Wild Rice and Turkey Stew

Nif's Note:

If you prefer chicken, feel free to substitute it for the turkey. This is a healthy and easy slow cooker recipe. It's the best kind of comfort food because it's missing the guilt ;) Enjoy!

• Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup wild rice
• 3 lbs skinless boneless turkey breasts or 3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
• 1 onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup celery heart, chopped
• 4 cups low sodium chicken broth (1 carton)
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped, to garnish

Directions:

1. In slow cooker, add rice, turkey/chicken, onion and celery. In a separate bowl, whisk together broth, flour, garlic, Italian seasoning and pepper; add to slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours or until turkey/chicken is cooked through and rice is open.
3. Serve turkey/chicken stew with fresh parsley.

Reviews

[ellie_]

Very good -- hot and comfort food with almost no work. I left mine in for the whole day, my crockpot switches to warm when the 5 hours is up -- wonderful and so easy too! I didn't have any Italian seasoning so use 1 tsp oregano and 1 tsp thyme. Next time I may add carrots and/or other veggies depending what we have on hand. Thanks for sharing!

[nemokitty]

This is a very good stew! I used the chicken breasts and followed the recipe exactly. I had to cook mine longer than 5 hours because the rice wasn't done yet. Delicious!!! Made for PAC Spring 2011.

[wicked cook 46]

What an easy tasty dish when the brain is frazzled and won't let you think of what to make for dinner LOL I had leftover turkey in the fridge and had alot going on and could not for the life of me think of what to do with the leftovers . WAM saw this recipe in Everyday is a Holiday tag and the lightbulb went off. Quick to put together especially since the turkey was done. I thought I had wild rice so had to sub a wild rice/ white rice mix. I used turkey broth I had in the freezer. I had to add more broth then called for but I think it was from using the white rice. At first as it was cooking I thought maybe there was to much garlic but it mellowed wonderfully as it cooked. Because the turkey was already cooked it took maybe 3 hours in the crockpot.