One-Pot Tunisian-Spiced Chicken Stew
with Zucchini & Fresh Parsley
A big bowl of stew is a comforting, craveable meal no matter the weather (or night of the week). Tonight’s light but nourishing meal is chock-full of goodness, with chunks of carrots, slices of tender zucchini, savory onion, and sautéed chicken all simmered together in a garlicky Tunisian-spiced tomato broth and showered with herbaceous fresh parsley. Get ready to spoon up this hearty, flavorful stew that’s as satisfying as it is delicious.
Ingredients
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
6 ounce
Carrot
1 unit
Onion
1 unit
Zucchini
1 teaspoon
Cumin
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
14 ounce
Diced Tomatoes
2 clove
Garlic
¼ ounce
Parsley
1 tablespoon
Tunisian Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
¼ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Peel, trim, and halve carrots lengthwise; thinly slice into ¼-inch-thick half-moons. Halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into ½-inch-thick half-moons. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Roughly chop parsley.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels. • Heat a large drizzle of oil in a medium pot (large pot for 4 servings) over medium-high heat. Add carrots, onion, a large pinch of salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, 4-6 minutes. • Add a drizzle of oil to pot. Add chicken, zucchini, Tunisian Spice Blend, cumin, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and veggies are tender, 4-6 minutes more.
• Stir garlic into pot with chicken and veggies. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30-60 seconds. • Stir in diced tomatoes, stock concentrates, 2½ cups water (4½ cups for 4 servings), and ¼ tsp sugar (½ tsp for 4). • Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Simmer until flavors meld and stew is slightly reduced, 6-8 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Divide stew between bowls. Garnish with parsley and serve.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the unique Tunisian spices, though some found it bland and added extra seasoning for more depth 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Customers loved the simple one-pot preparation, praising how quick and easy it was to make.
- Suggestions: Consider adding bread, rice, or pasta to make it heartier; reduce water for a thicker stew-like consistency.
- Leftovers: Several noted it tasted even better the next day, with flavors melding nicely for lunch.
- Vegetables: Reviewers appreciated the generous amount of veggies, though some suggested cutting zucchini smaller.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was GREAT, the first new recipe in a while that I tried that I am 100% happy with. The flavors were bright and spicy, not heavy or bland. The spice combinations are ones I would not have tried on my own with a dish like this and they were wonderful. Hello Fresh's zucchini and carrots are always excellent, and worked really well here. On top of that it was easy and pretty fast to make. Kudos! This is definitely be a go to in the future.
Really easy to make and love the use of fresh garlic. The Tunisian spice blend is very new to me but I enjoyed it. The garlic cloves I got were extremely small so I added a lot of garlic powder throughout the cooking process. My one disappointment with this dish is the lack of savory/umami flavor. Not sure if that would be culturally correct to add something like that, but for me personally I really needed that. I didn't add the sugar and I'm glad I didn't because it was already almost too sweet. I ended up having a packet of smoky red pepper crema from another HF recipe on hand and I mixed that into my serving, it made it a lot better! Also, the chicken "strips" I received were not strips at all, more like small chunks, almost ground chicken.
Lots of flavor! Loved the mix of chicken & veggies with the Tunisian spices to keep things interesting.
It takes a lot longer to prep and cook than the recipe suggests, but the stew is delicious and well-spiced. We added a tiny bit of lemon to brighten it. Delicious!
It needed some sort of starch. I ended up adding orzo to the finished stew and that felt like it completed the meal. The spices were super tasty and I added a jalapeno to spice it up a bit more.
We really liked the flavors in this stew. Only complaint we have is that we would have liked having potatoes, beans or rice to give some carbohydrates and texture to the meal. Really liked the spices.
Family favorite! Interesting flavor. Would like to know what is in the Tunisian spice blend as it did need more flavor and we kind of had to guess what else to toss in.
Never had Tunisian food before. Very flavorful with a good kick to it! Would like to see more unusual ethnic recipes like this!
2 servings barely fit in the medium pot the instructions call for; a large pot would have worked much better. 2.5 cups was a LOT of water to add -- it definitely ended up as a bland soup, not a stew. I needed to add a lot of salt at the end to jazz things up, probably because of all the broth. We loved all the vegetables though!
Surprisingly delicious. I know most recipes are marketed for their speed, and I try to pick recipes that are fast. However for something like this I would like to see a version of the instructions for a slow version where you add the zucchini layer. I cooked mine really low for a few hours after finishing the provided recipe and the result was 10x better than my first bowl (but zucchini was a bit soft) I think if someone has the time to cook this slow - they will be much happier with the result. Would like to see hello fresh include a slower version of the same recipe that will result in more flavor
