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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook whole chickens with skin intact in a roaster pans filled with a gallon of water per 2 chickens.
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Sprinkle each chicken with seasoning salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and top with sliced or chopped onions.
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Add 6 chicken bouillon cubes to each pan.
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Reserve all broth to use when cooking stew.
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Cook chickens for approximately an hour.
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Allow chickens to cool.
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Remove onions from chicken and transfer them into the broth.
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Remove skin from each chicken and discard.
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Bone all chickens.
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(If you plan to cook the chickens ahead of time, they can be frozen and stored in freezer bags separate from the broth.
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Allow 24 hours to thaw before preparing stew.)
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Stew Preparation: Heat the reserved broth to a boil in a cast iron kettle over an open fire.
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This will take about 30 minutes.
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Mix in onions and all cans of tomatoes.
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Continue heating for 30 additional minutes.
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Add diced potatoes, garlic, sugar and chili powder.
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Boil mixture for 1 hour.
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Add chickens and any additional spices or seasoning salts desired and let simmer for a few minutes.
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Finally, add the cans of kernel and cream-style corn just before serving as it will scorch if added too soon.
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Remove pot from fire when thoroughly heated.
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Serve with saltine crackers and cheddar cheese.
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A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe.
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The FN chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.