Smoked Chicken Stew with Homemade Ricotta Gnocchi
🤯 RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS HERE:
Smoked or Roasted Chicken Recipe:
*Preheat smoker to 230F or Preheat oven to 300F (Lower temp in smoker to capture more smoke flavor)
1. Pat chicken dry with paper towels
2. Season liberally all over the chicken with your favorite rub or seasoning mix. I love Hot Dirty Bird from KosmosQ (not a sponsor)
3. If smoking, place the chicken on the top rack and smoke until the most inner portions of the breasts reach 160F . (Takes roughly 2-2.5 hours)
4. Remove from smoke or oven and place on your counter tented with tin foil to rest for 15-20 mins
5. Slice your chicken, removing the legs/thighs, and breasts. Eat the wings
6. Remove the skin
7. Chop up the breasts, legs and thigh meat into little bite sized chunks!
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🍲 STEW RECIPE: (Begin when chicken temp reaches around 140F)
*Ingredients:
1. One onion, diced
2. 2-3 carrots, halved, then sliced
3. 2-3 stocks of celery, sliced
4. 6 cloves of garlic, minced
5. 2 bay leaves
6. 2 cups of low sodium chicken stock
7. 1 cup of heavy cream
8. 1 Tablespoon of flour
9. 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
10. 4-6 sprigs of fresh thyme
11. Fresh parsley for garnish
*Directions:
1. Heat 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil on medium heat in a large pot
2. Add your diced onion, season with salt and pepper and cook for 2-3 mins
3. Add your carrots, celery and garlic, stir
4. Cook vegetables until softened and then add smoked paprika. Stir and then taste a carrot. Add salt and pepper here if you desire.
5. Add chicken broth and stir
6. Add bay leaves
7. Bring to a low simmer and your chicken SHOULD be close to being done resting now.
8. Go chop of chicken, (should simmer for about 20-30 minutes)
9. Add your chopped chicken to your stew and stir
10. Combine the heavy cream and flour with a whisk
11. Add thyme to the stew, then add cream and stir while you pour.
12. Let simmer for 30-40 minutes while you prepare the gnocchi
13. Add gnocchi and simmer for an additional 20-25 minutes, taste the gnocchi after the time.
14. Pour into bowls, top with fresh parsley and devour!
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👀 RICOTTA GNOCCHI RECIPE:
*Ingredients:
1. 1lb of whole milk ricotta cheese
2. 2 cups of flour
3. 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
4. Salt and pepper
*Directions:
1. Combine ricotta and eggs and season with salt and pepper, combine.
2. Slowly sift the flour over the ricotta mixture mixing slowly, DON’T OVERWORK YOUR GNOCCHI.
3. Once the flour and ricotta is combined, loosely, roll out onto a floured surface and shape into a ball. (If your dough is too shaggy, return to the bowl and add another egg yolk) It should be very “pillowy” feeling and soft.
4. Press the dough into a .75-1” thick circle
5. Slice into 1” rectangles (or your preferred size)
6. Lightly roll your squares on a floured surface
7. Press your finger into the gnocchi to create a little dimple (or use a gnocchi board)
8. Add to stew!

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I hope you give this smoked chicken stew with homemade ricotta gnocchi a try! It may just change your life or at the very least, how you look at stews and soups from now on! I appreciate you!

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