French-style Chicken and Mushroom Stew

By OcadoLife
“Creamy and warming, this gluten-free French-style Chicken and Mushroom Stew is one of my go-to comfort dishes,” says Masterchef finalist and cookbook author Dean Edwards. “It’s rich, easy, full of flavour and has 2…
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Ingredients

11 total
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 285g chestnut mushrooms, quartered
  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 3 celery sticks, finely diced
  • 200g carrots, finely diced
  • 3 (approx.) large garlic cloves, crushed or grated
  • 1 vegetable stock pot, mixed with 500ml boiling water (check for gluten-free)
  • 200g cooked chicken, shredded
  • 300g easy cook long grain rice
  • 100g crème fraîche
  • 1 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method

3 steps
  1. Step 1

    Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Tip in the mushrooms and fry for 5 mins. Add the onion, celery, carrot and garlic to the pan with some seasoning; cook for 5 mins more. Add the stock and shredded chicken, then simmer partially covered for 20 mins.

  2. Step 2

    Meanwhile, cook the rice as per the pack instructions.

  3. Step 3

    Stir the crème fraîche into the pan with the chicken and scatter over the parsley. Serve with the rice.