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Welcome to Cookin' On The South Side.
Today we will be making chicken with taters and veggies.
Here's what you'll need:
1 big ass skillet. Mine's is domed like a wok, so I can stuff a lot of food in it; but a big 'ol fryin' pan will work just as well.
A pound or so of frozen chicken breast strips, the kind you buy in a bag at Save A Lot for $6.
A pound and a half or so of small red potatoes
Half a stick of butter
2 or 3 tablespoons of minced garlic the kind that comes in a jar at Save A Lot for $2.
1 1/2 teaspoons of dill weed
Half a teaspoon of powdered thyme
One and a half cups of water or so.
Veggie of your choice I like broccoli.
salt if you want it.

Put your frozen chicken strips in a bowl with some water to thaw 'em.
Wash then dice your taters into chunks that are an inch or smaller.
Drop the half a stick of butter in your big ass skillet and start melting the butter with a medium flame. (I cook with natural gas.)
When the butter is mostly melted, add the garlic.
Mmmm. Listen to that garlic sizzle... Stir it around a bit so it all cooks evenly.
When all the garlic has turned white, and some of it is starting to go golden brown; add the dill and thyme. Stir that around too.

Toss in your taters and stir 'em up good. The butter/garlic/dill/thyme should coat all the potatoes. Give it about 3 minutes to start breaking down the potato starches, then add the water.

Take a break to blog the recipe.

Check on your taters. There should still be plenty of water, and everything should be simmering nicely.

Take your now thawed chicken and chop it into chunks about the same size as your taters. Toss it in your skillet.

Stir it all around for a bit.

When you start getting low on water, toss in your veggies. You don't need to cook 'em down to mush -just heat 'em enough to bring out their color. About 7 minutes.

Serve it up in a bowl and share the leftovers!