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The Old fashioned English chicken stew is the easiest chicken stew recipe you can make. Chicken, potatoes, carrots slow cooked in a buttery milk broth infused with aromatic sage.
There are some days when I want to make simple yet delicious dishes. These old fashioned chicken stew recipes have their own charm – they are easy to cook, just one pot meals with few ingredients but are so yum. You put everything together and forget about it for time. I like making these one pot recipes quite a lot because they are so much less hassle and saves a lot of time later for washing up.
I remember, my mum, used to make these stews whenever I had cold or I was in my – I-don’t-want-eat-anything phase. Her stews were more broth type. I, however, like the creamier ones.
Old Fashioned Creamy Stews
Now there are many ways to achieve the creaminess in the stews. You could add flour, almond meal, or even potato starch to get the creamy consistency. But, believe me, when you do it the old fashioned way you get the best results. Reduce the liquid, in this case its milk, to get a creamier stew – as simple as that. Yes, it’s going to take a little time. So if you are planning a meal ahead, this is going to be easy.
Let’s Get Started
Today it’s going to be a step by step photo post. So read along.
I am using chicken pieces with their skin on. I like it when the skin gets crispy while searing. If you want you could use skinless chicken too – whatever is your choice. No stew is complete without a good doze of vegetable. [That’s exactly why my mum, made these stews so much – some way to get those carrots in me – I hated carrots].
This is a one-pot stew recipe with a handful of ingredients. All you need is a potato and a carrot, now, I decided to use only these two – you could use any vegetable of your choice – celery, mushroom, peas – whatever you like.
Along with that I am using few garlic cloves, peppercorns, one small onion. This is a mild stew without much spice. The only herb I am using is sage. Sage is so aromatic you don’t even need anything else along with it. If you can get fresh sage – that’s even better. But you don’t get all herbs fresh in here, so I am using dried sage. My mum never used sage – she used to add ginger and pepper corn – that’s it. But ginger with ‘brothy’ stew is fine, not much with the milk stew, according to me.
We’ll also need butter, milk and some lime zest.
Pro Tip: Don’t go overboard with zesting lime or lemon. You just need the aroma. Rub it 2 or 3 times on the zester. Any more will bring out the bitter white layer turning the dish in a bitter mess.
Prep up
Marinate the chicken with some seasoning and keep it aside for 5 minutes.
Heat the butter in a deep bottom pan. Add the chicken to sear it.
Keep the chicken aside when the skin is lightly colored.
In the same butter add garlic, peppercorns and onion and sauté. Add the vegetables and seasoning and sauté for 3 minutes.
Add the chicken pieces. Pour milk and add the sage.
Cover and cook on low heat for 45-50 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Pro Tip: When you are cooking with whole milk or cream don’t cook at high flame. It might split.
And there you have a gorgeous creamy chicken stew with the wonderful aroma of sage.
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Till next time – ciao
- Chicken – 500 gms with skin
- Potato – 1 diced
- Carrots – 1 diced
- Onion – 1 diced
- Garlic – 6-7 cloves
- Peppercorns – 10-12
- Butter – 50g
- Milk – 500 ml
- Sage – fresh or dried – 2 teaspoons
- Zest of half a lime
- Seasoning
- Sprinkle salt & pepper on chicken and keep aside for 5 minutes
- In a heavy bottom pan heat butter.
- Sear the chicken pieces for a few minutes and keep aside.
- In the same butter add peppercorns, garlic, onions and saute
- Add the vegetables and saute for 3 minutes.
- Add chicken pieces to the vegetables.
- Pour milk and mix.
- Add sage. and seasoning.
- Cover and cook for 45-50 minutes
Now this is something I can try cooking… Looks absolutely amazing
thanks Raj. Hope you’ll like making this one!
Good recipe for non-vegetarian lovers.👍
The gravy looks tempting. Very neat and classy. I would love to try it in my vegetarian dishes some day.
Nikita, you can in fact make this into a vegetable stew as well. Add your choice of vegetables and you have it.
Thanks for dropping by.
This I can try! Yumm. You have made me hungry girl!
Thanks Naba. Do give it a try – it’s super easy.
seems good taste without much seassoning, and spices. i just wonder if the mjx of milk and lemon won’t turn the milk sour, like spoile?
Hey Silvia, this is just lemon zest, it won’t curdle the milk. Don’t worry on that. Thanks for dropping by
All vegetarian are going to miss making this mouth watering recipe including me. I would love to substitute chicken with finding else and try this wonderful recipe.
i want to try different meals. healthy and easy plus fast.
Thans Silvia. This one is really easy and quite healthy, I am sure you’ll like it.
My husband had never had stew in his life. OF course, until he met me! Now he loves them so much that I try to make different varieties of stews. Love it!
Wow! This looks lovely. Like each of the pics :). Since it takes 55 minutes to cook, I am only worried what will I do if I feel hungry in between. Or maybe, I should have a little of something else to satisfy my hunger craving until it is finally cooked ;).
Old-Fashioned Chicken Stew is low-fat comfort food, bursting with natural flavors and vegetable-garden goodness. It’s also low in fat because the stew is made chicken and lil oil.
This looks like a very do able recipe. Like the tip about milk and sage.I have maDe the gingery broth version.Never this one. This winter I will make thiz
Love the name and the look of this recipe. Planning to try it soon!
Lovely Recipe, But I have not cooked anything. I will ask my wife to cook this recipe.
Whoa this looks delish and sounds so damn easy to make. Thanks for sharing with me T!!
We are vegetarians but I was wondering if I can substitute chicken with something else and try this recipe. Looks good for winters.
I am vegetarians but this one seems like a great traditional recipe for non-vegetarians. loved the way, you have shared all details with important tips and amazing images. looking forward to learn some veg recipes from you.
I am a vegetarian but my husband loves chicken and I can’t cook chicken to save my life. Using this recipe my husband can be atmanirbhar 😂😂
I remember the recipe my grandfather used to make even I try to to create the magic but never gets the same taste. Thanks for sharing this recipe again.
this looks such a yum recipe . We love chicken and i am surely checking out this stew.. You have explained everything beautifully
This seems to be a classic chicken recipe, for chicken lovers. Though we are vegetarians, we do prepare a similar stew, but instead of chicken, we have veggies.
This looks so delicious and droolworthy. I am surely trying this recipe asap… its looks scrumptious and chicken make me happy
I loved your recipe of the Old fashioned English chicken stew. After thinking about what to cook tonight, I am contemplating stepping into the kitchen and cooking this stew. I’m pretty sure my wife will be impressed as well.
Though I am vegetarian I can still see this is a wonderful and so healthy recipe of chicken. I would love to share it with my mother in law as they love to have chicken at home. Can this be replicated with vegetables?
I am a pure vegetarian but looks like this is a very nice recipe, I am going to share it with my friend who loves chicken stew. I am sure she will love to get a new recipe
This chicken stew recipe gives me such nostalgic fel. This is how exactly my mom used to make stew. Very nice recipe.
I’ve heard of this dish. This is a well-written step by step recipe. Will share this with my friends so they can make it too.
This old fashioned chicken stew looks drool-worthy. I will try this recipe but can we make it without the skin or chicken with skin is mandatory in making this stew? Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Oh dear, looks absolutely delicious. And that ks for the detailed recipe. Would try if for sure. Can’t wait qlready
Though I am a vegetarian my husband is a hard core non vegetarian and he loves all these dishes q lot. Though I don’t cook it at home I can try to make a veg variant of this.
I have a feeling my better half would love this. He absolutely loves chicken. I will definitely be sharing this recipe with him 🙂
This is so easy to cook. I’m sure it would be a delight for the chicken lovers. Kids would also love it.
Wow this dish looks super yum. I’ve tried to make stew only with beef never with chicken. Will try this recipe out soon. I love adding vegetables to my dishes.
Must say old is gold. You have listed al the steps in the detail manner to follow. My family always like the rich gravy Chicken, shall try little portion of it to gather more members for the Chicken stew.