Chicken & Onion Stew

I love this stew, which was my mother’s speciality. When I grew up and moved to Beirut, I was surprised that no one there knew it. Since then, I’ve come to think that it was actually my mother’s invention, and wasn’t made in any other home. It reminds me especially of the winter months in Marjeyoun, the town in southern Lebanon where I grew up. Walking home from school, I could smell the stew all the way down the road. My mother used to keep it on the stove, which was an Aga-like appliance