Georgia Style Brunswick Stew

[Bill Gailey]

Derricks posting about Brunswick stew made me home sick so I drug out the old recipe that has been handed down from my Great Grandmother. I made 1 slight modification to the stew recipe years ago and am not sure that Grandma has forgiven me yet! She always put all the vegetables and meats through a grinder so that there were no chunks in the stew. I changed it because I just happen to like chunky stews. Here is my recipe for Georgia style brunswick stew:

Southern BBQ Pork, Beef & Chicken Brunswick Stew


3 slices of bacon
1 cup of chopped onion
1/2 cup of chopped green bell pepper
1/4 cup of chopped celery
2 (14.5 ounce) cans of stewed or diced tomatoes, undrained
3 cups of chicken broth
3 potatoes (about a pound), peeled and diced
1 can of good quality corn, drained
1 can of good quality creamed corn, undrained
1 can of good quality green lima beans, drained
3-4 cups of shredded BBQ (even amounts of pork, chicken and beef)
1 cup of smokey flavor barbecue sauce
Couple dashes of hot sauce, optional
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Cut the bacon into a pot and saute until softened. Add the onion, bell pepper and celery and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the stewed tomatoes, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the chicken broth and potatoes, bring back up to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. To that add the corn, lima beans, barbecued meat, barbecue sauce and hot sauce. Simmer until everything is heated through. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.

Of course you can change the recipe depending on what you have at the time. If you want the traditional then go kill you a squirrel and a rabbit. I normally use San Marzano tomatoes because they are a little sweeter than regular tomatoes. Fresh vegetables are always better if available but the frozen ones seem to work just fine. My Grandma always had vegetables she had canned herself but I don't go there with all that work. Try it and see if you like it

[Ron_L]

Thanks, Bill! I'm saving that for a cold winter day!

Can i get away with substituting something for the lima beans without causing your great grandmother too much stress? No one around here likes them.

[mikerobes]

Originally Posted by Ron_L

Thanks, Bill! I'm saving that for a cold winter day!

Can i get away with substituting something for the lima beans without causing your great grandmother too much stress? No one around here likes them.

I too have been raised on Brunswick Stew. My entire family is from GA, and that's is where I was born. ( I know, I Know, that explains some things doesn't it). Anyway, Half my family omits the Lima Beans, and it's all good. Don't know about Bill's grandma though. My Mom feels the same way, in that Lima Beans are a must.Good Brunswick Stew is hard to beat, Lima or no Lima.
mike

[Derek]

Hi Bill, Here is a recipe for Brunswick stew I want to make.

I was going to slow roast my onions on the smoker before I add them.

I will be testing this recipe through the month, And I like your thoughts please?


5 slices of bacon.
2 Chopped small onions.
2 Pint Jars of stewed tomatoes.
3 Irish potatoes Small chopped.
2 Corn on the Cobs Grilled ( corn took off the cob )
1 Can of Lima beans.
1 Cup and a half cup Okra
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce.
2 tablespoons bacon drippings.
1/2 cup barbecue sauce, your favorite
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper To Taste.
1 And a half pounds Country style boneless ribs. ( Grilled with your dry rib rub )
2-3 Sliced and diced Grilled Chicken thighs ( boneless / skinless Cooked).
1 - 2 cups of Rabbit meat cooked on the grill or smoker.

Throw everything in a crock pot, Dutch Oven. let simmer 4 to 5 hours.

[Bill Gailey]

Derek, It just seems like gumbo anytime okra shows up but then it is your stew and you should take the same liberty I did with my Grandma's recipe.

Mike and Ron the lima beans are sort of like everything else - adjust it to suit your taste and dislikes. I can't imagine making a stew and putting in ingredients I don't like.

[SMOKIN ACES CRAPSHOOT BBQ]

Originally Posted by Bill Gailey

Derek, It just seems like gumbo anytime okra shows up but then it is your stew and you should take the same liberty I did with my Grandma's recipe.

Mike and Ron the lima beans are sort of like everything else - adjust it to suit your taste and dislikes. I can't imagine making a stew and putting in ingredients I don't like.

Well, being a sort of Georgia boy(living there for almost half my life) I make a pretty mean Brunswick Stew as Mike can atest. I'm not going to give out my recipe(It was nice of Bill to share his) but, I'm not a fan of beans or potatoes in it. I have had it at a lot of good BBQ Joints in GA and most of them don't either.

Like Bill says though, don't make something you wouldn't want to eat!!!

[mikerobes]

I make a pretty mean Brunswick Stew as Mike can a test. I'm not going to give out my recipe

BOOO
Now I will never get that pork chop recipe from Dick

[bavariansmoke]

Originally Posted by mikerobes

I make a pretty mean Brunswick Stew as Mike can a test. I'm not going to give out my recipe

BOOO
Now I will never get that pork chop recipe from Dick

Put in Kasseler Pork Loin on the internet and then click on germanfood.about.com for the recipe. This is the one I used at Monroe.

[BruceB]

Originally Posted by bavariansmoke

Put in Kasseler Pork Loin on the internet and then click on germanfood.about.com for the recipe. This is the one I used at Monroe.

OK, so now you have the pork chop recipe, hand over the Brunswick Stew recipe.

[Derek]

Thanks Bill,

Took out the Okra, left the Lima beans in.

Could you replace the Lima with the fava beans?