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      Title: Chicken Stew with Mixed Vegetables
 Categories: 
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      4    Carrots; scraped
      3    Stalks celery; chopped
      2    Leeks; white part only,
           .. sliced
      2 sm Onions; chopped
      2    Cloves garlic; chopped
      6 c  Water
      1    Sprig fresh thyme
           -=OR=-
    1/4 ts Dried thyme
      1    Bay leaf
      1    Clove
      2 ts Sea salt
      1 ts White peppercorns
      4 lb Stewing chicken
      2    Young turnips; peeled and
           .. cut in juilenne strips
      1    Zucchini; cut in juilenne
           .. strips
 
  Roughly chop 2 carrots and cut remaining 2 carrots
  into julienne strips. Place chopped carrots,
  celery, 1 leek, onions and garlic in large pot.
  Cover with water and bring to a boil. Add thyme,
  bay leaf, clove, salt and peppercorns. Add chicken
  and simmer for 2 hours, skimming as needed during
  first 30 minutes of cooking time. Remove chicken
  from broth. Strain broth and bring to a boil
  again. Add remaining leek, turnips, zucchini and
  carrot strips. Simmer 10 minutes. Separate chicken
  meat from bones and cut into small cubes. Add
  chicken cubes to stew. Before serving, season to
  taste with salt and pepper.
 
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