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Quick Chicken and Bean Stew
Autumn Chicken and Vegetables
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| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 9 minutes |
| Servings |
6 servings
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Ingredients
- 3-4 pounds chicken thighs bone in
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour gluten free, if celiac
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup apple cider or juice
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 small butternut squash cut into
3/4-inch pieces, 3-4 cups - 1 bulb fennel thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup walnuts optional
- 1/4 cup basil leaves fresh, very thinly sliced, optional
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Instructions
- Season chicken with salt and pepper; coat lightly with flour. Press Sauté; heat oil in Instant Pot, Add chicken in batches; cook about 8 minutes or until browned on both sides. Remove to plate.
- Stir in cider, broth and thyme; cook 1 minute, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot. Return chicken to pot, pressing into liquid.
- Secure lid and move pressure release valve to Sealing position. Press Manual; cook at high pressure 6 minutes. When cooking is complete, press Cancel and use quick release.
- Add squash and fennel to pot. Secure lid and move pressure release valve to Sealing position. Press Manual; cook at high pressure for 3 minutes.
- When cooking is complete, press Cancel and use quick release. Remove chicken and vegetables to platter; cover loosely to keep warm.
- Press Sauté; cook sauce about 5 minutes or until slightly thickened and reduced by one third.
- Serve sauce with chicken and vegetables; sprinkle with walnuts and basil, if desired.
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Can this be done with frozen thighs?
Very flavorful! Moist and tender chicken!!
Overall great recipe. I did double the chicken stock and apple cider because I thought the recipe wasnt enough for sauce for the meal. I’m glad I did!
What if you cannot get fennel bulb?
How will that affect the overall taste of the meal?
Use celery, which is a good substitute for fennel! Bon appetite!!
This was my first ever recipe with the Instant Pot. Everyone liked it and my kids each ate 2 thighs.
Great chicken and very flavorful! Served it with rice and the sayce was very good. Warning: double apple juice and broth otherwise you’ll get the “BURN” warning and not a lot of sauce afterwards. Will definitely make it again. Also mix flour with salt and pepper to save a step.
Enjoyed this recipe, only thing I will do different next time is brown the chicken on the stove top. The instant pot doesn’t get hot enough to make the skin crispy. I would recommend this recipe. Very easy if you but precut butternut squash. Really tasty!
Lacked flavor, fennel was not at my Kroger, some said you could substitue Celery perhaps someone can try that that and modify receipe? I am new to instant pot.
I tried it…. added a little flair of my own, some mushrooms. I wish I had read notes before
I started! Got the “burn” notice- added more liquid but had some difficulty finishing the cooking process
This was my first Instant Pot recipe. With that said, was very tasty but took so much longer than I thought it would. Cooking time here is way off. From start to finish took me about 90 minutes and it wasn’t because I was new but each step it took pot really long to start the new process – I guess heating up.
First Instant Pot recipe. Really tasty! Followed others recomendation and doubled liquids. Also added a few red potatoes just becaise. With prep and heating really takes about 90 minutes, but worth the time.
It was very tasty. I woukd have preferred if the chicken remain crisoy thoughout the cooking process, but it was good nonetheless.
This dish was delicious. I didn’t need to change anything. The only note is that the two times you have to bring it to pressure, and the two that you need to reduce pressure adds a considerable amount of time to the recipe.
Flavors good. Definitely need to increase heat level of saute function to get a crispier skin.
I like to double the liquid in this recipe…and when I dont have fennel, I use celery instead. When I dont have butternut squash, I use carrots instead. Not a fan of dried thyme nor walnuts so I leave all that out. Still very tasty! & Seemingly healthy, although I dont know the calories of the meal. Super easy instant pot recipe, thanks for sharing!
Can you use chicken breast instead of thigh, how much it affect the time of cooking.
Delicious. Was not sure how anise would taste, but what an awesome flavor!!!!
Really enjoyed this. Substituted celery & doubled the liquid. Good stuff!
I cooked this with corm and green onions along with the rest of the recipe. It was delicious!
TAstes great but total time to prepare and cook is more like 45 minutes.
Wonderful fall recipe, even better leftover. I served it with rice the first night And mashed poTatoes the second night.
Deeeee-licious! Used precut squash. Doubled the liquid as suggested by others, and that seemed just right. Served with brown rice. Would recommend this recipe highly! Might add apples and/or mushrooms next time!
This is yummy!
It smells delicious and tastes delicious!!!!!
This was pretty good. Used three large chicken breast instead of the thighs. I doubled the liquid and I think it was a good decision. Otherwise the dish would have been too dry.
I’m thinking of trying this with boneless, skinless thighs. Anyone else try that? Any suggestions for adjusting cooking time etc.?
Quite good. Double the liquid!
Took much longer than the recipe suggests. Followed the instructions and after only 9 minutes of pressure cooking the chicken was still raw. The instructions don’t account for pre-heating time, and if followed are actually dangerous. Make sure the chicken is fully cooked!
Use less apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup is sufficient. Putting in the suggested half cup made my whole dish taste very cidery. I cubed the fennel, but wish I had cut it into larger pieces. It ended up getting lost in the dish.
My first instant pot trial. Delicious. I am glad I doubled the stock amount. I also used orange juice instead of apple and it was amazing.
I have a mini 3Qt instapot – do i need to make revisions to recipe? Thanks
Can you use frozen chicken for this recipe?
I mixed corn meal, salt and flour. I dipped the chicken in beaten eggs and then dipped the chicken in the flour mixture. I browned the chicken with olive oil in a skillet. The drippings i put into the pot. Then added the chicken and other ingredients.
When i put the squash and other vegetables into the pot i added some honey. Yum!
I doubled the liquid as suggestd – it definitely would have been too dry without it. Pretty good but next time i think I will try sweet potatoes. The cooking time was perfect – everything was done. I might use a little more fennel and try it with chicken breasts next time.
This was delicious, quick, and easy! I did double the apple cider and broth, and used a keto breading instead of flour (1-2-3 keto breading). Also added rosemary to the basil and thyme. Didn’t use fennel, as i didn’t have any. Used tri-color carrots instead of squash, and served with quinoa. The broth was really good over the quinoa.
I made this with boneless, skinless chicken thighs and onion instead of fennel. It came out great. In the saute step, I browned closer to 6 minutes. I doubled the amount of liquid as others suggested and it worked perfectly – I can’t imagine using less liquid than that. Topped with chopped walnuts, dollops of basil paste, and goat cheese. Yum!
3 minutes was not long enough to cook the butternut squash.
Excellent flavour and aroma. Served with rice. Definitely DOUBLE OR TRIPLE the liquid. I got a “burn” error TWICE on my IP with the original amount of liquid. Luckily just really brown not actually burnt.
Yes! Up the liquid. I substitued fennel for tri-colored carrots and chopped up 1 honeh crisp apple. Added some noodles in with the veggies too and it worked!! Basil makes it. So! Dont skimp on that
I used chicken tenders and next time I will cut the cook time down by a little bit. Other than that it was super delicious!!
Just ok. I followed the recipe exactly and it was fine — it had plenty of liquid in it. Just didnt love the flavor as much as others did. Probably just a matter of personal taste. Love trying new things in the IP!
Easy to make
I used almond flour
So good!!!
Made tonight, all enjoyed it. Thighs could have used more spice. Overall good. The Flapper pie I made stole the show though 🙂
I made this but i used sparkling apple juice by mistake and it turned out absolutely amazing. I used GF flour because I am on a weight loss eating healthy kick but yes mite liquid would work also.
Its a hit with my family! I used apple juice as that was on hand. I cut rhe squash into slightly smaller chunks as butternut squash needs more than 3 minues. Will definately make it again!!
Yummy! Tasty and nurturing on a winter night. Have made several times and have started adding more veggies too
Anybody use frozen chicken? If so, how did you have to adjust cooking time
I messed it up. Dam. Wasted 30$ worth of groceries. Will cook something easier first.
Great recipe, but lets just say it took more than 24 min to make (closer to 3 hours for me). Still would recommend to others if you have the time!
Love it
I used chicken breast . Very tender. Next time will add thyme to chicken with salt…chicken.needed a little more flavor
Enjoyed this dish. Very easy to make, instructions were clear. Taste is slightly too acidic for me, might adjust apple juice amounts next time, but over all an easy, quick dish for autumn. Served it with polenta.
You have to be joking, “24 minutes total”. I’m a 1.5 hours into this and hasn’t even started 2nd manual cycle. This is a 2 hour recipe.
I’ve now been cooking for over 1 hour! Definitely not 24 minute quick meal. I’m excited to see what this I’ll taste like=)
Loved this meal, very good and will definitely be making it many times. I added onions and extra chicken broth. When you add the vegetables to cook make sure you have scraped the bottom of the pot well and stir in the veggies into the chicken and sauce together.
First time. Didn’t have apple cider so i used 8 Tablespoons of apple jelly. Worked great.
I used 5 boneless skinless thighs o had in freezer. Delicious. Will cook again soon.