Chicken and Tarragon One-Pot

[Amy :-)]

Chicken and Tarragon One-Pot
Ingredients:
2 tbsp tarragon
30ml oil
500g chicken breast or thighs, trimmed and diced
1 onion, quartered
2 garlic cloves
2 large carrots, peeled and diced
1 large zucchini, diced
750ml water
2 chicken stock cubes or equivalent TMX chicken stock concentrate
2 x 10cm peelings orange zest
200g risoni
100g frozen peas

Preparation:
1. Chop tarragon for 5 seconds/speed 8. If necessary, scrape down bowl and chop again. Otherwise, remove and set aside.
2. Add chicken and 15ml oil. Saute for 5 minutes/100 degrees/reverse + soft speed. Remove chicken and set aside.
3. Chop onion and garlic for 10 seconds/speed 6. Add diced carrot and remaining oil. Saute for 2 minutes/100 degrees/reverse + soft speed.
4. Add zucchini and saute for a further 3 minutes/100 degrees/reverse + soft speed.
5. Add water, stock, orange zest, tarragon and seasoning to taste. Heat for 5 minutes/Varoma temperature/reverse + speed 1.
6. Add chicken and cook for 10 minutes/100 degrees/reverse + soft speed.
7. Add risoni and peas and cook for 9 minutes/100 degrees/reverse + soft speed.
8. Pour into thermoserver, remove orange zest and allow to stand for 10-15 minutes to thicken.

Notes:
I converted this recipe from a Healthy Food Guide magazine, with just a couple of tweaks.
My chicken broke up a little bit in the saute process, but it was still in decent chunks at the end of cooking so I was happy with that.
My orange zest also broke up a bit so I had to fish around in the thermoserver after cooking. It might be alright just grated finely and left in the stew. I will probably try that next time.

members' comments

Delightful Den - I liked it very much but DW not so much.  It would seem that she does not like tarragon. I could not get fresh tarragon so I used dried and might have used too much. I think this recipe would work well with turmeric in place of the tarragon.
I used a tablespoon. You listed 2 tbls in your recipe so I probably should have used 2 tsp. I think the normal fresh to dried herb ratio is 3-1.

Suzanne - it was very tasty Dh mmmmm'ed his way through it. It had with lots of sauce to dip our bread into and 2 out of 4 kids ate it so I was happy with that and we will definitely be having it again.

[dede]

Sounds yummy Amy. Did you use chicken breasts or the thighs?

[Amy :-)]

It was very yummy Mandi, and it made the house smell delicious

I used breasts but only because that was what we had in the fridge. It would probably be nicer with thighs

[fundj&e]

dede you could add more stock and  risoni for your family

[Amy :-)]

I was just thinking the same thing Uni

[fundj&e]

  great minds think alike 

[Amy :-)]

We are pretty great aren't we

[dede]

Ok sounds good, just one question though, what is risoni?

[fundj&e]

its pasta that looks like rice dede

[dede]

Will have to look for it, So do I find it near the rice or near the pasta in the supermarket?

[fundj&e]

pasta section dede

barilla is better than the san remo brand

[Amy :-)]

I like using risoni, I think its cute

I used the san remo because it was on special in WW today

[*suzanne*]

Yum Amy that looks delicious, can I ask is tarragon a very strong flavour? I haven't used it before and was hoping it's not too strong for the fussy little people in my life

[fundj&e]

i think this pastina  work   http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6917.0

it only needs 4 to 5 mins to cook

[Amy :-)]

Yum Amy that looks delicious, can I ask is tarragon a very strong flavour? I haven't used it before and was hoping it's not too strong for the fussy little people in my life

It wasn't strong at all Suzanne, just a nice subtle flavour. The orange zest really adds to it as well, but wasn't overpowering. I was very happy with the balance of the dish