Chicken Stew
The everyday Bulgarian chicken yahniya — chicken pieces simmered with onion, carrot, potatoes and tomato in a sauce reddened with paprika, lightly thickened with a flour roux and finished with plenty of parsley.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg chicken thighs and drumsticks
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, sliced into rounds
- 500 g potatoes, peeled and cut into 3 cm chunks
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- 400 g tomatoes, grated, or chopped tinned tomatoes
- 600 ml hot water
- 1 bay leaf
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 bunch parsley, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 3771 kcal · P 334.6g · C 161.3g · F 196.3g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Season the chicken with 1 tsp of the salt. Heat the oil in a wide, heavy pan over medium-high heat and brown the chicken skin side down for 6–7 minutes, then turn it for 3 minutes; set aside.
- 2Add the onions and carrots to the fat and cook over medium heat for 8 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft.
- 3Take the pan off the heat, sprinkle in the flour and paprika and stir for 30 seconds, until the flour has absorbed the fat.
- 4Return to the heat, add the tomatoes and cook for 3–4 minutes, then gradually pour in the hot water, stirring so no lumps form.
- 5Return the chicken, add the bay leaf, pepper and remaining salt, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- 6Add the potatoes, pushing them under the liquid, and simmer covered for 25 minutes more, until the potatoes are tender and the chicken comes away from the bone.
- 7If the sauce is thin, uncover for the last 5 minutes; it should be about as thick as pouring cream.
- 8Remove the bay leaf, stir in most of the parsley and serve sprinkled with the rest.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken Stew take to make?
About 90 minutes: 20 min prep and 70 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken Stew?
13 ingredients: chicken thighs and drumsticks, sunflower oil, onions, carrots, potatoes, plain flour, sweet paprika, tomatoes, hot water, bay leaf, black pepper, salt and 1 more.
How many servings does this Chicken Stew recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Stew?
About 943 kcal, with 83.7 g protein, 40.3 g carbohydrate and 49.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Chicken Stew recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Chicken Stew?
Chicken Stew comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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