Midwest Living's Bouja / Burgoo

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 -2 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 lb boneless beef chuck, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
• 6 cups water
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 4 teaspoons instant chicken bouillon granules or 4 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 1 medium potato, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables (green beans, corn, carrots and peas)
• 1 cup cubed rutabagas or 1 cup turnip
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped green sweet peppers or 1/2 cup sweet red pepper
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes, cut up
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, if needed

Recipe

• 1 in a large cooking pot, cook the chicken in 1 tablespoon hot cooking oil until no pink remains; remove the chicken from the pot, cover and chill but reserve the drippings in the pot.
• 2 brown the cubed beef chuck in the remaining drippings in the pot, adding more oil if needed.
• 3 add the water, chopped onion, instant bouillon granules and the dried thyme to the pot; bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
• 4 add the remaining ingredients to the cooking pot and stir to combine; return the mixture to boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes more, or until vegetables and meat are tender.
• 5 stir in the cooked chicken and heat through; season to taste with some salt and some additional pepper, if you like.