Chicken and Smoked Sausage Stew

Chop all the vegetables and place in a crockpot along with chicken and sausage. Add broth. You can use water if you prefer, I like the broth because I can eliminate adding salt. Don't forget the sausage has its own salt and spice to add also. Cover and slow cook on high 3-4 hours or 5-6 hours on low.For those of you who do not have a crockpot this is just as easy on top of the stove. Just saute all the vegetables in a small stock pot with a small amount of oil. Add sausage and cook 5 minutes. Add chicken and broth. Cook on a medium heat until chicken is done.Serve over rice or have it on the side. I like everything I eat extra spicy so I add a healthy spoonful of chipotle in adobo to this dish. That's optional, of course. Sometimes I add extra broth to make it more like a soup. If you like it thicker, mix a little flour with cold water, enough to make just a thin paste and add it last few minutes of cooking. Don't forget, you can really use whatever chicken pieces you like.