Official Brunswick Stew

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Official, arsenic successful inspired by the Brunswick Stewmaster's Association of Brunswick County, Va. We person chopped the look successful fractional and tweaked it conscionable a bit, but it inactive makes a batch of stew. So Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin recommends doing what the Brunswickians do: Stash immoderate successful your freezer, portioned successful freezer-safe zip-top bags, and springiness immoderate to friends.

It's champion to person the ingredients prepped earlier you start; clasp the potatoes successful chill water, if needed, to support them from discoloring, past drain and adust earlier using. Fatback is disposable successful astir larger market stores (you mightiness person to inquire the folks successful the achromatic coats to bring it out), Asian markets and butcher shops.

It's preferable to usage caller maize and food beans erstwhile they are successful season.

The stew tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 5 days oregon frozen for up to 4 months.

Adapted from the Brunswick Stewmaster's Association of Brunswick County, Va.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 10 (5 quarts)

3 pounds boneless, skinless chickenhearted thighs, trimmed of astir disposable fat
3 ounces fatback, chopped into 4 agelong slabs (see headnote)
Water
2 pounds achromatic potatoes, peeled and chopped into planks 3 inches agelong by 1 inch wide by 1/2-inch thick
1 1/2 pounds yellowish onions, coarsely chopped
3/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
3/4 spoon cayenne pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt, oregon to taste
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
28 ounces canned, crushed, no-salt-added tomatoes positive their juices
28 ounces canned food beans (baby lima beans; whitethorn substitute 3 cups caller oregon frozen), drained
28 ounces canned achromatic footwear peg corn, drained (may substitute 3 cups caller oregon frozen)
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, chopped into tiny pieces