South Georgia Brunswick Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 roasting chicken
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 carrot
• 3 quarts water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 smoked lamb butt or 1 deer roast
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 stalk celery
• 2 (16 ounce) cans whole tomatoes
• 1 (12 ounce) bag frozen baby lima beans
• 1 (12 ounce) bag frozen whole kernel corn
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• cayenne pepper
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes
• 2 tablespoons rice
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken with 3 quarts water, 1 stick celery, 1 carrot, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper for 2 hours on medium heat. add more water as needed.
• 2 debone and defat chicken. chop and shred and set aside 2 cups.
• 3 filter chicken broth with strainer and set aside.
• 4 debone and defat smoked meat and cut and shred into small pieces. set aside 2 cups.
• 5 chop carrot, celery, onion, and garlic.
• 6 heat 3 tbs cooking oil in large stewing pot. add chopped celery, onion, carrot and garlic.
• 7 stir and simmer on medium heat until carrots are cooked (about 5 min) add a tbs water if onions start to brown.
• 8 while onions/carrots/celery are cooking, chop up 2 cans whole tomatoes. i use food processor for about 2 seconds.
• 9 add chopped tomatoes to cooked carrots and onions.
• 10 add 4 cups of the chicken broth.
• 11 add 2 cups the chopped smoked meat.
• 12 add 2 cups chopped chicken meat.
• 13 add butter beans, corn, rice, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, ketchup, bouillon cubes, and bay leaf.
• 14 add more of the filtered chicken broth if needed to make soupy.
• 15 cook at medium low heat for 1 hour.