Stewing ideas

Shown here:  peeled and cut potatoes and carrots ready to be added to chicken stew.  First get chicken boiled.  If starting from frozen whole chicken breasts, chicken can be removed from hot water as soon as it is a little bit thawed, and can then be sliced into smaller pieces (remember to slice across the grain of the meat, not along it) and then added back into the same boiling water.  When chicken is cooked add potatoes.  Then wait about fifteen minutes and add carrots.  Also can add peeled whole onions.  If onions are added, it can be done at beginning.