How to Cook Peasant Stew

Doctors are telling more and more patients to lower their sodium and caloric intake. Finding recipes that are low in sodium, low in calories and are still pleasing to the taste buds is sometimes a challenge. Peasant stew is a low calorie, low sodium dish that is easy to make and delicious to eat.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 6 skinned chicken thighs
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. black pepper
• ¼ cup minced cilantro
• ¼ cup reduced fat sour cream
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 15-oz. can of kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 14.5-oz. can of Mexican-style stewed tomatoes
• 1 4.5-oz. can chopped green chillies
• 1 15-oz. can pinto beans, rinsed and drained

1. Thaw the chicken completely before beginning.

2. Sprinkle cumin, salt and pepper over the chicken.

3. Set a slow cooker or crock pot on the high setting.

4. Place the seasoned chicken in the cooker.

5. Stir in the onion, chillies and tomatoes.

6. Cover the pot and cook for 3 hours.

7. Mix in the beans. Cover and cook for another hour.

8. Take the thighs out and put them into six separate bowls.

9. Scoop 1¼ cups of stew into each bowl.

10. Top the bowls with 2 tsp. of cilantro and 2 tsp. of sour cream each.

Tips & Warnings

• This recipe makes 6 servings.
• This stew has 214 calories; 3.9 g of fat; 21.5 g of protein; 23.7 g of carbohydrates; 6 g of fiber; 61 mg of cholesterol; 3 mg of iron; 773 mg of sodium; and 85 mg of calcium per serving.
• Cook the stew in advantage, refrigerate it and warm it up to eat later.

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