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Nigerian chicken Stew

Cuisine African
Keyword Chicken Stew, Nigerian CHicken Stew
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 Red bell pepper
  • 1 Piece Habanero/Rodo (or more)
  • 4 Pieces Roma Tomatoes
  • 1 Tablespoon Onion powder
  • 2 Pound Chicken (cleaned)
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Thyme
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Curry
  • Oil or Palm oil
  • 1 Teaspoon Ginger powder
  • Seasoning Cubes
  • 1 Small Ginger
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Remove the stalks, deseed and rinse the bell peppers, also clean the rest of the peppers too. Clean onion, and ginger. Blend until smooth. If you want more stew double the pepper quantities.

    Nigerian chicken Stew pepper
  2. Pour the blended pepper mixture into a pot and boil until it reduces and thickens.

    Nigerian chicken Stew boiled pepper
  3. Season the chickens with salt, seasoning cube, thyme, curry, onion and ginger powders, then boil until it softens. The cooking time will depend on the quantity. 

    TIP: add as little as possible water when boiling.

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  4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. When it's done transfer into a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake in the preheated oven and for 20-25 minutes or until the chicken shrinks and lightly brown.

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  5. In the next stage, you can do it two ways:  You can heat oil in a separate skillet or pan and when it's hot you fry the reduced pepper. OR You add oil to the reduced pepper and continue to frying or cooking. Don't add any season yet.

    Nigerian chicken stew baked chicken fried stew
  6. Add the baked chickens and mix. Add about 1.5 cups of water or chicken broth depending on the consistency of the stew you want.

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  7. Readjust the seasoning and leave to simmer for about 30 minutes or until you get the consistency you want.

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  8. Serve with your favorite side dish.

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Recipe Notes

You can adjust the recipe, add more habanero/rodo if you like it spicy. If you want more quantity double the pepper. If you don't like spice use tomatoes and red bell only.