Categories: fun dishes, main dishes, stew

Ingredients

• ingredients for The Yucky stuff:
• 1 cup catsup
• 1 cup cooking oil
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• Hot water to fill a large canner cooker about 1/2 full
• 1 (3 ounce) package crab boil seasoning mix
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• ingredients for The Good stuff:
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• 15 to 18 small red potatoes, left whole
• 1 bag baby carrots, left whole
• 2 pounds smoked sausage (or Little smokies), cut into 2-inch lengths
• 3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 (1/2 pound) packages of fresh mushrooms small onions (as many as you wish)
• 1 pound medium shrimp, cleaned
• 2 green peppers, cut into large pieces

Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients for The Yucky stuff except for the seasoning packet in a large cooker. Once all The Yucky stuff is mixed well and the salt is dissolved, drop the seasoning packet into the cooker. set a wire basket into the cooker. Once the broth is at a rapid boil, begin putting The Good stuff into the wire basket in the order and for the times listed below. Lower the basket into the boiling mixture; then stir lightly after each addition so it mixes together.

2. To Cook: Bring broth to a rapid boil and make sure it keeps boiling all the time. Add potatoes and boil 5 minutes. Add carrots and sausage. Boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Add the chicken pieces and boil 5 minutes. Add mushroom and onion. Boil for 5 minutes. Add shrimp and green peppers. Turn off the stove burner, but keep kettle covered, and let it set for 5 minutes. Drain the liquid broth away from the food by lifting the basket out. Dispose of The Yucky stuff, then dump The Good stuff into a roaster or big mixing bowl. Take it to a table that’s been covered with a clean, plastic tablecloth. (Make sure that no one is seated at the table yet.) Dump the food out on the table so there’s a pile of food in front of each place where a person will sit. Pass around some barbecue sauce, shrimp cocktail sauce, sour cream, and melted butter so that everyone can put a glob of whatever they want in front of them on the table to drag their goodies through. Eat with your fingers and enjoy! Recipe feeds 8 to 10 people.

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