The Best Creamy Chicken Stew with bacon, white wine, & parmesan!
Ingredients
- Chicken breast · skinless boneless1 ½ lb
- Salt1 ½–2 tsp
- Black pepper · ground
- Mushroom10–12
- Bacon · smoked½ lb
- Butter2 tbsp
- Onion1
- Carrot3–4
- Celery2
- Garlic6
- Thyme1 tbsp
- Rosemary1 tbsp
- Basil · dried1 tsp
- Oregano · dried1 tsp
- White wine1 cup
- Flour¼ cups
- Chicken broth3–4 cups
- Potato3
- Cream1 cup
- Parmesan cheese · grated1 cup
- Parsley¼ cups
Instructions
- Preheat a large soup pot over medium-high heat and add a drizzle of oil.
- Add half the cubed chicken, season lightly with salt and pepper, and brown for 5 to 7 minutes until golden all over. Remove to a bowl and brown the rest the same way.
- Add the quartered mushrooms to the dry pot and fry until golden brown, letting their water evaporate. Remove from the pot.
- Add the diced bacon with a few tablespoons of salted butter and fry for a few minutes. Add the onion, carrots and celery and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until the onion is tender and translucent.
- Stir in the garlic, thyme, rosemary, basil, oregano, salt and black pepper and cook for 1 more minute.
- Pour in the white wine and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes until reduced.
- Sprinkle in the flour and stir well into the vegetables. Cook for 1 minute.
- Pour in the chicken broth, return the chicken and mushrooms, and stir thoroughly.
- Bring to a simmer, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the cubed potatoes and press them under the liquid. Raise the heat to return to a simmer, then cover, lower the heat and cook for 30 more minutes, until the potatoes are cooked.
- Stir in the cream, parmesan and parsley and heat just until simmering. Remove from the heat.
Summarized from Tatyana's Everyday Food's video. Watch it for the details.
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