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Booyah Recipe

This Booyah Recipe is a traditional Wisconsin Stew loaded with chicken, beef, pork and tons of veggies! Also called Green Bay Booyah, it's a classic comfort food recipe perfect for a chilly, Fall day!
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken, pork, soup, stew
Servings 10 people
Calories 354kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 stalk celery chopped
  • 2 large carrots peeled and sliced into rounds
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1-1/2 lbs bone in chicken thighs (about 2-3)
  • 1-1/2 lb boneless or bone in beef short ribs
  • 1/2 lb pork shoulder
  • 5 cups chicken broth
  • 1 can 14.5 oz, fire roasted tomatoes (do not drain)
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 cups shredded cabbage
  • 1/2 lb potatoes peeled and cubed (about 4-6 potatoes)
  • half of a rutabaga peeled and cut into cubes
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a large stock pot and add celery, carrots and onion, cooking until onion is translucent, about 3-5 minutes. Remove vegetables from the pan.
    Cook vegetables for booya
  • Add meat and brown on each side in batches. Remove skin from chicken thighs. When all meat is browned, return it to the stock pot.
    Brown Beef in batches
  • Add broth and bay leaf. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and simmer for 2 hours.
    add broth to booyah
  • Carefully remove meat and discard bones. Remove and discard bay leaf. Meat will be pretty tender and most likely fall off the bone. Shred meat and return to the broth.  Add garlic.
    remove bones and add garlic
  • Add carrot and onion mixture.
    Add Onions and Carrots
  • Add Potatoes.
    Add Potatoes
  • Add Rutabaga.
    Add rutabega
  • Add Tomatoes.
    Add tomatoes to Booyah
  • Add Cabbage.
    Add cabbage to booyah
  • Cover and continue to simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice and mix well before serving.
    simmer booyah

Nutrition

Calories: 354kcal