Sweet Potatoes Stewed
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- Sweet potatoes
- Boiled ham
- 2 Chickens
- Pepper
- Salt
- 1 Bundle of herbs
- Water
Instructions
- Wash and wipe them, and if they be large, cut them in two lengths.
- Put them at the bottom of a stew pan, and lay over some slices of boiled ham; and on that, one or two chickens cut up, with pepper, salt, and a bundle of herbs.
- Pour in some water and stew them till done.
- Then take out the herbs and serve the stew in a deep dish.
- Thicken the gravy, and pour it over.