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    Home » Recipes » Amish Main Dishes

    Old-Fashioned Amish One-Pot Chicken Stew

    Published: Jan 12, 2021 · Updated: Jan 12, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 1 Comment

    This Amish one-pot chicken stew is one of these hearty recipes sent to me from an Amish cook named Edna Miller in Kentucky.  Perfect to simmer on the stove on a crisp autumn day like today!  Edna writes:

    "I like to leave this simmering on the stove-top for a good hour or so, makes the house smell delicious!   We use our own broth leftover from butchering day!"

    One-pot meals like this are so popular among the Amish because during a busy day you can just sort of dump all in the ingredients into a big kettle, cover, and let simmer. The Amish were doing slow-cooker meals long before there were slow cookers. You can do this one-pot meal in 20 - 25 minutes of cooking but, you can also put your heat on low and let the meal simmer for a long. Personally, I like it best like that. Gives a chance for the flavors to really meld and combine. There's also a LOT of versatility with this recipe. For instance, in hindsight, I'd probably add corn to this. Possibly even some tomatoes and just let it simmer. There's just a lot you can do with a recipe like this.

    Gather your ingredients

    These are all going to be fresh or home-canned ingredients for most Amish cooks, along with homemade chicken stock, but you can use whatever is available.

    Adding pasta to the one-pot meal
    Use bowtie pasta, or feel free to substitute with spaghetti.

    Below is a pencil drawing of a typical Amish kerosene stove drawn by an Amish artist sometime in the early 90s. I treasure these drawings. That is the type of stove that many Old Order Amish would use to cook this Amish one-pot chicken stew.

    drawing

      Now, let's check out the recipe!

    🍗One-Pot Chicken Stew Ingredients

    • 10 cups chicken broth
    • 4 potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
    • 1 small onion, cut into 1-inch chunks
    • 2 celery stalks, cut into ½-inch chunks
    • 1 carrot, peeled and sliced thin
    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper
    • 12 ounces bowtie pasta
    • 1 rotisserie chicken, skinned, boned, and shredded (about 3 cups)

    📋One-Pot Stew Instructions

    1. In a soup pot over medium-high heat, combine broth, potatoes, onion, celery, carrot, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil and cook 10 minutes.
    2. Stir in pasta and cook 8 minutes.
    3. Add chicken and cook until chicken is heated through.
    4. Spoon into bowls and serve immediately.

    🥣More Winter Soups and Stews

    Amish kitchens are fragrant with the smell of thick stews and chowders this time of year, here are a few of our favorites!

    Acadian Chicken Stew

    Okay, the above isn't really an Amish recipe, but we still love it!

    Classic Broccoli-Cauliflower Soup

    Love this blend of veggies!

    Amish Funeral Soup

    Delicious!

    Winter's Day Soup

    As the name implies, perfect for winter!

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    One-Pot Chicken Stew

    Old-Fashioned Amish One-Pot Chicken Stew

    A delicious comfort food meal!
    4 from 1 vote
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    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 10 cups ·  chicken broth
    • 4 potatoes peeledand cut into quarters
    • 1 small onion cutinto 1-inch chunks
    • 2 celery stalks celery stalks
    • 1 carrot peeledand sliced thin
    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • ½ teaspoon ·  black pepper
    • 12 ounces bowtiepasta
    • 1 rotisseriechicken skinned,boned, and shredded (about 3 cups)

    Instructions
     

    •   In a soup pot over medium-high heat, combine broth,potatoes, onion, celery, carrot, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil and cook 10minutes.
    • Stir in pasta and cook 8 minutes.
    • Add chicken and cook until chicken is heated through.
    • Spooninto bowls and serve immediately
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Peggy

      June 12, 2021 at 10:40 am

      4 stars
      This seems like a good chicken soup. When I make stew it is thickened. Since it is hot here in the 80s and 90s I’m not looking to make a hot soup. Love your recipes.

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