Ice Storm Chicken and Veggie Rosemary Stew
/Ice Storm Chicken and Veggie Rosemary Stew
I just had some and, if I don't mind saying it myself, it was SO good. Simple, flavorful...I'm in love with fresh rosemary.
Luckily I still have fresh rosemary growing in my dining room window so I can easily toss a few sprigs into whatever I’m making. It may be cold and icy outside but anything hot, like this soup, is a warm welcome.
This is the basic soup recipe I use when I want to clean out my crisper. If you want a soup, add more broth, water or wine; I wanted something hardier so I'm calling this a stew.
Ice Storm Chicken and Veggie Rosemary Stew Recipe
2 cans vegetable broth
3 cut up medium carrots
3 diced celery stalks
1 diced medium onion
1 cup water
1 tsp sea salt
Half of a diced green pepper (this was left over from a salad)
Cook on low until the vegetables are cooked, about half an hour or so.
Add I baked chicken breast, cut up into small pieces
3 3-inch fresh rosemary sprigs
Cut up mushrooms - I forgot to add those, will next time.
Continue cooking on low until chicken is integrated into the vegetable mixture and the rosemary blends in, about 5 minutes. Serve.
Makes 4 hearty servings.
I can imagine this with other vegetables - broccoli, green beans, zucchini leaving the fresh rosemary as the star.
It's too cold and dangerous to be outside because of the ice storm so I'm enjoying reading a book and playing in the kitchen. I'm lucky to have written this recipe down immediately after making it or I would not have remembered the ingredient amounts later. Friends and family know that's a regular hazard when enjoying meals at my house, they may never enjoy the same one again because I like to experiment.
Oh, I have recipe books. I collect recipe books and have some classics, from my Mother's Betty Crocker cookbook to the American Cooking Encyclopedia. I enjoy reading them. Much more fun to chop, mix and see what I can cook up on my own without a prompt - most of the time.
Ice Storm Chicken and Veggie Rosemary Stew is delicious the next day, too. Regardless of the weather!
Charlotte