4 lbs. chicken legs and thighs
1 ½ + 1 teaspoons salt
¼ lb. salt pork
4 cups tomatoes (sliced)
2 cups corn (fresh, canned, or frozen)
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup chopped potatoes
1 cup chopped carrots
10 oz. frozen lima beans
½ cup chopped onion
Pepper (freshly ground)
Dash of cayenne pepper
Place the chicken in the bottom of the crock pot. Add enough water to completely cover the bird. Add 1 ½ teaspoons salt.
Cover and cook on low for 2 hours, adding additional water if it drops below the height of the chicken pieces.
Add the salt pork, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, carrots, lima beans, and onion. Sprinkle with pepper and add a dash of cayenne pepper. Simmer on low for 5 hours.
Adapted from Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook by Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good
For this chicken and vegetable stew, you’ll need an extra large crock pot. Alternatively, you may divide the recipe up between two smaller crock pots.