Dredge chicken pieces in flour mixture.

Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over high.

Remove Dutch oven from heat, and transfer chicken to a plate.

Chicken-and-vegetable pot in blue bowl

Credit:Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Micah Morton; Prop Stylist: Jillian Knox

Arrange remaining onions, potatoes, carrots, and bell peppers on top of chicken.

Pour tomato mixture and boiling water over chicken and vegetables in Dutch oven.

Bring to a boil over medium-high.

Divide chicken and vegetables evenly among 4 bowls; serve immediately.

Adapted with permission fromA Good Heart and A Light Hand.

Simon & Schuster, 1968.