One Pot Chicken and Beans
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One Pot Chicken and Beans is a great dish for the whole family. This one-pot meal is a smart way to use up the vegetables you probably already have on hand.
I’ve been in a bit of a “What to fix for dinner rut“.
Night after night sneaks up on me and I’m NOT in the dinner fixing mood. Am I’ the only one who gets like this?
The other day I decided I needed to dig my self out of this dinner rut. I really didn’t have a choice. My family is getting a little tired of spaghetti and sandwiches. {giggle}
This One Pot Chicken and Beans dish is a recipe I put together for Bush’s Beans, along with some input from friend and chef, Jeffrey Saad.
Jeffrey helped me come up with a new one-pot meal that was sure to be a new family favorite! The goal was a recipe that was quick and easy with simple ingredients that I usually have on hand.
While chatting with Jeffrey I mentioned I have a crew of picky eaters and it’s hard to find a meal that will please them all. I mentioned that my White Bean Chili was a dish they all liked and anything with chicken will usually get 4 thumbs up at our house.
Here’s what Jeffrey suggested:
Chicken is great and since your family loves your white bean chili let’s riff on that. How about using bone in chicken thighs/drumsticks? Saute those in a large pot until brown. You can then add veggies of choice an chicken stock. To make the dish more unique you could puree the white beans and stir them in as a thickener but also use a can of whole black beans.
I loved these ideas and got to work.
I browned some chicken thighs in my dutch oven with a little oil, while I chopped some carrots and celery. Once the thighs were browned (about 12 mins) I removed them from the pot and set them aside on a plate while I sauteed the veggies that I seasoned with the same seasoning I use in my white chili.
Next, I added a little chicken broth and the beans added great texture. I loved the idea of pureeing the cannellini beans to thicken the broth. I added a small can of green chilies for a bit of a kick and placed the chicken back in and let it all simmer about 20 minutes, while I made some of our favorite garlic cheese biscuits for dipping. You could also serve the one-pot chicken and beans with this biscuit recipe from Dinners Dishes & Desserts
I ladled into bowls for serving with the biscuits and it was a HUGE hit! I actually didn’t get much myself, so I want to make another batch real soon. We unexpectedly had a friend with his two sons (13 &15) here for dinner and they devoured it and kept telling me how delicious it was!
So this one’s a keeper!! You can easily make it ahead and reheat. And with only one pan to clean, what’s not to love?
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One Pot Chicken and Beans
A great dish for the whole family, this all-in-one meal is a smart way to use up the vegetables you probably already have on hand.
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (6 to 8 ounces each)
- seasoned salt and pepper
- 2 celery stalks, chopped into pieces
- 2-3 medium carrots, chopped into pieces
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped (I use the minced in the jar)
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1 (3-ounce) can diced green chilies
- 2 (15-ounce) cans of Bush’s Cannellini beans, pureed
- 2 (15-ounce) cans of Bush’s Black Beans
- 1½ cups chicken broth
Instructions
- In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place, skin side down, in the pot. Cook until golden brown on both sides, 10 to 12 minutes total. Remove chicken from pot and set aside. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from pot; add garlic, carrots celery and seasonings and saute until tender.
- Stir in broth and pureed cannellini beans, stir to incorporate then add black beans, green chilies, and chicken. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before serving.
- Serve in bowls with biscuits for dipping.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 711Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 452mgCarbohydrates: 110gFiber: 34gSugar: 4gProtein: 49g
Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin, and freshness of ingredients used.
Disclaimer: I grew up in a house who used Bush’s Beans, I am now proud to be a brand ambassador for them. All opinions and views are my own.
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Mmmmm…I love one-pot meals, and this looks SO comforting! 🙂
One pot meals are the best!
I LOVE everything about this recipe Cheryl!
One pot meals are the best, they really save time in busy family life. This one is a keeper.
Cheryl, that is one gorgeous winter meal!
Thank you for this- because I couldn’t be less interested in cooking dinner either!? my poor family- this looks great (and EASY!) though!
This sounds fantastic! No, you’re not alone. I get in a dinner decision rut all the time. I have found planning out half the week and shopping for it helps me pull through it sometimes though. I was just thinking how I needed a 3 day meal plan for pre-Thanksgiving. All meals entirely different from turkey. LOL
looks amazing! i love black beans. especially bush’s! so good.
Cheryl, I so love meals like this! It’s that time of year and we all need these easy, go to recipes!
I think the older we get the harder it is to come up with new and enticing dishes for dinner. At least that’s the case in this house. My husband and I both cook and often when he doesn’t have a plan for dinner, I’ll come up with one. On those nights when both of us come up empty we declare it a *Bachelor* night and we each fend for ourselves as to what we’ll eat for dinner.
I like the look of this one pot chicken and beans meal, especially with the biscuits served like you did.
A one-pot meal simply cannot be beat. This looks awesome!
Will definitely give this a try. I really enjoy one pot casseroles. I bet it tastes even better the next day (if you have any left!). Thanks for the recipe!
I get in this rut too. Great one-pot recipe. I am a huge fan of one-pot meals!
I’m all about the 1 pot meal – and I too have been a little rut about what to make for dinner each night – I’ve taken to delegating – each member of the family is in charge of one dinner a week – which I’m also insisting upon when we are celebrating the 4 day Thanksgiving holiday.
Cheryl – this sounds like the perfect meal for a cold day – it is hard coming up with something for dinner every night isn’t it! I think my kids would enjoy this – going to give it a whirl!
We love chicken in this house…. ok well.. I LOVE chicken lol. HUbbys ok with it. I also get into the “Whats for dinner rut…. normally at like 5pm as I’m getting off work……. this One Pot Chicken & Beans however sounds so good I may be making it very soon!
Love it! This kind of meal is totally right up my alley. We will be trying this!! 🙂
WOW!!! This was sooooooooo good! I thought it looked good…but it was way better than I expected it to be. I made it using Chicken drumsticks and I didn’t have oregano so I used 1/2 tsp of basil and 1/2 tsp of thyme instead. Next time I will have to double the recipe because my family devoured it! I also served it up with cornbread (I am gluten free)
The ultimate comfort food for winter! Thank you for posting this!
I don’t understand how 4 cans of beans plus chicken only makes four servings… AND at 254 calories per serving. There’s over 2000 calories in just the beans.
Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe – It can be very particular with how ingredients are worded. I re-ran the nutrition info for this recipe, but please note, that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin, and freshness of ingredients used and are just estimates. We encourage, especially if these numbers are important to you, to calculate these on your own for most accurate results.
That’s quite a change!
running the calculator with terms like 2 (15-ounce) can of beans and 2-3 medium carrots and 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (6 to 8 ounces each) can confuse the calculator – so when I re-ran it I put in 30 ounces of canned black beans, 2 medium carrots and 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs etc. those were more precise than all the parenthesis.