Caribbean Chicken And Squash Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 lbs whole chickens
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 yellow onions
• 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 10 3/4 ounces chicken broth
• 15 ounces chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb ham or 1 lb canadian bacon
• 2 yams or 2 sweet potatoes
• 2 zucchini

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken up into pieces legs, wings, thighs etc --.
• 2 peel and chop sweet potatoes. chop onions, zuchinni and ham.
• 3 in plastic bag add flour, garlic, salt and pepper.
• 4 add chicken pieces to bag one or two at a time. shake to coat.
• 5 heat skillet to medium high heat and brown chicken turning as necessary.
• 6 when chicken is brown add to large soup pot.
• 7 in skillet with chicken drippings add onions thyme, bay leaf, crushed hot red pepper flakes and any left over flour mix.
• 8 saute until spices and onions are blended and you can smell spices with the onions.
• 9 add spiced onions to soup pot with chicken.
• 10 pour can of chicken broth into skillet and scrape away any left over flour etc --.
• 11 pour soup and tomatoes into soup pot.
• 12 add sweet potatoes, ham and stir until chicken and vegies are mixed.
• 13 simmer until chicken is done.
• 14 last 10 minutes of cooking add zuchinni.
• 15 serve when all vegies and chicken are done.