Authorayana
DifficultyIntermediate

Tomato chicken stew is is often made as Japanese home-cooked food. I use pumpkin for this dish to make it healthier. You can get a lot of nutrition at a time. This tomato chicken stew has soft chicken breast and much umami flavor.

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Yields1 Serving
Prep Time15 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time35 mins
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Prepare all the ingredients.

Cut the ingredients
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Thinly slice the onion.

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Divide shimeji mushrooms into small bunches.

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Cut the pumpkin into bite-sized pieces.

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Cut the chicken in half lengthwise, and cut them into bite-sized pieces.

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Sprinkle the both sides of the chicken with some salt and some white pepper. Leave it for 5 minutes.

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Wipe off the moisture of chicken breast.

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Coat them with the rice flour.

Simmer the ingredients
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Put 1/2 tablespoon of oil, and heat it up. Sauté the onion on medium-low heat until transparent.

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The state of the onion like this. Remove them from the pan.

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Put 1/2 tablespoon of oil, and fry the chicken on medium heat until golden brown.

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Add shimeji mushroom and the pumpkin. Sauté them on medium heat until they are coated with oil.

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Return the onion, and crush the caned tomato, and add it.

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Add 150ml water to it, and heat it on high heat. If you need more water to cover the ingredients for simmering, add some water. I recommend to pour water to the can, and use it. There are rest of the tomato juice in the can, so you can use all of it.

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When it comes to a boil, reduce the heat, and put the bay leaf.

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Cover and simmer it on low medium heat for 10 minutes.

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After simmering, remove the bay leaf.

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Make sure whether the pumpkin is soft with a bamboo skewer. If your pumpkin is still hard, simmer it for more several minutes.

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Season with sea salt and soy sauce. Then simmer it over medium heat without a lid for 3 minutes. Let the sauce be thick a little.

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Turn off the heat, add the butter, and mix it.

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Serve it on a plate, and sprinkle coarsely ground pepper to taste.

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Ingredients

Directions

1
tomato-chicken-stew-step-1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Cut the ingredients
2
tomato-chicken-stew-step-2

Thinly slice the onion.

3
tomato-chicken-stew-step-3

Divide shimeji mushrooms into small bunches.

4
tomato-chicken-stew-step-4

Cut the pumpkin into bite-sized pieces.

5
tomato-chicken-stew-step-5

Cut the chicken in half lengthwise, and cut them into bite-sized pieces.

6
tomato-chicken-stew-step-6

Sprinkle the both sides of the chicken with some salt and some white pepper. Leave it for 5 minutes.

7
tomato-chicken-stew-step-7

Wipe off the moisture of chicken breast.

8
tomato-chicken-stew-step-8

Coat them with the rice flour.

Simmer the ingredients
9
tomato-chicken-stew-step-9

Put 1/2 tablespoon of oil, and heat it up. Sauté the onion on medium-low heat until transparent.

10
tomato-chicken-stew-step-10

The state of the onion like this. Remove them from the pan.

11
tomato-chicken-stew-step-11

Put 1/2 tablespoon of oil, and fry the chicken on medium heat until golden brown.

12
tomato-chicken-stew-step-12

Add shimeji mushroom and the pumpkin. Sauté them on medium heat until they are coated with oil.

13
tomato-chicken-stew-step-13

Return the onion, and crush the caned tomato, and add it.

14
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Add 150ml water to it, and heat it on high heat. If you need more water to cover the ingredients for simmering, add some water. I recommend to pour water to the can, and use it. There are rest of the tomato juice in the can, so you can use all of it.

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When it comes to a boil, reduce the heat, and put the bay leaf.

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Cover and simmer it on low medium heat for 10 minutes.

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After simmering, remove the bay leaf.

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Make sure whether the pumpkin is soft with a bamboo skewer. If your pumpkin is still hard, simmer it for more several minutes.

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Season with sea salt and soy sauce. Then simmer it over medium heat without a lid for 3 minutes. Let the sauce be thick a little.

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Turn off the heat, add the butter, and mix it.

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Serve it on a plate, and sprinkle coarsely ground pepper to taste.

Healthy Tomato Chicken Stew