Chicken Fricasee

Ingredients

• 6  baking potatoes peeled quartered
• 1 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 6 pound chickens whole cut into pieces
• 2 teaspoons parsley dried
• 29 ounce chicken broth fat-free canned
• 2  onion peeled sliced into rings
• 10 ounce peas green frozen
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 

Equipment

• dutch oven

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large pot or Dutch oven, over medium-high heat. Briefly brown chicken pieces in batches. When all of the pieces have been browned, return them all to the pot and cover with a layer of sliced onions, and then potatoes. Season with pepper and sprinkle with parsley.
2. Pour the chicken broth over all.
3. Cover and simmer on low heat for 45 minutes, pushing potatoes down into the liquid occasionally. When potatoes are tender but not mushy, add frozen peas and simmer for 5 more minutes.