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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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- Chicken Tortilla Soup
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- Chicken and Rice Soup
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- Baked Potato Soup
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- Slow Cooker Beef Stew
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- Copycat Longhorn Parmesan Crusted Chicken
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- Broccoli Pasta
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Creamy Chicken Stew
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. dry ranch dressing 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
This stew is great served over homemade Buttermilk Biscuits!
Nutrition
Hi Stephanie
I would love to try this recipe.
Would you have a substitute for ranch seasoning please? as I’m in Ireland and I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
Hi Dee, I don’t have a substitute for the ranch seasoning, but there are homemade ranch seasoning recipes online if you want to give that a try!
When cooking this stew on the stove top, do you cover it while it is simmering?
I usually cover it partially! 🙂
Hi, It’s me again.
I mailed you about your translator to metric not working.
Now it is.
Perhaps it was my computer doing a temproray blip.
Paul
good to know thanks Paul!
Served this to a family gathering of 9 people and everyone loved it!. There’s a place in the title just above the Ingredients that you can increase the number of servings and it automatically adjusts the amounts needed – it worked perfectly. I put in 10 servings and followed the amounts exactly. Every single person had a small second helping (even the picky 12 year old) and there were still leftovers. Such a savory dish and a really big hit
That is wonderful Karin, and I’m so glad that you used the adjustment slider to modify the serving sizes, nice work! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review, I really appreciate it! -Stephanie
Is the chicken raw or cooked?
It goes in uncooked and cooks in the soup 🙂
I don’t often leave comments on blogs recipes, but I just had to with this one. It’s the best stew I’ve ever had… It’s replaced my Pioneer Woman Sunday Stew recipe…. LOL! This is so hearty and FULL of flavor. And versatile! Yum!
Wow such great compliments Gillian, this makes me so happy!😍 I love how cozy this one is, thanks so much for the awesome review!
Made last week, so good! Curious if using cream of mushroom soup would alter taste or could still taste good? I only have cream of mushroom available.
Hi Heather, cream of mushroom would be fine!
Alternative for sour cream? Not Mayo or Greek yogurt either. Thanks!
Hi Bethany, those are the closest substitute options, you can try heavy cream and/or cream cheese but I haven’t tested it with those alternatives.
This recipe was amazing! Just made it for supper and soooo good 😊 thank you!
That’s so great to hear Sheila!😍 Such a comforting dish. Thanks so much for the great review!
Can I use almond milk instead of regular milk. And is it better on the stove than in the crockpot.
Hi Donna, Almond milk should be just fine, I would stick to making it on the stove top to ensure that you can control the temperature better and mitigate curdling, especially since almond milk is low in fat.
I don’t have whole milk why can’t I use 2% milk?
Thank you
Whole milk is recommend as an extra measure to prevent curdling if cooking in the crock pot. ☺️
I’m going to try this tomorrow. I don’t have green beans but I do have frozen peas and carrots. I’m just going to add that. It’s a 12 oz package so I figure it will be about the right amount. In other chicken stew I see the average amount of red potatoes is about 1.5 lbs so that’s what I’m going to try. Pro ky cut them in quarters unless you recommed slicing.
You’re good to go Mike! Enjoy!