Flu Stew

Name: Flu Stew
Ingredients: 6 garlic cloves (chopped); 2 medium onions (white, red, or yellow, chopped); 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 lb lentils (steamed); 8 ounces mushrooms (chopped); 2 medium potatoes (chopped with skin on); 1 lb chicken (or other meat, 1-2 inch cubes); 6 carrots (1 lb bag, sliced); 1/2 head cabbage (chopped); 2 tablespoons salt (to taste); 1 1/2 cups white wine (a small 187ml bottle will do, red works too, although it will turn chicken purple); 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth; 6 -8 dashes Emeril's Original Essence (original) or 6 -8 dashes Italian spices

13 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

6 garlic cloves (chopped)
2 medium onions (white, red, or yellow, chopped)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 lb lentils (steamed)
8 ounces mushrooms (chopped)
2 medium potatoes (chopped with skin on)
1 lb chicken (or other meat, 1-2 inch cubes)
6 carrots (1 lb bag, sliced)
1/2 head cabbage (chopped)
2 tablespoons salt (to taste)
1 1/2 cups white wine (a small 187ml bottle will do, red works too, although it will turn chicken purple)
1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
6 -8 dashes Emeril's Original Essence (original) or 6 -8 dashes Italian spices

Directions

1

Rinse lentils, add to small pot of boiling water, cover and turn down heat to simmer for 30 minutes.
2

In large pot add olive oil, garlic, onions and a few dashes of Essense; bring up heat to medium and stir until onions start to brown, then turn down heat to warm and prepare the meat.
3

Add meat. Bring heat to medium and stir until meat is half or almost cooked.
4

Add potatoes along with a few dashes of Essense, and stir until they start to brown.
5

Add wine. Cook for five minutes at medium heat or hot enough to boil the wine so the alcohol evaporates.
6

Add carrots and mushrooms and stir a few minutes.
7

Add chicken broth.
8

Add Salt.
9

Drain lentils after their thirty minutes time is up, and add to stew.
10

Add a few dashes of Essense, stir, and bring to a boil.
11

Add cabbage, a few dashes of Essense, cover, turn heat down to simmer or low, and cook for 30 minutes.
12

Stir, and serve.