10 Minutes prep • 60 Minutes cook • Low FODMAP • Gluten-free • Serves 4 - 6 • Ok to make ahead: Steps 1-7

If you love my Braised Chicken and Roasted Vegetables, you’re really going to love this stew. Big chunks of chicken, lots of delicious vegetables, rich flavorful broth, and melty butter, make this chicken stew a truly wonderful meal. It comes together nicely all in one pot so clean up is a snap and it’s great the next day so you’ve got lunch (or a second dinner) all done ahead of time! While it takes a bit longer to cook, using bone-in, skin-on chicken makes a broth that is wonderfully rich and flavorful. This recipe has no added rice, potatoes, or pasta (and you will not miss them at all!) so it’s a great one if you’re keeping your starch intake low.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

4 - 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts (the bones and skin enhance the flavor of the broth and are easy to discard once the chicken is cooked)

1 teaspoon Kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

3 small or 2 medium leeks, green part only, cleaned and chopped

2 large or 4 small carrots, chopped

2 - 4 celery ribs, chopped

1 pound oyster mushrooms, chopped (optional if you don’t like mushrooms)

3 to 4 sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped and finely chopped (or substitute 2 - 3 teaspoons dry rosemary)

3 - 4 cups low FODMAP chicken broth (I use Whole Foods Organic 365 chicken broth or Gourmend low FODMAP Organic Chicken Broth - use code IBSGC15 for 15% discount)

1 Parmesan rind (optional but adds a lot of flavor)

3 tablespoons salted butter, for serving (leave out for lactose-free version)

Gruyere or Parmesan cheese, grated, for serving (optional - leave out for lactose-free version)

Directions

(1) Prepare: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Chop the vegetables. If chicken breasts are very large (most seem to be these days!) cut them in half before braising. You can cut right through the bone with a strong chef’s knife.

(2) Braise the chicken: Heat a heavy soup pot or Dutch Oven over medium-high heat. Add the oil and when it’s hot, put the chicken, skin side down, in the pan. Season with pepper and salt (if you didn’t pre-salt the chicken before cooking). Cook, turning and rotating the pieces as necessary until well browned on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove to a plate and set aside.

(3) Cook the vegetables: Add the leek greens, carrots, celery, mushrooms, and rosemary to the pot and cook until the vegetables are tender and beginning to brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

(4) Add the chicken and broth: Nestle the chicken breasts among the vegetables, skin side up. Add enough of the stock so the liquid comes about halfway up the meat. (The amount will depend on the size of your pan.) Add the Parmesan rind (if using).

(5) Bake: Put the pan in the oven and cook, uncovered, for about 30 - 40 minutes for bone-in white meat (50 minutes if you’ve used bone-in dark meat instead) until the meat is just cooked (use an instant-read thermometer to confirm white meat is 165 degrees F or dark meat is 175-180 degrees F). Check the pan occasionally and stir the vegetables if they threaten to brown too much. Add a bit more broth if it’s getting dry. (If you don’t have an instant-read thermometer then cut into the chicken and make sure the juices run clear rather than pink.)

(6) Shred chicken: Once just cooked through, remove the chicken from the pan to a cutting board. Shred the chicken with two forks, discarding the bones and the skin.

(7) Finish: Return the shredded chicken to the pan and stir. If the broth has cooled in the process, reheat it before serving. Remove the Parmesan rind before serving too.

(8) Plate and Serve: Ladle generous servings into bowls. Top each bowl with 1/2 tablespoon of salted butter and a sprinkling of aged gruyere or Parmesan cheese (optional).

Eat and enjoy every bite because you can!

Recipe note: I use Diamond Crystal Kosher salt in all my recipes because it has a wonderful flat and crisp flake that tastes delicious. It is also the least salty salt available so you can use it more liberally as a seasoning than you can table salt or sea salt. If you use another type of salt, you may need to reduce the amount so it is not over-salted. 

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