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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
Can you substitute bonless chicken thighs for the breasts
Yes you can! 🙂
I’m unable to find Dry Ranch Dressing. Can Ranch Dips Mix be used as a substitute?
Hi Margie, I haven’t tested it with Ranch dip before, only with fine ranch seasoning mix.
When exactly do you add the potatoes in the pressure cooker recipe? It doesn’t mention then at all.
Hi Danielle, they’re added in step 1, as part of the vegetables.
Didn’t this use to be a creamy pork stew? This recipe is delicious but I would love a copy of the old one if it’s still available. I couldn’t find it when I did a search
Hi Jen! I’ll email you a copy of it later on today!! 🙌🏻
I also had this saved as a pork stew recipe. Is that still available?
I’ll email it to you! 🙂
Needed a quick warm stew/soup for dinner. It got chili and some warm stew/soup was needed. I already had some cooked and shredded chicken so this was even easier to make.
It came out wonderful. Easy to make and very tasty.
Thanks
You’re very welcome Jon! I’m glad this was a quick warm dinner for you, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review!💕
Very tasty and filling for not that many calories! It’s a make again for sure. I really appreciate the calorie intake included in the recipes so I can count what I’m eating.
Thanks so much for the great review Robin! I’m so happy you enjoyed this and appreciate the calorie count!💗
I need to make this for 8 people, what is the best way to double the recipe and the cooking time?
Hi Carol, you’ll just want to double all of the ingredients, and you won’t need to change the cooking time 🙂
Trying this today, but realized the crock pot method’s instructions don’t include the potatoes or veggies at all. Going to wing it and hope I do it correctly.
Hi Shelby, it’s noted in step 2 to add the vegetables for the crock pot method. (Vegetables include potatoes.)
I’ve made this before in the crockpot as directed and it was great. Today I had to make it on the stovetop and didn’t realize I didn’t have sour cream. So I followed it up to that and used chicken bone broth instead. It wasn’t as creamy but still had GREAT flavor and was a little lighter.
Happy to hear it worked out in the end Laura!❤️
Perfect for a cool fall day ! Easy to put together . Had all the ingredients in the house and my husband loved it. He told me as soon as he was done his meal , that he would like if I made it again !
I’m so happy that you enjoyed this recipe Jennifer!! This is an oldie on the blog, but a GOODIE! It never lasts long! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review, I really appreciate it! -Stephanie
Flavor is interesting. Also the stove top method is finicky in results. Best to boil, or at least par boil e potatoes, before adding. Recipe took over 1.5 hours to make due to adding raw potatoes to the soup, and needing to keep temperature low to avoid curdling and sticking.
Hi Daniel, if you add cold dairy to a super hot base, it’s likely to curdle. Other than that, a gentle simmer (which is what you want anyway for potatoes in order for them to cook evenly), gets the job done MUCH sooner than 1.5 hours.