Savory Chicken Stew

It doesn’t get any easier than this Savory Chicken Stew recipe. Here’s a one pot meal that the whole family will love and benefit from. The onions and garlic in this stew will ward off the common cold. The minerals in the broth are nutritious, healing and warming to the bones. This is a fantastic stew to make during the cold and flu season.

Ingredients

• • 1/2 medium onion, diced
  • 6 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 2 cups chopped carrots
  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of fat and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
  • 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
  • Thyme to taste
  • 1/2 lb radishes, scrubbed and quartered
  • 1/3 cup brown rice
  • 2 cups green beans, trimmed
  • Black pepper to taste

Preparation

1. In a saucepan, combine onion, garlic, carrots, chicken, chicken broth and thyme essential oil and cook over low heat for 1 hour.
2. Add the radishes, brown rice and green beans and cook for an additional 1 1/2 hours. Add pepper to taste.
3. Alternately, add all ingredients to a slow cooker and cook for 8 hours on low setting or 4 hours on high setting. This low fat chicken stew recipe can also be made in a slow cooker. Garnish the finished soup with parsley and invite your friends and family to enjoy a soul warming meal with you.
4. * If you boil a whole chicken for a few hours, then debone the chicken and use THAT broth, your soup will be packed with more minerals than if you used canned broth. It is important to note that  instant bouillon does NOT have the same benefits as broth made from boiling a whole chicken with the bones. This is an easy soup to memorize and add to your menu rotation.
5. Enjoy!

*** NOTE: If following the Trim Healthy Mama plan this recipe is a great E!