Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken and root vegetable stew. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add in the root vegetables, broth and raisins. Add more broth or a splash of water, a quarter cup at a time, if a thinner stew is desired. Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken and root vegetable stew using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Root Vegetable Stew:

1. Make ready 1 Chicken thighs
2. Make ready 150 grams Lotus root
3. Make ready 1/2 Burdock root
4. Prepare 2 Chikuwa
5. Take 1 Konnyaku
6. Get 1 small Carrot
7. Take 1 Snow Peas (optional)
8. Prepare 3 tbsp ＊Sugar
9. Prepare 2 tbsp ＊Sake
10. Prepare 3 tbsp ＊Soy sauce
11. Make ready 1 tbsp ＊Mirin
12. Make ready 1 tsp Sesame oil

Remove chicken from pan and set aside. Add sweet potatoes, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, broth and currants. Add tomatoes and chicken with any accumulated juices to pot. In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter.

Instructions to make Chicken and Root Vegetable Stew:

1. Chop the burdock root into chunks. While preparing the other vegetables, let the burdock soak in water to remove the astringent taste.
2. Chop the carrot into chunks.
3. Slice the chikuwa diagonally.
4. Cut the lotus root into 2.5 cm chunks.
5. Use a spoon or your hands to cut the konnyaku into bite-sized pieces.
6. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
7. If using snow peas, cut off the fibrous ends, sprinkle with salt, and boil for about 20 seconds.
8. Put the chicken in the frying pan skin down, fry on medium-high heat until the surfaces are lightly browned. The skin will release oil, so there's no need for oil extra.
9. Add in the rest of the ingredients. Stir-fry until the oil from the chicken coats the other ingredients.
10. Stir in the ＊ ingredients. Stir-fry and then simmer on medium-high heat until the liquid almost completely evaporates. It will take about 10-15 minutes.
11. When there is a lot of liquid, instead of constantly stirring, shake the frying pan to flip over the ingredients once every 1 minute. When the liquid reduces slightly, thoroughly fry.
12. Swirl in sesame oil as a finishing touch and blend it in. Turn off the heat. Cover with aluminum foil as a lid and leave it as is for 30 minutes. If possible, let it sit until cooled.
13. It's best to let the flavors meld before serving, so let it cool first.

Add tomatoes and chicken with any accumulated juices to pot. In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter. Add carrots and celery and season with salt and pepper. Top with chicken; sprinkle with the sage, salt and pepper. Layer remaining vegetables and chicken on top.

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