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Recipe: Chicken and haricot bean stew

Published by Arnold Page in Recipes · 25/1/2016 11:41:00
Tags: chicken_stew, chicken_and_haricot_bean, slow_cooker_recipe

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Slow cooker recipe

Just what you need to help you warm up after playing in the snow all day!

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 8 to 9 hours

Servings: 4

Ingredients

2 tbl oil

4 chicken thighs

1 onion, peeled and sliced

8 small new potatoes, scrubbed and sliced into 2 or 3 pieces

1 red pepper, cored, deseeded and sliced

2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; or ¼ tsp garlic powder

198 gm can (including water) sweet corn

300 gm can (including water) haricot beans

600 ml boiling chicken stock

2 tbl plain flour

2 sprigs thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme

salt and pepper

fresh spinach, washed

garlic bread

Instructions

Preheat the slow cooker if necessary.
Heat half the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the chicken for about 8 minutes until it is lightly browned, turning it over at half time.
Meanwhile prepare the onion and soften it in another frying pan with the rest of the oil.
Prepare the potatoes and red pepper.
Transfer the chicken, onions and potatoes to the slow cooker pot.
Prepare the garlic cloves if used.
Drain the sweet corn and haricot beans and rinse them with cold water in a sieve.
Put the stock, flour, pepper, garlic, sweet corn, haricot beans, thyme, salt and pepper into a large saucepan and bring it back to the boil.
Transfer the contents to the slow cooker, replace the lid, and cook for 8 to 9 hours on automatic.

Tip: Serve with fresh spinach and hot garlic bread.