Chicken Stew

A plate of Chicken Stew is comforting food at its best and the perfect medicine on a cold winter afternoon!

Ingredients:

• VOO – Virgin Olive Oil for frying
• 1 large onion – diced, but not too small, it must be chunky.
• 10 pieces of chicken thighs – cleaned
• 3 large potatoes (1 potato cut into very small pieces and the remaining 2 into bite-size pieces)
• ±150-200 g green beans, cut into bite-size portions
• ±150-200 g baby carrots, cut into bite-size portions
• Salt
• Chicken Spices
• Rosemary
• Basil

this For later use

Method:

1. Fry the onions in a large pot, spoon out, and set aside.
2. In the same pot, add the chicken pieces and fry until nice and brown.
3. Add boiling water (I guess about 2-3 cups) and liberally cover the chicken.
4. Spice to your liking.
5. Add 1 potato (very small pieces) as well as ½ of the fried onions and all the carrots.
6. Cook (slow) for at least 1½ to 2 hours until tender.
7. Add the remaining veggies and cook for another ½ hour.
8. In the interim, cook enough rice (I cooked 2 cups of raw rice).
9. I am sure I do not need to tell you how to cook rice.
10. Just for interest, I ONLY cook rice in the microwave
11. Once all done and ready, serve the stew on a bed of rice and dig in.

Prepared tried and tested by Esme Slabs