Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons white flour
- 14 teaspoon pepper
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 34 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs or 34 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- cut into 3/4 inch cubes
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- cooking spray
- 1 red pepper
- 7 scallions
- cut into 1 inch pieces
- 3 garlic cloves
- sliced
- 1 carrot
- peeled and cut into coins 1/4 inch thick
- 1 large sweet potato
- peeled and cut into 3/4 inch cubes
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 34 teaspoon cinnamon
- 34 teaspoon ground ginger
- 12 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 dash turmeric
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 12 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 cups fat-free chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch (optional)
- 1 tablespoon water (optional)
Instructions
- Once you start cooking, this dish comes together rather quickly.
- As such it is best if you do all your cutting and chopping before starting to cook.
- Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet until hot but not smoking.
- Combine the flour salt and pepper.
- Dredge the chicken cubes in the seasoned flour.
- Shake off excess flour and place the chicken in the pan.
- Reserve unused flour for later.
- Cook chicken until browned, about 3 minutes per side.
- Remove chicken from the pan.
- Apply a scant amount of cooking spray to the pan.
- Add the red peppers and cook for 2 or 3 minutes.
- Add the scallions and garlic slices, stir and cook an additional minute.
- Add the carrots and sweet potatoes, stirring in the reserved flour left over from the chicken.
- Mix in the dry spices (cumin, ginger, cinnamon, red pepper flakes and turmeric).
- Stir in the chicken broth, honey and vinegar and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to a low simmer, cover and cook until the potatoes are almost tender, about 5 minutes.
- Return the chicken to the skillet and cook until the chicken is cooked all the way through, another 5 minutes or so.
- Stir in the peas and cook through, a minute or two.
- If you like a thicker stew, bring the stew to a boil and swirl in the cornstarch mixed in water at the same time you add in the peas.
- Cook for a minute.
- Ladle the stew over rice or couscous and serve.
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