Name: Healthier Chicken Vegetable Stew
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Olive oil - 2 tablespoons; Onion, diced - 1; Celery, diced - 2 stalks; Carrots, diced - 2; Garlic, pressed - 2 cloves; Cremini mushrooms, sliced - 1 cup; Tomato paste - 1 tablespoon; Water - 1 ⅓ cups; Dried marjoram - ½ teaspoon; Dried rosemary - ½ teaspoon; Paprika - ½ teaspoon; Dried sage - ¼ teaspoon; Bay leaf - 1; Cayenne pepper - 1 pinch; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - 1 pinch; Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-size pieces, or more to taste - ½ pound; Cornstarch - 1 teaspoon; Cold water, or as needed - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients for - Healthier Chicken Vegetable Stew

1. Olive oil 2 tablespoons

2. Onion, diced 1

3. Celery, diced 2 stalks

4. Carrots, diced 2

5. Garlic, pressed 2 cloves

6. Cremini mushrooms, sliced 1 cup

7. Tomato paste 1 tablespoon

8. Water 1 ⅓ cups

9. Dried marjoram ½ teaspoon

10. Dried rosemary ½ teaspoon

11. Paprika ½ teaspoon

12. Dried sage ¼ teaspoon

13. Bay leaf 1

14. Cayenne pepper 1 pinch

15. Salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 pinch

16. Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-size pieces, or more to taste ½ pound

17. Cornstarch 1 teaspoon

18. Cold water, or as needed 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Healthier Chicken Vegetable Stew

1 . Stage

Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, carrots, and garlic in the hot oil until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms to onion mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are slightly tender, about 5 minutes.

2 . Stage

Stir tomato paste and about 1 tablespoon water together in a bowl until tomato paste is thinned; add remaining water, marjoram, rosemary, paprika, sage, bay leaf, cayenne pepper, and pepper and stir.

3 . Stage

Stir tomato paste mixture into onion mixture; add chicken. Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover stockpot, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes.

4 . Stage

Stir cornstarch and cold water together in a bowl until smooth. Stir cornstarch mixture and salt into stew; bring to a boil and cook until stew is thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.