People often skim through this aspect of preparation but I consider it very important in creating the layers of flavour required to produce an impeccable Nigerian dish. When preparing your meat whether it be chicken, cow, turkey, goat or even bush meat; it is important to aim for maximum flavours with little effort. Today I am going to summarize 6 steps to prepare meat for MAXIMUM flavour( stew edition)
Steps on how to prepare meat
1. Wash the meat
2. Prepare fresh marinade with blended vegetable – onion, garlic, ginger and scotch bonnet
3. Season with dry spices
4. Boil for 20-30 minutes on low heat- This is done with very little water. We boil the meat to tenderize it and extract the stock
5.Seperate the meat from the stock
6.Grease pan and bake meat in oven for 20 minutes at 450 degrees
Oven baked beef
Now that you know how to cook meat that will tantalize your belly, how about you try this Nigerian beef stew recipe.
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How to cook meat for stew
Materials
- 1 lb meat
- 1 onion diced
- 2 garlic
- 1 pinky sized ginger
- 1 scotch bonnet
Spices
- 1 tbsp curry
- 1/2 tbsp salt or to taste
- 1 tbsp thyme
- 1/2 tbsp paprika
- 2 stock cubes
- 1/2 tbsp black pepper
Instructions
- Wash meat with water and salt. Rinse thoroughly then place in pot
- Blend onion, ginger, garlic and scotch bonnet with very little water and pour into pot. then season . Let it boil for 30 minutes
- Separate the meat from the stock .
- Grease pan and place just meat in it. Bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees
