Mountain House Chicken Stew - 2 Serving Entree - 2006 BCS

This is one of my favorites. MH meals are in general, high in sodium. But remember, if you're backpacking for a week and only drinking water that you gather and purify along the way, you're losing a lot of salt from your body through perspiation and other bodily functions.

Always give any freeze-dried meal a little extra time to reconstitute, unless you like your meat crunchy.

I've eaten more chicken stew than any other MH variety. I have to admit it's not too bad especially after returning to camp from a long climbing day & you've starving. Manageable amount of sodium but still a little high for one meal.

A great meal for a Lunch or Supper. Really fills you up. One of my favorite meals

It has been a while since I bought and ate a Freeze Dried meal . This is my first one in America . I had had a long day and had just finished pitching my tent in the snow . It was now dark and I fired up the old MSR stove . All I had to do was boil the water and pour it into the food packet. I sat and impatiently waited the suggested 8 to 9 minutes. I really enjoyed the chicken stew. I reckon the full packet (two portions) is good for a big bloke after a hard day on the hill .
Now I see there is a curry chicken dinner ...hmmm.........

This is lightweight, easy to make, filling, and actually tastes good after a hard day on the trail. The stew is pretty thick, with a nice mix of chicken and potatoes. One 2-serving packet could be a large meal for one person, or can be shared by two smaller people. For a standard, hungry adult, a half of a packet probably would not be enough to serve as a full meal.

It was good, right up there with the Potatoes and Beef meal!

After a day long hike, I was happy to have a double portion, no problem to finish the whole pack.
Adding a bit of salt and pepper improves the bit boring taste. Adding some Parmesan Cheese from a fellow hiker was also nice.
Anyhow there is no lighter and easier to prepare meal than these freeze dried meals, and this Mountain House Stew is definitely one of the better ones.

Good flavor. Thick, can eat with a fork. We would buy it again.

Mountain House makes the best dehydrated meals of any brand I've tried. They are consistently lightweight (around 5oz), and always are simple to make. This one is prepared as almost all are, with 2 cups of boiling water reconstituting the meal for around 10 minutes. After that, dinner is server, and tastes great after a long day.

Always on the hunt for the tastiest freeze dried food, I decided to give this one a whirl. Based on the other recommendations here, I stocked up since it wasn't to be found locally. Having high faith in the word of my fellow enthusiasts, and expecting a five star wonder, I loaded up the bear can with a few days worth without even trying it. It's probably one of the worst Mountain house meals I've ever had. Too many potatoes and incredibly bland, even when starving. It might as well be unseasoned potato soup. Right now, it's relegated to emergency backup, or better yet, I can pawn it off on someone who's a lot hungrier than I could ever be. Yeah, it's that bad.

This was only water and 10 minutes and fed two of us on a very cold night. Kept me warm and full. Great Flavor too!