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This Creamy Chicken Stew recipe is easy to make and tastes great with biscuits or dumplings. Make it on the Stove Top, Crock Pot, or Instant Pot!
Be sure to serve these with my super-easy Buttermilk Biscuits!
Creamy Chicken Stew
This recipe is a classic comfort food here at The Cozy Cook. I’ve been making it since 2014. If you’re trying it for the first time, you’re about to find an amazing dinner that your family will want to keep in the rotation.
I’ve included instructions to make sure that you can making this on the Stove Top, Crock Pot, or the Instant Pot.
How to Make it
See recipe card below this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions, including Crock Pot and Instant Pot methods.
Stove Top Method
- Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat and sauté seasoned chicken until cooked through. Remove and set aside.
- Add olive oil to the pot along with the vegetables. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken back.
- Combine the cream of chicken soup, milk, sour cream, and Ranch seasoning. Add to the pot and stir until well-combined.
- Let the soup simmer until the potatoes and carrots are fork tender. Optional: Garnish with crumbled bacon and serve over biscuits!
Adding Dumplings (Stove Top Method)
- Combine 1+ 1/2 cups Bisquick with 1/2 cup milk.
- Mix in dry seasonings: 2 tsp parsley, 1/2 tsp thyme, 1/2 tsp sage, 1/2 tsp garlic powder.
- Bring the soup to a light bubble.
- Drop bite-sized balls of the mixture and cook, uncovered, for about 10-15 minutes. Gently rotate the dumplings periodically to allow them to cook on each side.
- Serve and enjoy!
Storing Leftovers
Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Note: Dairy based soups such as this change slightly in consistency after being frozen and reheated.
What to Serve with Chicken Stew
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- Buttermilk Biscuits
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- Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls
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- Cheddar Bay Biscuits
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Creamy Chicken Stew
This Creamy Chicken Stew recipe is simple to make on the Stove Top, Crock Pot, or Instant Pot! Enjoy it over biscuits or topped with dumplings!
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 boneless chicken breasts, uncooked & cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2.5 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Salt/Pepper
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 large red potatoes, sliced
- 1 cup baby carrots
- ½ cup celery, diced
- ¾ cup green beans, fresh or frozen
- 10.5 oz. cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup whole milk, don't substitute low-fat
- 1 cup sour cream, at room temp
- 1 oz. ranch seasoning mix
Note: For the Instant Pot Version, one cup of Chicken Broth is also needed
Instructions
Stove Top Method
- Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat.
- Season cubed chicken with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Add to the pot and saute until cooked through. Remove from the pot.
- Add 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil to the pot along with the vegetables. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken back.
- Combine the cream of chicken soup, milk, sour cream, and Ranch seasoning. Add to the pot and stir until well-combined.
- Let the soup simmer until the potatoes and carrots are fork tender, about 45 minutes.
- Optional: Serve over biscuits!
Crock Pot Method
- Season the cubed chicken with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Melt the butter on the bottom of the crock pot. Add the olive oil, vegetables, and chicken. Stir to coat.
- Mix together the soup, milk, sour cream and ranch seasoning. Pour on top of the chicken.
- Cover the crock pot and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours. Low and slow is the best with milk and dairy products.
- Optional: Serve over biscuits!
Instant Pot Method
- Set the Instant Pot to Saute Mode and add the butter, olive, oil and vegetables. Cook until the onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add 1 cup chicken broth and scrape up any bits that may have stuck to the bottom of the pot.
- Season the cubed chicken with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Add it to the pot.
- Place the lid on the pot and ensure the pressure release valve is sealed. Hit Cancel, then hit Pressure Cook and set the timer for 8 minutes. When the time is up, flip the quick release valve.
- Open the lid and switch to Saute mode.
- Combine cream of chicken soup, and Ranch seasoning. Add HALF of the milk and HALF of the sour cream.
- Let the soup simmer for about 5 minutes and serve!
- Note: Only add the additional 1/2 cup of milk and sour cream if you prefer more broth.
Notes
Use whole milk, especially if cooking in the Slow Cooker, higher fat content will mitigate the possibility of having the dairy curdle.
This stew is great served over homemade Buttermilk Biscuits!
This stew is great served over homemade Buttermilk Biscuits!
Nutrition
Calories: 431kcal, Carbohydrates: 52g, Protein: 20g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 67mg, Sodium: 1268mg, Potassium: 1488mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 5100IU, Vitamin C: 25mg, Calcium: 130mg, Iron: 3.2mg
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I actually didn’t have green beans or the ranch seasoning but it tasted awesome without it. I did have a lot of chicken and the other veggies so I added a cup of chicken broth. We loved it and will make again.
I’m so glad that you loved it Cathie, thank you so much!
The recipe is great but the instant pot option is a little different. I instead sauteed the chicken after removing the veggies. And omitted the ranch, salt, and pepper. Use Old Bay seasoning instead with the Italian seasoning. Wow! I couldn’t believe it!
You can go about the Instant Pot method any way you’d like, and I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely delicious stew recipe. I have 2 chef son’s and a husband who bakes like a dream and made the biscuits. It was so good that even the picky 12 yr old who never eats anything creamy ate it without a saying anything. That’s a total win in my book because he doesn’t usually eat much. I had to double the recipe so cooking time ended up being more like a hour and half on top of the stove on simmer in a dutch oven and covered. I was concerned about the green beens turning to mush before the potatoes and carrots were cooked but not a problem. You know you hit the jackpot when all the leftovers disappeared into containers and were took home.
I am sooo thrilled that it was a big hit Joyce! That absolutely makes my day, I have the same situation here, the leftovers go SO fast! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review, I really appreciate it! 🩷🩷🩷 -Stephanie
Love this recipe! I was able to double it in a 6 qt crock pot. It was pretty full but worked fine. I also swapped the chicken breast for shredded rotisserie chicken that I had in the freezer—just added it (still frozen) to the crock pot in the last couple hours. Turned out great!
I’m sooo happy that you loved it Abbey! Nice work doubling it, I love it! 🩷 Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review!! 🙂 -Stephanie
This stew is so delicious!!! Can this be frozen? I didn’t see anything about that but I’m going to try it!…Thankyou so much for the 😋 recipe,!!
I’m soo happy that you love it Denise!! 🙂 I have definitely frozen this before. Since it’s so creamy, it doesn’t restore exactly back to its original consistency, but the flavor is amazing! I like to reheat it using the “melt” setting in the microwave (which just uses a little lower power)! Thank you so much for the review!! 🙂 -Stephanie