely for busy mums! One pot yummy chicken stews recipe and a easy to clean pot! Lovely kiwi green to brighten up the mood!
I have a Tagine, Buffet, Marmite and 16cm round french oven.I really love Le Creuset! I do not have this size and hope to win!
Love it!!
It’s my mom’s bday and i hope i can win it for her! Le Creuset you are the BEST!
Can you use this on Induction stove top?
Yes! I always use the induction cooker with my Le Creuset!
I don’t have a kiwi LC yet, would love to get one from LC π
Bought my first Le Creuset pot in Hong Kong 25 years ago. Years later bought another two. Every household should at least own a Le Creuset pot for stewing because it is really the best pot ever made. It retains the moisture when stewing, hence, it reduces the addition of water in the middle of cooking. The end product is a robust tasting stew. I totally love the Le Creuset collection.
thanks for the recipes, my wife is much a better cook now!
Recipe looks easy but yet oh so delicious! I must remember to use chicken thighs (no wonder so dry!). Thanks for sharing the recipe, tips & the giveaway contest! (I usually add barley beans to stews too.) Bonus will be cooking it in a Le Creuset Round French Oven to bring out the flavour & impress my guests! Always wanted one but can’t afford, hope to win! ^_^
Love to owe a Le Creuset! I always look forward to your one pot recipes!
I have been drooling & ogling at friends who own this and the food produced was amazing! I want this for my 37th birthday (17July) – shouting out loud !
I love cooking with Le Creuset
Wow…. awesome pot !!! Hope to get lucky so that I can cook up more delicious and healthy dish for my family and kids if I win this. Easy to use, easy to clean a perfect pot for me !! A must have pot for every family !!!
Would love to have this give-away Le Creuset in KiWi color. The quality we trust for health, but the price also at “quality”. Every year we aimed for 1 or 2 product. Hope this year we have 1 more! Thanks give-away.
Heard that Le Creuset branded ceramic pot good as LV (in bag trade) .
Hope i have chance to try the ” LV” pot.
Heard so much about the raves of this brand of cookware and saw that they appeared in one of the local variety cook show lately and I fell in love with the pots. Happy colours make me happy. Please pick me to win one of them home!
P.S. I live your chicken stew and the ingredients used are my fave!
Le Creuset is my favourite kitchenware. I bought my first LC pot last year. My good friend introduce to me.Le Creuset you are the BEST & Cook delicious and health dish for my family.Hope I can win ^_^ I love Kiwi color
I’ve heard lots of good reviews on Le Creuset pots which can be used in so many ways. Hope I get to win one
I love to cook and eat. With this French oven, cooking is made easier and simplified. There are so many things I could do with it. Love Me Creuset and this colour, which brings us closer to nature!
A good cook + good pot = delicious food
Hope to win this nice pot
I am a strong believer that a good quality pot makes delicious food out of simple ingredients. I have a couple of similar type pot but nothing beats Le Creuset.
Use to stew beef have not try out chicken stew. Will like to try out chicken stew for my next cooking. Love the colour of the pot seen it in the store heard it do wonders in cooking.
Le Creuset is new to me. After looking at all the good comments, how I wish could get a pot and try out all the recipes.
Omg, thank u for this awesome giveaway
Love your recipes! Chicken stew looks delicious. Will definitely make it for my family.
Domestic Goddess Wannabe and Le Creuset is the best combination. One is a great cook, the other a wonderful cookware. And this color is just too cool to have in the kitchen. It would definitely make cooking more fun!
Le Creuset is the best
Endless possibilities with the Le Creuset pot! π shared your post and set to public. π
I am so excited to receive the Kiwi Le Creuset.. A masterpiece in my kitchen .. Yeah!!!
I want to have a Le Creuset 22m round French Oven in Kiwi for my new Kitchen. Thanks for the giveaway.
from your post , i learnt it is not necessarily to put the stew in the oven but that i could us Le Creuset dutch oven to cook the stew over the stove..thanks for the demo
So excited about this giveaway! Hope to win this to cook more lovely dishes π
Love to own this awesome wonder Le Creuset 22m Round French Oven in Kiwi of the functionality !!!
I love the looks of this le creuset 22cm kiwi french oven! Hopefully get to try cooking on it too!
I love that kiwi green colour, unique and reminds me of Nature.
is it possible to use white pepper instead?
Yes but white pepper is sharper. The final taste will be different.
Will try out your recipe next week. Looks delicious!
This LC pot seem to be able to cook up a storm.. waaa
Thanks for sharing! Going to try this weekend.
Good luck π