Recipe for Kentucky Burgoo

Ingredients

3 lb ready to cook broilerchicken
12 cup water
1/4 teaspoon pepper
56 oz (2 cns) tomatoes
2 cup coarsely chopped carrots
1 cup chopped celery
2 tablespoon packed dark brown sugar
4 each whole cloves
1 each bay leaf
32 oz (2 cns) butter beans
2/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 lb beef shank cross-cuts
1 tablespoon salt
6 each slices bacon
1 cup cubed peeled potatoes
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed dried red pepper
1 each clove garlic, minced
4 each ears of fresh corn
10 oz frozen cut okra

Instructions

In 10-quart Dutch oven or stock pot combine chicken, beef cross cuts, water, salt and pepper. Cover; cook til meat is tender, about 1 hour. Remove chicken and beef from broth, reserving broth. Remove chicken and beef from bones; discard skin and bones. Cube beef and chicken. Set aside. Cook bacon til crisp; drain, reserving drippings. Crumble bacon, set aside. To reserved broth in Dutch oven, add cubed beef, undrained tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, onion, celery, green pepper, sugar, red pepper, cloves, garlic,and Bay Leaf. Cover; simmer 1 hour, stirring often. Remove cloves and bay leaf. With knife, make cuts down center of each row of corn kernels and scrape off of cobs. Add corn, cubed chicken, undrained beans, and okra to Dutch oven; simmer 20 minutes. Blend flour and reserved bacon drippings; stir into stew. Cook until stew thickens. Salt to taste. Garnish with parsley and serve hot with baking powder biscuits for a great meal.