Best Ever Chicken Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken
1 bay leaf
1 small ham hock bone
2 medium onions, chopped
3 Tbsp. parsley
3 1/2 qt. water
2 (15 oz.) cans tomatoes
1 1/2 c. chopped celery
1 pkg. frozen lima beans
black pepper to taste
3 cans yellow sweet corn
3 chopped carrots
4 large potatoes, diced
2 chicken bouillon cubes

Preparation

Put whole chicken in 3 1/2 quart water in large Dutch oven. Put bay leaf, ham bone, chicken cubes, onion and parsley.
Cook about 45 minutes.
Take whole chicken out of water and remove bones.
Put all chicken back in pot.
Add remaining ingredients and cook on low 1 1/2 hours.
Serve with cornbread.