Here's the recipe for my grandma's peasant stew.
3 chicken breasts, cut roughly
1 zucchini, cut roughly
1 summer squash, cut roughly
3 carrots, cut roughly
4 yellow potatoes, cut roughly
3 stalks of celery, cut roughly
3 large carrots, cut roughly
1 red pepper, cut roughly
1 onion, cut roughly
2 portobello caps, cut roughly
2 cups cherry/grape tomatoes, cut roughly
1 1/2 cups red wine, cut roughly
1 cup chicken stock, cut roughly
4 tbsp olive oil, cut roughly
2 tbsp butter, cut roughly
2 tsp marjoram, cut roughly
2 tsp sweet basil, cut roughly
Salt and pepper, cut roughly
So cut everything roughly. In a large stew pot, add olive oil at high heat. Cook chicken until brown. Take chicken out and set aside. Add rest of the oil and butter, cook onions until translucent and slightly brown. Add celery, marjoram and basil. Cook for about 2 minutes. Add zucchini, squash and red pepper. Mix thoroughly and let it sweat for about 5-10 minutes. Zucchini will just start to get soft. Add tomatoes. Let sweat for another 5 minutes. Add carrots, red wine and chicken stock. Add chicken. Cover and cook on medium-high for a half hour, or on low for all day (the longer the better). 1/2 an hour before serving, add the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper.
It's delicious with some crusty bread, cut roughly. You can also substitute the fuck out of shit, as long as you cut it roughly.
