We try to eat dinner together as a family almost every night, and I guess this isn’t as common as it was when I was growing up. Just this weekend my 14 year old told me that one of the things that makes our family weird is that we eat dinner together as a family.  (In case you are wondering, according to my daughter there is a long list of things that make us weird “ not having the TV on all the time, playing games together and going camping in a tent also made the list.  I think the homeschooling is so obviously weird she didn’t feel the need to mention it.)  SocialMoms and Coca-Cola® have invited bloggers and their readers to share a classic family recipe to celebrate family meals and traditions.

My mother cooked all the time when I was growing up, and when I moved into my first apartment she gave me a recipe book.  This was before she owned a computer, so she had typed them all up on a typewriter, photocopied them for all three of her kids, and put them in a notebook. The notebook fell apart a few years ago, but I still have the recipes. Of all the recipes she gave me this is my favorite, and I make it for my family frequently.

Chicken Stew

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

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Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken cubes
• 2 Tablespoon oil
• 24 small pearl onions
• 12 oz mushrooms, sliced
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 cup vermouth

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350. Brown the chicken in the oil in a skillet. Do it in two batches if necessary, and transfer the chicken to an oven safe casserole.
2. Saute the onions and mushrooms in the same skillet for a few minutes, then add to the chicken.
3. Deglaze the skillet with a can of mushroom soup. Pour it over the meat in the casserole and add 1/2 c. of vermouth.
4. Cover and bake for an hour.

Notes

Nutrition facts are estimates.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 523 Saturated Fat: 5g Cholesterol: 19mg Sodium: 36345mg Carbohydrates: 42g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 32g Protein: 27g

Nutrition facts are estimates.

Actually I modified the recipe a little bit, since my mom never used mushrooms.  But I love mushrooms so I always use them, much to my the disappointment of my children. My mother always served this over white rice and all you need to add to complete the meal is a salad.  Hopefully someday my kids will appreciate the meals that I make, or at least appreciate the fact that we were weird and ate together as often as possible.

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