A good hearty, southern chicken stew, made from a stewed chicken, fresh potatoes and your choice of veggie add-ins.
Homemade Chicken Stew
A hearty stew is a good thing when the weather turns cold and this homemade chicken stew sure made me happy today.
It's been a bit gloomy around here for a few days - overcast, rainy and then cold weather moved in here last night with a vengeance. I stepped outside with the pup - gotta watch over him because we've had a couple close-up encounters with possums and raccoons here lately - and brrrrr y'all.
The temperature must've dropped 40 degrees in just a few hours! I was happy that I had this stew made up, that's for sure.
The shortcut version of chicken stew that I have posted before, is a super easy and flavorful recipe for anytime you're in a hurry for a quick stew, but when you have a little more time on your hands to stew down a chicken, the added flavor from that homemade stock is just amazing.
Hopefully by now you've worked through any Thanksgiving leftovers or at least gotten the stragglers put up into the freezer. I tell you what... we sure have a lot to be grateful for around here, having shared meals with three groups of family, together with the meal that I made for just the two of us, all providing us with plenty of leftovers. Turkey sandwiches on leftover rolls or just plain ole white bread are always my hands-down favorite leftover from the holidays.
Next to that would have to be Turkey Bone Gumbo or Turkey Carcass Soup, and my holiday bird carcass is in the freezer waiting for one of those. While it won't be quite the same as using a whole fresh chicken, this Chicken Stew would be another perfect opportunity to use up that turkey carcass that you froze and some of that leftover turkey meat you may still have hanging around too.
By the way, I hope that you will forgive me for my photography skills here lately.
For one thing I'm having computer issues and my primary laptop that I work from refuses now to see my camera, so pictures have to be uploaded to another computer, apart from the one that I work from.
Plus, y'all already know by now that I'm not really one of those food blog sites that has gorgeous, well-styled photography anyway, right? I'm a cook, not a photographer and I show y'all real food, the way that I make it in my kitchen.
Since what you see here is always what's for supper too, this is really more of a cookin' and eatin' recipe site rather than a photography site. Sometimes I'm just in the mood to cook and eat and not fuss over photography, so I hope you'll forgive me.
I hope you had a wonderful, long Thanksgiving weekend and enjoyed some likely sorely needed rest and relaxation to get you revved up for the Christmas season - I know I sure did.
If you follow food blogs, you'll be seeing lots of cookies and other sweet treats showcased this week and in the coming weeks across the blogosphere. I even picked up a few supplies myself to get in the mood, so don't be surprised if you see a few sweets showing up here soon too.
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