Best Chicken And Rice With Kabocha Squash Recipes

CHICKEN STEW WITH RICE AND WINTER SQUASH

Chicken Stew with Rice and Winter Squash image

Chicken thighs, rice, and your favorite winter squash stew together to create a complete one-pot dish perfect for winter meals.

Provided by Buckwheat Queen

Time 1h5m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small yellow onion, diced
1 medium carrot, diced
1 medium celery stalk, diced
1 clove garlic minced
⅛ cup chopped fresh parsley
6 thigh, bone removeds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 small butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cut into 2-inch cubes
½ cup dry white wine
3 ½ teaspoons chicken stock concentrate (such as Knorr® Homestyle)
1 cup frozen peas
½ cup uncooked short-grain white rice
4 cups water, divided, or as needed
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and parsley. Cook until vegetables are fragrant but not soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chicken pieces and cook until browned and fat begins to render, 5 to 10 minutes. Add squash and stir to coat well with pan juices.
Pour in white wine and stir in concentrated broth, peas, and rice. Stir until broth has dissolved. Pour in 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the rice is cooked, adding water if necessary, about 20 minutes. Stir the stew occasionally.
Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 339.5 calories, Carbohydrate 39.7 g, Cholesterol 42.3 mg, Fat 11.9 g, Fiber 5.5 g, Protein 16.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 544 mg, Sugar 6.8 g

THAI RED CURRY WITH CHICKEN AND KABOCHA SQUASH

Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Kabocha Squash image

This Thai red curry with chicken and Kabocha squash recipe is an easy and healthy fall dish using Kabocha squash. The extra creamy texture comes from the coconut milk and the squash cooked together in red curry paste, creating just the perfect combination like that of a curry and stew dish.

Provided by Suwanee

Categories curries

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

2 Tbsp vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped small
2-3 small shallots or sub 1/2 medium purple onions, sliced into small pieces
Up to ½ cup red curry paste, store-bought (Mae Ploy brand preferably). Add 2 Tbsp if using a homemade curry paste. Start with 1-2 tablespoon and you can add more at the end to suit your spice level.
1 can (13.5 oz) coconut milk (Chaokoh brand preferably)
2 lbs Kabocha, cut and scrapped and chopped into med chunks about 2 inches thick
1 lb chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces about 3x2 inch long
1 small carton (8.5 oz) coconut cream, about 1 cup. I used Chaokoh brand.
1 1/4 cup water or light stock
½ - 2Tbsp fish sauce (depending on the brand and taste, adjust accordingly). I used the squid brand.
1/4 cup + 1 tsp brown sugar
3-4 kaffir lime leaves sliced thin
3 Thai long red chilis, fresh or sub-Serrano peppers. Deseed and rinse.
1 cup Thai basil

Steps:

Fry the garlic and shallot in oil in a dutch over medium-high heat. Fry until fragrant.
Add the curry paste, and break the big chunks into small ones.
Add coconut milk, stir it all in and continue breaking up the curry paste chunks.
Stir until you have a creamy orange sauce
Bring everything to a boil, then turn the heat down to medium.
Add the chicken and the kabocha squash, and mix well with the sauce.
Stir everything together for 1 minute or so.
Add coconut cream and water/stock.
(If using water, add water to the opened coconut milk can, add water and swish together, then pour into the dutch oven. Stir it all in and cook for 10 minutes or until the kabocha squash is tender but not too soft.
Add brown sugar, fish sauce, chili peppers, and kaffir lime leaves, and let it simmer for 5-7 more minutes. Taste the flavor of the curry; if too salty, add more sugar. If too sweet, add more fish sauce.
Add the basil and mix in really well. Turn off the heat. Let the curry sit for about 5 minutes before serving.
Serve over cooked Jasmine rice and garnish with more basil and kaffir lime leaves if desired.
That's it! Enjoy your delicious Red Thai Curry with Chicken and kabocha squash!

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1.5 cups, Calories 361 calories, Sugar 13.7 g, Sodium 702 mg, Fat 18 g, SaturatedFat 11.2 g, TransFat 0.3 g, Carbohydrate 35.3 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 16.9 g, Cholesterol 42.5 mg