A hearty and comforting one pot meal, this creamy Instantaneous Pot Hen Stew is made with hen thighs, carrots, garlic, inexperienced beans, and spices like rosemary, thyme and sage.

Why I Love This Recipe

A thick savory stew is the right meal to cozy up with throughout the chilly winter months.

This Instantaneous Pot Hen Stew is reassuring, hearty, and satisfying by itself or when paired with a crusty slice of bread. It’s creamy, full of taste, and loaded with plenty of dried herbs like thyme, rosemary, sage, and parsley. 

Made with hen thighs for protein, tons of veggies like carrots, celery, inexperienced beans and potatoes, and heavy cream for creaminess and a lift to its satiety issue, this stew is a meal the entire household will love.

I really like making this stew within the Instantaneous Pot as a result of it saves time and power. Set it, and overlook it! It tastes as should you’ve been simmering all of it day lengthy, when it actually solely took you lower than an hour from begin to end.

In case you don’t have an Instantaneous Pot, you may simply make this within the gradual cooker or on the range high. Nevertheless you make it, you’ll have a one pot meal that’s heat, cozy, nourishing, and scrumptious. 

Substances You’ll Want

Notes on Substances

boneless, skinless hen thighs: I like utilizing hen thighs since they’re extra flavorful than breasts, however you should utilize both. You may additionally make it vegetarian or vegan by substituting the hen with a plant-based protein like chickpeas or lentils and swapping the hen broth with vegetable broth.

butter: fragrant taste enhancer used to coat the veggies for sautéing.

yellow onion: provides fragrant taste. 

celery: a part of the fragrant basis for the broth. 

carrots: provides a refined sweetness and enhances the flavour of the broth.

garlic: packs within the taste. 

white wine: deglazes the pan which maximizes the general taste of the stew. 

child potatoes: potatoes are an excellent supply of fiber, potassium, vitamin C and B6. Be at liberty to substitute for different potato varieties as wanted. 

dried rosemary: provides a piney, peppery taste. 

dried thyme: offers a refined minty, candy, and earthy taste.

dried sage: offers a full, earthy taste that’s barely lemony and minty.  

dried parsley: provides a recent, daring taste.

bay leaf: provides one other layer of taste to go with the dried herbs.

salt and pepper: important taste enhancers.

hen broth: can substitute for vegetable broth however the taste may be totally different. 

frozen reduce inexperienced beans: inexperienced beans are a superb supply of nutritional vitamins A, C, and Okay, in addition to folate and calcium. I like utilizing frozen inexperienced beans right here for added comfort. 

heavy cream: for creaminess and contributes to the wealthy taste. 

cornstarch: used to thicken the stew. You may swap with flour or arrowroot starch if wanted

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Instantaneous Pot

Make Instantaneous Pot Hen Stew

1. Sear hen thighs. Warmth olive oil on excessive Sauté setting and as soon as scorching, add hen thighs and sear till browned, about 3-4 minutes on both sides.
2. Sauté aromatics. Set Instantaneous Pot to regular Sauté and soften butter. As soon as melted, add onions, celery and carrots and prepare dinner till onions are translucent, about 5-7 minutes. Add garlic and prepare dinner till aromatic, about 1 minute, then add wine to deglaze the pan, scraping the underside as wanted. 
3. Add components. Flip Sauté off and add hen again into the pan adopted by the potatoes, rosemary, thyme, sage, parsley, bay leaf, salt, pepper, and hen broth. Stir components collectively.
4. Prepare dinner. Safe cowl onto Instantaneous Pot (be sure that set to sealing) and set to Stress Prepare dinner for 10 minutes. Enable for pure stress launch for 10 minutes earlier than utilizing fast launch.
5. Shred hen. Take away hen from the pot to shred then add it again in. 
6. Add heavy cream and inexperienced beans. Stir in heavy cream and inexperienced beans. Take away bay leaf.
7. Make cornstarch slurry and add to pot. Whisk cornstarch and three tablespoons water in a small bowl till mixed. Add cornstarch slurry to pot, stir to include, and set to Sauté till soup begins to thicken, about 3-5 minutes. Serve scorching! 

Professional Suggestions

1. Be sure you reduce the potatoes sufficiently small (assume bite-sized items) in order that they prepare dinner all through to fork tender.
2. Enable heavy cream to come to room temperature earlier than including to soup to forestall curdling.
3. Inexperienced beans will be swapped for any frozen vegetable of your alternative. Corn, bell peppers, peas, broccoli or cauliflower would all work effectively.
4. In case you’re making within the gradual cooker:

• • Add all components (besides olive oil, butter, inexperienced beans, heavy cream, and cornstarch) to gradual cooker and prepare dinner till hen reaches an inside temperature of 165 levels F and potatoes are tender, about 3-4 hours on excessive and 7-8 hours on low.

1. • Stir in inexperienced beans, heavy cream, and cornstarch slurry to assist thicken.

Recipe FAQs

Is stew higher within the gradual cooker or stress cooker?

Each positively work and can style scrumptious, so it depends upon your desire, which equipment you may have, and the way a lot time you may have. Stress cookers are nice in a pinch whereas gradual cookers run all day. A gradual cooker is nice for arms off cooking, whereas a stress cooker includes a couple of extra steps that require your consideration. By way of total style, some individuals really feel that taste is best retained in a stress cooker, however once more that is subjective. 

How do you make a stew thicker?

The important thing to reaching a thick, creamy stew is making a cornstarch slurry. I usually combine 3 tablespoons of cornstarch with 3 tablespoons water and stir till mixed. With the Instantaneous Pot set to Sauté, add the slurry and let the stew come to a simmer, permitting it to thicken, stirring sometimes, about 3-5 minutes. 

Can different greens be added to the stew?

Why not!? I like to recommend sticking to frozen veggies right here as a result of they require no prep and are tremendous fast so as to add in on the finish. Corn, bell peppers, peas, broccoli or cauliflower would all work effectively.

Can you set uncooked hen within the Instantaneous Pot?

Sure, you may put uncooked hen within the Instantaneous Pot. The cooking time for hen varies relying on the scale of the breasts/thighs however 8-10 minutes on excessive ought to do the trick. Hen ought to attain an inside temperature of 165 levels earlier than you eat it, and should you’re unsure that it’s cooked via, check with a cooking thermometer.

Storage and Preparation 

Instantaneous Pot Hen Stew leftovers will be saved in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days. To reheat on the stovetop, use a small saucepan and warmth over medium-low till reaches desired temperature. To reheat within the microwave, use a microwave-safe bowl and reheat for 1-3 minutes, relying on the microwave. 

Leftovers can be saved in an hermetic container within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Let defrost within the fridge in a single day earlier than reheating.

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