Slow-Cooked Chicken and Cabbage

Slow-Cooked Chicken and Cabbage

1 chicken, cut into pieces (remove skin optional)
5 medium onions, sliced thinly
1 head cabbage, cut in chunks
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. thyme
pepper to taste
1 cup water
1/2 lb. piece of salt pork or 6 strips of bacon
flour to coat chicken pieces

Melt pork, or fry bacon, in frying pan. Dip chicken in flour and brown in pork fat. Remove from pan. Sauteonions in pork or bacon drippings.
Place all ingredients in large saucepan or fireproof casserole. Simmer for 2 hours. Remove remaining piece of salt pork before serving.
This dish can be easily prepared in a slow cooker (“crock pot”). Reduce water to 1/2 cup and cook on low.