Easy Butter Bean and Chicken Stew

butter beans

🥗Healthier: cannellini beans

💰Cheaper: navy beans

Cannellini beans are similar in texture but lower in calories.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken breasts

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Skinless breasts reduce fat while drumsticks are often cheaper.

Chop all the vegetables into small chunks: leek, carrot, butternut squash, courgette, and yellow peppers.

Drain and wash the canned butter beans.

Defrost frozen chicken overnight.

Pour 600 ml of chicken stock into the slow cooker.

Add half a teaspoon of salt and sprinkle in black pepper.

Add a teaspoon of dried mixed herbs and stir all ingredients together in the slow cooker.

Switch the slow cooker on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

After 7.5 hours, add leftover cooked chicken to the stew and stir.

Add a couple of handfuls of spinach and let it wilt down.

Keep the pot on warm for another half an hour before serving.

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