Preparation: Step 1
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Prepare all the necessary ingredients for vegetable stews with chicken. Rinse vegetables well under running water. The meat, if it is from the freezer, is better to put it in the refrigerator in the evening — so it will defrost slowly and evenly, will not lose his juiciness and will not become rubber when frying.
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Step 2
Rinse the chicken fillet in cold water, gently dry with paper towels. This is important — excess moisture will prevent the formation of a delicious crust with frying. Then cut the chicken with medium pieces — about 2 cm. Such pieces are quickly fried, remain juicy and not overdried.
💡 Advice: If you get a fat, do not cut completely, it will give the meat a taste. Just remove the films, they become stiff during heat treatment.
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Step 3
Heat the pan over medium heat, pour in 1-2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil. When the oil warms up well, lay out the chicken and fry for 6-8 minutes, stirring periodically. The pieces should be slightly browned, become golden from the outside, but not dry out.
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Step 4
While the chicken is fried, peel onions. Cut it with small cubes so that it is prepared faster and evenly distributed throughout the stew with chicken and vegetables.
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Step 5
Add onions to chicken, fry together for 3-4 minutes until soft. It should become transparent and slightly caramel — so a sweet, warm basis of taste will appear in the dish.
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Step 6
Peel the carrots, grate on a large grater or cut into thin strips — as you like. You can even in circles if it is thin: in the finished vegetable stew in a pan, it will look beautiful.
💡 Advice: Grassed carrots gives taste faster, and chopped — holds the shape longer. Decide what is more important to you.
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Step 7
Add carrots to the pan, mix, cook for another 3-4 minutes. Vegetables should grasp slightly and start brown.
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Step 8
Wash the potatoes, peel, cut into 2 cm cubes. You can cook young potatoes with a peel — it will become thin and in the process of extinguishing will become completely soft.
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Step 9
Add potatoes to the pan to meat and vegetables, mix and fry for 5 minutes so that it “grabs” a little and covered with a light crust. This is important: if you add liquid immediately, the potato will simply boil, and it will retain the shape.
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Step 10
Wash the bell pepper, remove the seeds and partitions, cut into strips or large cubes — as you want. Red or yellow pepper will make the dish brighter and more aromatic, and the green will give a light spicy bitterness.
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Step 11
Wash the zucchini, if necessary, peel and seeds. Young zucchini can not be cleaned — they have a soft peel and there are practically no seeds. Cut into cubes like potatoes — it will be more uniform in a finished vegetable stew with chicken in a pan.
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Step 12
Pepper and zucchini add to the pan, mix everything. Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring periodically. Vegetables will begin to fry a little and give their juice, creating a fragrant basis for the future sauce.
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Step 13
Wash the tomatoes, cut into small cubes. If the peel is thick, pour them with boiling water and remove it so that hard pieces do not come across in the finished recipe for vegetable stews with chicken.
💡 Advice: In the cold season, canned tomatoes are suitable — with them the sauce will turn out to be more saturated.
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Step 14
Add tomatoes to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes until they begin to secrete juice. It is tomatoes that give vegetable stew with chicken that very juiciness and light sourness.
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Step 15
Peel the garlic, finely chop with a knife or pass through the press. If you want a thinner aroma, use dried or baked garlic.
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Step 16
Add garlic to the pan, salt, pepper, pour your favorite spices. Great for: paprika, Provencal herbs, a little black pepper. You can add a pinch of hop-sunels-it is perfectly opened in vegetable dishes with chicken.
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Step 17
Pour 100-150 ml of water — about a third of the level of vegetables. You do not need to pour much: vegetables will give their juice.
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Step 18
Cover the pan with a lid, reduce the fire to the weak. Enough everything for 15-20 minutes, until the vegetables become soft, and the sauce — thick and rich. You can mix 1-2 times during this time so that nothing is buried.
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Step 19
Try vegetable stews with chicken and vegetables to taste, if necessary to crush or add more spices. The finished dish can be sprinkled with herbs — dill, parsley, basil or cilantro are suitable.
Serve hot, right from the pan — as an independent dish or with a side dish: boiled rice, bulgur or pasta will perfectly complement the vegetable stew with chicken and make it even more satisfying.
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