MAW MAW'S GOOD OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN STEW

MAW MAW'S GOOD OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN STEW image

Yield 50-60 people

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/4 cup sea salt
1/8 cup freshly ground pepper
4 sticks butter
4 whole chickens or 10lbs dark and 5 lb white w/ bones
2 gallons Whole Milk
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Texas Pete or Franks
4 cups Chicken broth
Lots of water

Steps:

1. Start boiling pot 8 hours before serve time 2. After 3 hours replace water (about 2/3 full) bring back to boil 3. Add ¼ cup sea salt, 1/8 cup freshly ground pepper 4. After 30 minutes add 4 sticks of Butter and Chicken: 10 lbs dark, 5 lbs. white w/ bones (can place chicken in a net bag so after cooking you can remove it and pick out bones if desired) 5. Boil and break up chicken with paddle for 2 ½ hours keeping water at about 2/3 level 6. Mix in 2 gallons Whole Milk and 1 cup All-Purpose Flour, and then add to stew with ¼ cup Texas Pete, and 4 cups of high quality Chicken broth. 7. Return to boil, stir for 10 minutes then start reducing heat stirring frequently 8. Reduce fire to no flame at least 1 hour prior to serving