A deliciously simple slow cooker chicken, butternut and bean stew. This unofficial Slimming World recipe is also estimated by me to be "syn free".
I'm all over this weekend's unofficial family Slimming World meals. I'm taking control and if I let my fiance sort the food, then this house would be a takeaway city.
But I know who to count on if I don't want tempting chocolate in sight (they'd be gone in a flash!)
This meal is also packed full of complex carbohydrates so it should keep you fuller for longer and crave less, which is perfect to avoid many of the temptations that our weekends tend to offer us.
I'm taking a stab in the dark in guessing that it's because they feature the more accessible ingredients that people have in with a no messing about approach.
I'd hate to think I'm alienating people with obscure ingredients that one may only get occasional use out of them.
After all, healthy eating should be as easy as possible, right?
ARE THERE ANY SYNS?
Disclaimer: This is an unofficial page and has no affiliation or endorsement from Slimming World. Slimming World's website can be found at https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/
*Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
If you're following a Slimming World Extra Easy plan, there are absolutely no syns in this dish. Here are a few things I did to ensure this:
- I used low calorie cooking oil spray. In this case, I use Frylight.
- I made sure no fat or skin was left on my chicken breasts.
- I used fat free natural yogurt.
- I ate it with dry cupboard orzo, meaning there are no oils in it to preserve it while fresh.
TIP FOR STORING YOUR STEW LEFTOVERS
Chicken, butternut and bean stew is perfect for batch cooking. You can double or even triple the ingredients and leave it in your slow cooker (or sometimes my massive jam pan) and prepare ahead. They can be stored in freezeable lidded containers and store in the freezer for around a month, or a fridge for up to five days.
When defrosting, sometimes I cheat by heating through my meals in the microwave, similar to a ready meals. If I'm not in a rush, I leave them to defrost in the fridge or windowsill (ok, I know this isn't technically the safest ideas).
Many meals do separate, but once they're heated up, they usually combine back together.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
This stew is so versatile, but here's what I know it goes great with other than a good dollop of fat free natural yogurt, cheese and fresh herbs:
- Baked potato
- Cubed potatoes, baked with frylight
- Syn Free chips
- Rice or orzo
- Tortillas
- Wraps
- Potato wedges
- Pasta
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📖 Recipe
Unofficial Slimming World Chicken & Bean Stew (Slow Cooker)
Equipment
Ingredients
- Frylight or similar cooking oil spray
- 3 chicken breasts diced and all fat and skin removed
- 2 onions diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 red pepper deseeded and diced
- ½ butternut squash peeled, deseeded and diced
- 2 tins baked beans
- 1 tin chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 200 ml water
- 2 chicken stock cubes
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- seasoning
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon hot paprika
Instructions
- Spray a large frying pan with frylight and cook the chicken until golden.
- Next add the onions, garlic and spices and fry for a further 5 minutes.
- Now transfer everything in to the Slow Cooker excluding the herbs, place on the lid and cook on low for 6 hours.
- 4. Once the 6 hours is up, stir in the dried herbs and leave for 5 minutes to infuse and serve with rice or Slimming World style chips.
Disclaimer
*This is an unofficial page and has no affiliation or endorsement from Slimming World. Slimming World's website can be found at https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/. Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
Caj
Made it today and tweaked it slightly by adding red lentils. Brilliant recipe and would really recommend it.
Liesa Saunders
found this last week for the first time, it was so delicious, we didnt have a few items so didnt add them.. such as butternut squash, kidney beans or garlic and yellow pepper, even without those items it was still gorgeous! my husband is soooooo fussy but he also raved about this meal.. having again tonight! thankyou Vikki
kind regards
Liesa x
vikkie
So glad you've converted a fussy one 🙂 Glad you liked it xx
Liesa
Had this 3 times in the past few weeks now its gorgeous! Thanks Vikkie
della appleton
I've just made the bean stew for the first time,it was gorgeous,deffanantly be making this again!!would it freeze ok as I have some left over?
Tastefully Vikkie
That's fab news! I have never frozen this one but I freeze most things and can't remember ever having an issue for a long time. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help x