Kentucky Bourbon Burgoo
A hearty traditional Kentucky stew combining multiple meats including pork, veal, beef, lamb and chicken, slowly simmered with vegetables, lima beans, and Kentucky bourbon. This rich and flavorful burgoo cooks low and slow until thick and tender.
Ingredients
- •2 pounds pork shank
- •2 pounds veal shank
- •2 pounds beef shank
- •2 pounds breast of lamb
- •1 whole chicken
- •8 quarts cold water
- •1½ pounds potatoes
- •1½ pounds onions
- •1 bunch carrots
- •2 whole green peppers
- •2 cups chopped cabbage
- •1 quart tomato puree
- •2 cups whole corn
- •2 pods red pepper
- •2 cups diced okra
- •½ cup chopped parsley
- •2 cups dry lima beans
- •1 cup diced celery
- •¾ cup Kentucky bourbon
- •to taste Salt and pepper
- •to taste Tabasco
- •to taste Steak Sauce
- •to taste Worcestershire sauce
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
1. Put the pork, veal, beef, lamb, and chicken into a large pot. Add the water and bring it to a boil slowly. Simmer until meat is tender enough to fall off the bones, about 4-6 hours.
360 min
- 2.
2. Lift the meat out of the stock. Cool the meat, remove it from the bones, and chop it. Return the chopped meat to the stock.
30 min
- 3.
3. Pare the potatoes and onions and dice them. Add them, plus the carrots, green peppers, cabbage, tomato puree, corn, red pepper, okra, parsley, lima beans, celery, and bourbon, to the meat and stock. Allow the stew to simmer until very thick about 6 hours.
360 min
- 4.
4. Season to taste with the salt, pepper, Tabasco, steak sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.
10 min