Brunswick Stew

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ½ cup diced onions
• 2 quarts chicken broth
• 3 ounces tomato paste
• 1 pound tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and finely diced
• 12 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut diagonally
• 8 ounces hulled corn or hominy
• 12 ounces okra, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 dried chili pepper, crushed
• ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pound stewed or cooked chicken meat, boned and diced