Main Dishes Recipes - Creamed Chicken Stew Recipe

Ingredients

• 25g/1 oz soy margarine

• 8 chicken drumsticks, skinned

• 1 medium onion

• 3 carrots, cut into 1cm/1/2 in thickness

• 3 potatoes, quartered

• 2 3/4 cups/600ml/1 pt water

• 1 bouquet garni

• salt and black pepper

• 100g/4oz button mushrooms

• 100g/4oz peas

• 2 Tbsp corn flour

• 1 3/4 cups/400ml/14fl oz soy milk

• water

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Melt the margarine in a pan and fry the drumsticks for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the onion, carrot and potato and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.

2. Add the water, bouquet garni and salt and pepper, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Skim the surface occasionally.

3. Add the mushrooms and peas and simmer for 15 minutes more. Dissolve the corn flour in the soy milk and stir into the stew.

4. Simmer for 5 minutes more and serve hot.

Note: Chicken on the bone imparts more flavor to this stew than breast meat. Vegetarians may prefer to use diced tofu or soy sausage as a substitute for the chicken.