Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, traditional kenyan chicken stew. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Traditional Kenyan Chicken Stew is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Traditional Kenyan Chicken Stew is something which I have loved my whole life.
Recipe of preparing chicken stew meal the Kenyan way: Chicken stew is one meal enjoyed by most people across Kenya though the Luhya community is known for it's undying love for this meal. There are different ways of preparing chicken but today we are going to feature chicken stew. Although Kenyan stew can be prepared with goat or chicken, the most popular and traditional version is made with chunks of beef, oil, onions, curry powder, tomatoes, coriander, and garlic. The base is typically prepared with ingredients such as peppers, peas, potatoes, and carrots.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook traditional kenyan chicken stew using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Traditional Kenyan Chicken Stew:
- Get 1 whole chicken
- Prepare Ginger
- Take Garlic
- Prepare Seasoning cube (maggi)
- Take Cumin (optional)
- Make ready Fennel (optional)
- Get Parsley or coriander
- Make ready 1 green pepper
- Take 1 habanero pepper
- Make ready 4-6 big tomatoes
- Prepare Crayfish
I love all things chicken and I quickly jumped at this suggestion hence the birth of this recipe. I decided to go all Kenyan on it and made chicken stew. An ideal Kenyan dining experience would normally have a buffet of food laid out on the table together with plates and silverware placed on the table. Kunde (A traditional vegetable, similar to black eyed peas).
Steps to make Traditional Kenyan Chicken Stew:
- Was the chicken pieces and place in a pot.
- Crush the fennel and cumin and add it to the chicken. Also add curry, maggi, salt, pounded fresh ginger and garlic. Cover the pot and allow to cook for an hour.
- When cooked, drain the water. (Sieve the chicken stock. Refrigerate or freeze. You can use it in other stews or for your jollof rice 😉). Keep the chicken aside and place a clean pot on fire and get the vegetables in order.
- Pour in your vegetable oil and the diced onion and garlic powder (or fresh garlic). Allow the onion to soften then pour in the chopped tomatoes. Leave on low heat for about 10 minutes to fry before adding the sliced green pepper.
- Add the chicken pieces and 2 maggi cubes. No need to put lots of seasoning because the chicken was boiled with enough. Cover the pot and leave to cook for a bit. Then add the choped parsley or coriander and a teaspoon of crayfish. Cover and let simmer for about 5 minutes and its ready.
An ideal Kenyan dining experience would normally have a buffet of food laid out on the table together with plates and silverware placed on the table. Kunde (A traditional vegetable, similar to black eyed peas). Terere (A traditional vegetable, greens from the amaranth plant). Kenyan stew can include a number of different meats: beef stew, goat stew, chicken stew or any other animal stew. Kenyan stew dishes might also include a few other base vegetable ingredients such as carrots, peppers, peas, or potatoes.
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