Southern Fried Cabbage Chicken Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 heads cabbage (small)
• 2 medium onions
• 10 slices bacon
• 2 large chicken breasts (with bone)
• 2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans great northern beans
• 8 medium potatoes (cubed)
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 8 chicken bouillon cubes
• 8 (14 ounce) cans water (from chicken broth can)

Recipe

• 1 render fat from bacon (more rendered bacon fat may be needed if you wish to use any two larger heads of cabbage).
• 2 remove bacon from skillet and chop into bite size pieces. set aside and let drain on paper towels.
• 3 shred cabbage as if making coleslaw.
• 4 slice onions into thin half moon.
• 5 saute cabbage and onion in bacon fat until lightly browned.
• 6 mix bacon pieces in with cabbage and onions. set aside and let drain on paper towels.
• 7 peel potatoes. dice into bite sized pieces.
• 8 season chicken with soul seasoning and pepper (or whatever you have around).
• 9 fry until well browned in skillet with bacon fat.
• 10 add chicken broth, bouillon cubes, potatoes and water.
• 11 boil until chicken well tender.
• 12 set aside two chicken halves to cool.
• 13 shred into chunky bite sized shreds.
• 14 add chicken, potatoes, cabbage mixture and 2 cans of northern beans.
• 15 boil all until rendered down into thick gravy like consistency.
• 16 let cook until chicken is tender and all flavors are well blended, at least for 1-1 1/2 hours extra. remember the longer you cook this, the better it is going to taste, so a crock pot would be "perfect" for this particular dish.
• 17 note: if dish is too fatty for you.
• 18 after and only after frying the chicken, you may take a paper towel and take the grease out of the pan, if you are cooking in a skillet or pot of some kind do not clean the skillet.
• 19 you will need all the flavor on bottom of pan for flavoring.