Rutabaga and Chicken Stew

Submitted by Count Chocula

"This is from a recipe card at Wal-Mart ya'll ! I just love rutabaga and with chicken thighs and parsnips, I think it sounds good and not too expensive either!!! Yeah!!"

 

• Ready In: 48mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 pot stew
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 small rutabaga, peeled and diced in 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 medium parsnips, peeled and diced in 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and diced in 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1⁄3 cup flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 large leek, chopped
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley, chopped

directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boiling. Add rutabaga, parsnips and carrot. Cover and cook 10 minutes or until tender. Drain and set aside.
2. While vegetables are cooking, melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Dust chicken with flour and season with salt and pepper,,,reserving any leftover flour.
3. Brown chicken half at a time in pot with butter; remove chicken when brown.
4. Add the leek to the pot. Saute for 3 minutes or until tender.
5. Add 1 TBSP of the reserved flour to the pot, stir to form a paste.
6. Stir in the chicken broth and bring to boiling, stirring frequently.
7. Return chicken to pot, add vegetables and reduce heat to low.
8. Cover and simmer 10 minutes then sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Reviews

[valeriebreeding]

you can make this same recipe using white potatoes instead of rutabaga. i also through in some frozen peas toward the end. serve with egg noodles or italian bread to sop up the gravy.

 

[ChefLee]

This is just plain good eatin'!! If you like root vegetables, this is a recipe for you!!!! I love the "fried"effect that browning the chicken in flour gives. The breading stayed on the chicken even when added back to the stew and it was really really delicious!!!! I bought the parsley and then completely forgot to put it in!! I have done that before, I think that we get too hungry and forget! Everybody inhaled this stew!!!! Thanks so much for posting this great recipe!!!!