White Stew with Chicken (Cream Stew)

Posted July 15th, 2009 in Food No Comments »

Who doesn’t like hearty creamy soup in winter? This is my favorite winter food in Japan: white cream stew. The name says “cream” but there is no cream as ingredient. We can make this dish with a ready-to-make packet which you can buy from oriental grocery shops.

You can add any vegetables, but basic ingredients are:

chicken pieces
potatoes
onion
carrot
cream stew packet (usually House brand or S&B brand)

The instruction is shown on the back of the packet, but it’s basically ..

Slice ingredients.
Place all ingredients in a pan with water.
Bring to boil, and turn down the heat and simmer for 10~20 minutes.
Turn off the heat. Add “cream stew mix”, and stir until the mix roux (or powder) melts into the water.
Turn on the heat again and simmer over low heat for 10~15 minuets.

You can also enjoy the following cooking as well, with simmiler ingredients.

– Japanese Style Beef Stew (mostly with beef)

– Japanese Style Curry (Seafood, Meat, Tofu, just vegetables…up to you!)

– Japanese Hayashi Rice (mostly with beef)

Just get the packet of mix, and now you have a lot of variety for nice winter meal 🙂