Re: Dinner tonight 12/15/24 will be

On 12/16/2024 3:11 PM, Carol wrote:

Jill McQuown wrote:
 

Chicken Carciofi.  Essentially, chicken with artichoke hearts.
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Anything on the menu at your house today?
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Jill

 I just got back from shopping.  Today was mostly a canned trip (I've
weeded things down a lot so it was getting kinda bare).  I think I want
to make chicken stew though maybe not tonight.  I got a family pack of
thighs (not boneless) and have a lot of boneless frozen.
 I'm going to look through some chicken stew recipes.
 Any good ideas in that line?

The only chicken stew I make is chicken & dumplings.  I simmer chicken legs (thigh/drumsticks).  Place in a deep pot with a lid, cover with water, season with S&P and add a couple of bay leaves.  When the chicken is tender, remove the chicken and debone it; set the meat aside.  Skim foam off the broth and remove the bay leaves.  Taste the broth and adjust the seasonings.  The vegetables are a bag of your typical frozen combo; sliced carrots, potatoes, onion, celery.  (Yes, you could slice fresh vegetables and add them and simmer it until tender... takes a lot longer given the time it takes to cook the carrots & potatoes.  These days I don't bother.)  Add the chicken meat back to the pot with the frozen veggies and simmer until heated through.  The dumplings I make are the drop-type, not rolled.  Drop by scant teaspoonfuls on top of the simmering stew.  Cook the dumplings 10 minutes uncovered; cover and cook about 8-10 minutes more.  The dumplings should be fairly fluffy, not dense.
Jill