A recipe like this chicken stew is a meal unto itself… full of protein, healthy carbs and veggies. It unique taste comes from using different vegetables. Be creative. It is named for A famous LGBT King of England Richard the Lionheart. Read about him after the recipe.
California style mix of vegetables, chicken thighs, onions celery and potatoes all blend together to give a French Countryside taste. It will be hearty enough for Your King!
Ingredients
8 chicken thighs about 1 1/2 pounds, diced
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion
2 stalks celery diced
5 tablespoons flour divided
½ tsp Parsley flakes
¼ tsp sage
salt and pepper to taste
1½ cups red potatoes roughly cut
¼ cup white wine
5 cups chicken broth or chicken stock low sodium * divided
thawed bag of California style vegetables
½ cup half and half (non fat)
dumplings
Directions:
To start, do your cutting: chop the onion, celery, red potatoes and chicken.
In a large pot or dutch oven, brown chicken in 1 tablespoon olive oil (it doesn't have to be cooked through). Remove from pot and set aside. 
Cook onion and celery in remaining olive oil for about 3 minutes or until onion is slightly softened. Stir in 3 tablespoons of flour, seasonings and salt & pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat about 2 minutes.
Add potatoes, white wine, browned chicken and 3 cups broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
Remove lid and stir in vegetables and half & half. Thicken if desired (below) and simmer add the dumpling noodles and cook for an additional 10 minutes uncovered.
To thicken: In a mason jar combine remaining 2 tablespoons flour and 1 cup broth. Shake very well (ensure there are no lumps) and add a little at a time to boiling stew to reach desired consistency.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 611, Fat: 39g, Saturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 179mg, Sodium: 403mg, Potassium: 1010mg, Carbohydrates: 30g, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 6g, Protein: 32g, Vitamin A: 9020%, Vitamin C: 24.8%, Calcium: 77%, Iron: 3.8%
What a wonderful meal in a bowl. Add a bread if you wish.
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King Richard the Lionheart 
Richard I (1157– 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was the overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period.
He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Was he gay or bisexual? Since those terms and concepts were not used at that time it is hard to know over 800 years later. Richard Plantagenet is often depicted as having been the favorite son of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. His father was Angevin-Norman and great-grandson of William the Conqueror.
Although he was born in Oxford and brought up in England up to his eighth year, it is not known to what extent he used or understood English; he was an educated man who composed songs, poetry, and wrote in Limousin (a language of southern France and northern Italy) and also in French.
Richard was said to be very attractive; his hair was between red and blond, and he was light-eyed with a pale complexion. According to accounts, he was 6 feet 5inches, though that is unverifiable since his remains have been lost since at least the French Revolution.
In 1171, at the age of fourteen, Richard left for Aquitaine with his mother, and Henry II gave him the duchy of Aquitaine at the request of Eleanor. He often took his mother along on his trips. In June 1172 Richard was formally recognized as the Duke of Aquitaine; the ceremony took place in Poitiers and was repeated in Limoges, where he wore the ring of St Valerie, who was the personification of Aquitaine.
On the advice of his mother and the king of France, Richard joined his brothers in a revolt against his father Henry II. They were defeated. While Richard escaped, Henry took Eleanor as captive back to England. Not long after Richard came to his father's court begging forgiveness. It was granted, however, Henry kept Eleanor prisoner until his death, partly as insurance for Richard's good behavior. Henry II and Louis VII signed a truce in 1174.
The process of pacifying the provinces that had rebelled against Henry II began. In January 1175 Richard was dispatched to Aquitaine to punish the barons who had fought for him. It was during this campaign, Richard acquired the name "the Lion" or "the Lionheart" due to his noble, brave and fierce leadership.
Around this time, Richard began a relationship with 22-year-old Philip II, who was now King of France. This gave Henry II great political concern. It has been cited as proof of Richard being gay. There was an official record announcing that, as a symbol of unity between the two countries, the kings of England and France slept in the same bed.
Richard promised to concede to Philip his rights to both Normandy and Anjou. Richard paid homage to Philip in November 1187. Richard was 30 years old and Philip, 22.
In 1189, After Richard became king, he and Philip agreed to go on Crusade together. This was not only to remain close but also to keep an eye on each other. Richard swore an oath to renounce his past wickedness to show himself worthy to take the cross. It has been said that one of these transgressions was the sin of sex with Philip, but who knows.
1190 Richard and Philip arrived in Sicily. The citizens rebelled and Richard quickly put it down. At this time there was tension between Richard and Philip. The two kings finally cleared the air and reached an agreement, including the end of Richard's betrothal to Philip's sister Alys (who had supposedly been the mistress of Richard's father Henry II).
Before leaving their next stop, Cyprus, Richard, married Berengaria of Navarre. Now, this was forced on him by his mother, Eleanor. She wanted the Kingdom of Navarre as a fief. It was written that Richard did not even attend the ceremony, but instead sent his sword as a stand-in! It was a childless marriage.
During much of his campaigns in the Holy Land, Richard was sick from scurvy. Philip also left soon afterward, in poor health and after further disputes with Richard over the status of Cyprus (Philip demanded half the island) and the kingship of Jerusalem.
Now alone, Richard then moved south, defeating Saladin's forces at the Battle of Arsuf. However, his attacks on Jerusalem had failed twice. Richard knew that both Philip and his own brother John were starting to plot against him, and the morale of Saladin's army had been badly eroded by repeated defeats.
In the end, time ran out for Richard.
He realized that his return home could not be postponed. Both Philip and John were taking advantage of his absence. He and Saladin finally came to a settlement in 1192. Richard, being ill with scurvy, left for England on October 9.
He set sail, but his ship was wrecked near Aquileia, forcing Richard and his party into a dangerous land route through central Europe. On his way, Richard was captured near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria. In March Richard was handed over to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who imprisoned him in Trifels Castle. The emperor demanded that 100,000 pounds of silver be delivered to him before he would release the king.
A famous bit of folklore states that after Richard's capture, his minstrel, Blondel, traveled Europe from castle to castle, loudly singing a song known only to the two of them (they had composed it together). Eventually, he came to the place where Richard was being held, and Richard heard the song and answered with the appropriate refrain, thus revealing where the king was incarcerated. The story was the basis of André Ernest Modeste Grétry's opera Richard Cœur-de-Lion.
The money to rescue the King was raised and transferred to Germany. Finally, in February 1194, Richard was released. Philip sent a message to John: "Look to yourself; the devil is loose".
In Richard's absence, his brother John revolted with the aid of Philip; amongst Philip's conquests was Normandy. At Winchester, on 11 March 1194, Richard was crowned a second time to nullify the shame of his captivity.
He then began his reconquest of Normandy. The two kings came to terms with the Treaty of Louviers.
Richard decided to build fortifications to protect Normandy. The work at Château Gaillard was some of the most expensive of its time and cost an estimated £15,000 to £20,000 between 1196 and 1198. Unprecedented in its speed of construction, the castle was mostly complete in two years when most construction would have taken the best part of a decade.
Military historian Allen Brown has suggested that Richard himself was the overall architect.
Château Gaillard was ahead of its time, featuring innovations that would be adopted in castle architecture nearly a century later. Allen Brown described Château Gaillard as "one of the finest castles in Europe", and military historian Sir Charles Oman wrote that it was considered "the masterpiece of its time. The reputation of its builder, Cœur de Lion, as a great military engineer might stand firm on this single structure. He was no mere copyist of the models he had seen in the East, but introduced many original details of his own invention into the stronghold".
In March 1199, Richard was suppressing a revolt by Viscount Aimar V of Limoges. Richard was walking around without his chainmail one night and a crossbowman struck the king in the left shoulder near the neck. He tried to pull this out but failed; a surgeon called a "butcher" removed it, "carelessly mangling" the King's arm in the process. The wound swiftly became gangrenous.
The King pardoned the bowman in his last act of mercy. Richard then set his affairs in order, bequeathing all his territory to his brother John and his jewels to his nephew Otto. Richard died on 6 April 1199 in the arms of his mother, and thus "ended his earthly day".
Richard's heart was buried at Rouen in Normandy, his entrails in Châlus (where he died), and the rest of his body at the feet of his father at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou.
Richard is credited with having originated the English crest of a lion statant. The coat of three lions continues to represent England on several coins of the pound sterling, forms the basis of several emblems of English national sports teams, and endures as one of the most recognizable national symbols of England.
Muslim writers during the Crusades period and after wrote of him: "Never have we had to face a bolder or more subtle opponent".
Contemporaries considered Richard as both a king and “a knight famed for personal sexual prowess.” He was considered prone to the sins of lust!
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