Access to this page has been denied because we believe you are using automation tools to browse the website. Recipes to feed your body and warm your heart. Our Family’s Southern Chicken How to store chicken broth in freezer Recipe Featuring tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and chicken, this flavorful and hearty southern chicken stew recipe is a firm family favorite.

I am going to start this post off by asking a favor of you all. I mean, it’s so good that it actually bothers me to think that some of you might only look at the photos, read the tutorial, and never make it. It’s so good that if I could, I would seriously arrange a time and place for all of us to meet up under a tent somewhere in the middle of the country just to serve you this chicken stew. My mother got this recipe out of a 1974 issue of Good Housekeeping.

Since then, I cannot even begin to tell you how often we make it. Everyone in my family makes this and loves it. Once you make this a time or two, you’ll have no more need for the recipe. It will be ingrained in your heart, your taste buds, and your stomach. If you need more reasons to give this southern chicken stew recipe a go, it refrigerates well, freezes well, and can easily feed a crowd simply by adding more potatoes.

Cover your whole chicken with water and cook over medium heat until it’s done. When chicken is done, remove it from the broth and set it aside to cool a bit. If you prefer to use boneless skinless chicken breast for this recipe, just add some chicken bouillon cubes to your water to make sure your chicken broth is rich enough. Also, peel and dice your onion. Cook these until your potatoes are tender. Remove about a coffee cup’s worth of potatoes.

With a fork, mash those potatoes in the cup. We are going to add this back to the stew and it will thicken it. You can also just use a bit of instant mashed potatoes here if you want, as I’ve mentioned in a previous post. Now, you can use any type you want here. However, I prefer diced if I’m going with canned. Nothing though, NOTHING is better than homegrown tomatoes from my freezer if I have them! I often use frozen corn if you prefer that.

If you’d prefer slow cooker chicken stew, follow the steps but once the potatoes, chicken, and onions are cooked in the broth, you’ll want to transfer everything to a slow cooker before adding the can of tomatoes and the remaining ingredients. Then cook on high for 4 to 6 hours. Featuring tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and chicken, this flavorful and hearty southern chicken stew recipe is a firm family favorite. Dip off as much fat from the broth as possible.

Simmer potatoes in 1 cup of broth in a covered saucepan until done and do not drain. Mash potatoes slightly, keeping them lumpy. Add corn, onions, tomatoes, sugar, salt, and pepper to broth. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add potatoes and chicken pieces and simmer slowly with the lid off for at least 45 minutes.