Giada's Chicken Spezzatino (stew)

"This Italian stew makes a great, filling, healthy supper. Serve with biscuits to dip in. Adapted from Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Saute celery, carrots and onion in a large saucepan/stockpot in oil over medium heat until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in salt, pepper, tomatoes, broth, basil, tomato paste, bay leaf, and thyme.
  • Add chicken breasts with ribs and press them down to submerge under the liquid and bring liquid to a simmer.
  • Reduce heat and gently simmer the chicken, turning them over often for about 20 minutes, or until chicken breasts are almost cooked through.
  • Add kidney beans and simmer for 10 more minutes, or until chicken is cooked all the way through.
  • Take chicken out of saucepan and let cool 5 minutes, then cut chicken into bite-size pieces and discard bones and skin.
  • Discard bay leaf and put chicken pieces back into stew and bring back to a simmer, adding salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve with biscuits for dunking and enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. This was a very good stew. I did add a bit more tomato paste than the recipe called for because I thought it was a bit runny.
     
  2. Excellent Italian stew! I originally forgot to add the kidney beans and it still tasted good but I went back and added the beans it tasted even better! The kidney beans help to make it a complete and filling stew. The basil and bay leaf add good flavor to the stew. Next time I may add a little Italian seasoning and let it simmer a little longer. Thanks for the delicious stew Karamia1
     
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