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Tender Tuscan Chicken Stew
"The original recipe comes from one of my favorite Italian cookbooks. Adapted to my own tastes and availability of ingredients, this comforting stew packs lots of flavor and can easily be thrown together for a mid-week meal. I usually serve mine with a nice green salad on the side."
photo by DianaEatingRichly
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 8 skinless chicken thighs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 2 red peppers, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (28 ounce) can peeled tomatoes
- 2⁄3 cup dry white wine
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano or 1 large fresh oregano sprig, chopped
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- salt and pepper
- 4 sprigs oregano (optional)
directions
- Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet until hot, not smoking. Saute the chicken in the oil until brown. Remove chicken from the pan and reserve. Add the onions and peppers to the pan and cook 3 to 5 minutes until soft but not browned. Add minced garlic.
- Carefully drain tomatoes reserving liquid in a cup or bowl. Mash the tomatoes into a thick paste – more concentrated than tomato sauce but not as thick as tomato paste.
- Add chicken, tomatoes, wine and oregano to the onions and peppers. Simmer 30 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. If the pan becomes dry, add a little of the reserved tomato liquid. Do so sparingly.
- Add cannelloni beans to the pan, and simmer another 5 minutes until hot.
- Garnish with sprigs of oregano (optional).
Questions & Replies
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can you use chicken breast and how much?
Reviews
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This was a nice start, but to my taste needed a lot more oomph. By the time I was done, I doubled the salt, garlic, and oregano and had added spinach and kidney beans. With parmesan cheese on top, it was quite nice. Thank you for the recipe. -
This Recipe was delicious! I used 4 cloves of garlic and sauted the onions with red chili flakes and 1/2tsp of brown sugar. I also added fresh spinach leaves with the beans and topped it off with a couple pinches of parmesan cheese, so good! will definitely make this again, thanks for the recipe!
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This was just okay. I thought it lacked flavour. It needed a little something something. Maybe a stick of bacon or some olives. Not sure what was missing. -
Needs a little more flavor. It was good but not great.
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We really loved this! We followed the directions, but added olives like some suggested. It was fabulous, my wife had 3 servings! Next time we might add some kale in it. Thank you for a great recipe.
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Tweaks
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Oh my!!!...this is yummy & sooo fast & easy! Well, I did as another reviewer suggested & instead of the red peppers, I used spinach, green beans, & rosemary (peppers bother me). I make a full recipe, divide into portions, & freeze. Excellent for those days I don't have time to cook. Thank you justcallmetoni for sharing! -
I enjoyed this, but my husband wasn't a huge fan. I substituted chicken broth for the wine, so maybe it would have been better had I followed the recipe exactly! I still may make this for myself again sometime!
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This wasn't what I was expecting. It wasn't bad but the flavor wasn't what I expected. The sauce was too thin and it wasn't as flavorful and I would have liked. Maybe adding additional herbs & spices may help. Maybe substitute chicken broth for white wine. I don't think I would make again. Sorry. -
Very nice dish, Toni! I used one green and one red pepper. I had to use kidney beans instead of cannellini beans, but it made it colorful and tasted great. The only thing I'll do different next time is add some red pepper flakes for a little zip. Made for ZWT4.
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