Old Timey Chicken Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 to 4 lb.) hen
6 Tbsp. flour (all-purpose)
2 onions, chopped
5 c. hot water
1/2 c. green onions and tops, chopped
1/2 c. parsley, chopped
3 Tbsp. oil
2 bell peppers, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped

Preparation

Brown cut-up hen in oil.
When cooked, remove from pot.
Add flour and brown slowly to make a roux.
Add peppers, celery and onions and cook until soft.
Add hen and water.
Cook three hours. Add onion tops and parsley and cook five minutes.
Remove hen. Dumplings can now be added (see Dumplings recipe).