This low-carb recipe is comforting, nourishing, and so good for you. Brown stew chicken is a recipe that warms you up and feeds both your belly and your heart.
Brown Stew Chicken
Have you heard of brown stew chicken? The name might make you think it’s a stew, but it isn’t exactly accurate.
Brown stew chicken is actually a Caribbean recipe. It’s made by braising chicken in brown gravy with vegetables and lots of spices.
The result is a juicy, flavorful chicken meal that smells as incredible as it tastes. I’ve made a few other really easy slow cooker recipes before (and I have a bunch of my favorites at the end of this post).
This brown stew chicken is easy, but it has a few extra steps that amplify the flavor. Don’t skip over these steps.
They are important and give the chicken the taste and texture it’s known for.
Slow Cooker Chicken Stew
There are three very important steps to making brown stew chicken. First, you need to marinate the chicken.
When you do this, the flavors infuse into the chicken breasts. Let it marinate for at least two hours but if you can let it marinate for six hours, that’s the magic number.
Then, sear the chicken in a skillet. You don’t have to cook the chicken completely at this step, just sear the outside.
The chicken breasts will cook in the slow cooker. Searing them locks in the juices and the flavors from the marinating.
Finally, cook the chicken in the slow cooker with the broth, veggies, and spices. This last step creates the finished product, and the hardest part is waiting for it to cook fully.
It smells incredible!
Keto Slow Cooker Chicken
I used chicken breasts because they are easy to find at the grocery store, and you can usually grab them for a great price (especially if you buy them frozen and in bulk).
This recipe will taste just as good if you make it with chicken thighs. Either boneless or bone-in are good choices.
If you can’t find browning sauce, use a keto-friendly brown gravy as an easy substitute. Since you only need about a tablespoon if it, you can use Worceshire sauce as a substitute for browning sauce, too.
What To Eat With Chicken
Keto brown stew chicken is made with a bunch of veggies—peppers, carrots, tomatoes, and onions—so you don’t have to add many sides to go with it. In fact, be careful with which sides you serve because each serving has 6 grams of net carbs.
Here are some side dishes that will taste amazing with the brown stew chicken. Try it with some garlic butter zucchini and squash.
They will perfectly complement all the savory herbs and flavors in this chicken.
And if you want to add some bread to the table, make some Keto bacon jalapeno oopsie bread or keto rosemary cloud bread. They are so tasty that people can’t tell they are low-carb.
For dessert, make some no-bake keto pecan pie bars.
How To Store Chicken
This chicken breast will taste amazing later on in the week. Store it in an airtight container and keep it in the refrigerator for about three days.
Then, you can use the chicken again on top of salad, in a soup, or by itself.
Keto Slow Cooker Brown Stew Chicken Recipe
Here are the ingredients and step by step pictures you’ll need to make this keto slow cooker brown stew chicken recipe. The exact measurements and instructions are in the printable recipe card, just a little below.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Servings: 6
Net Carbs: 6 net carbs per serving
Ingredients
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- Olive Oil
- Onion
- Minced Garlic
- Roma Tomato
- Bell Peppers
- Carrots
- Green Onions
- Browning Sauce
- Dried Oregano
- Sweet Paprika
- Chili Powder
- Allspice
- Swerve Brown Sugar Substitute
- Ginger Paste
- Sugar-Free Ketchup
- Chicken Broth
- Bay Leaves
Directions
Mix together the onion, green onion, browning sauce, thyme, paprika, chili powder, all spice, ginger paste, garlic and salt and pepper to taste in a mixing bowl.
Add the chicken to the bowl, and toss to combine well. Cover and marinate for at least 2 hours.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Sear the chicken on both sides.
Stir together the tomato, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, carrots, Swerve, ketchup, chicken broth and bay leaves in a slow cooker. Add the chicken to the slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
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Keto Slow Cooker Brown Stew Chicken
Equipment
- Skillet
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 Onion chopped
- 3 tsp Minced Garlic
- 1 Roma Tomato diced
- 1/2 Red Bell Pepper Chopped
- 1/2 Orange Bell Pepper Chopped
- 1/3 cup Matchstick Carrots
- 1/4 cup Green Onions chopped
- 1 tbsp Browning Sauce
- 3 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1 tsp Sweet Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Chili Powder
- 1/4 tsp Allspice
- 2 tsp Swerve Brown Sugar Substitute
- 1 tsp Ginger Paste
- 2 tbsp Sugar-Free Ketchup
- 3 cups Chicken Broth
- 2 Bay Leaves
Instructions
- Mix together the onion, green onion, browning sauce, thyme, paprika, chili powder, all spice, ginger paste, garlic and salt and pepper to taste in a mixing bowl.
- Add the chicken to the bowl, and toss to combine well. Cover and marinate for at least 2 hours.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Sear the chicken on both sides.
- Stir together the tomato, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, carrots, Swerve, ketchup, chicken broth and bay leaves in a slow cooker.
- Add the chicken to the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
Notes
The nutritional information for this recipe is calculated as a courtesy and is an approximate only. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipes on this site.
Keto Slow Cooker Recipes
Whether you need an easy dinner recipe or you just don’t have time to cook, these keto slow cooker recipes are perfect for you, any time of year.
