Virginia's Brunswick Proclamation Stew

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The Virginia General Assembly passed a solution successful 2002 reaffirming the authorities arsenic the birthplace and "capitol" of Brunswick stew and designating the 4th Wednesday successful January arsenic Brunswick Stew Day astatine the statehouse. The archetypal look serves 600.

It's large to usage caller tomatoes and maize erstwhile they are successful season. Some cooks dice the potatoes alternatively of cooking them full and past mashing them. But the stew freezes amended erstwhile the potatoes person been mashed.

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

Adapted from a look provided by the Brunswick County/Lake Gaston Tourism Association Inc.

Ingredients

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Servings: 12 (6 quarts)

One 2 1/2-to-3-pound full chicken
1 mean onion, peeled
2 ribs celery
Water
56 ounces diced, no-salt-added canned tomatoes positive their juices (see headnote)
3 mean achromatic potatoes, peeled (about 1 lb total)
28 ounces canned food beans, drained (baby lima beans; whitethorn substitute 3 cups caller oregon frozen)
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoonful kosher salt
1/2 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/2 spoon crushed cayenne pepper
28 ounces canned whole-kernel corn, drained (may substitute 3 cups caller oregon frozen)