Nigerian chicken stew for Ewedu
This Nigerian Chicken stew recipe is bursting with delicious flavours, savoury chicken and simple seasonings. An easy recipe for the beginner cooks and a perfect reminder of home.
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken
- 8 plum tomatoes
- 5-6 red bell peppers
- 4 scotch bonnets
- 2 medium red onions or 1.5 large
- 3 dry chillis (shombo) or fresh
- vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp palm oil optional
- 2 garlic cloves
Spices
- Salt
- Curry
- thyme
- 4 Stock cubes
- bay leaf
- Cameroon pepper
Instructions
Prep Chicken
- Prepare marinade by blending 1 onion, 1 scotch bonnet and 2 garlic cloves
- Season chicken with marinade, salt, pepper, seasoning powder, curry and thyme. Boil for 25-30 minutes on low-medium heat
- Separate chicken from stock and roast chicken in the oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown
Prep Vegetables
- Wash tomatoes, onion and peppers and put into a large pot. Boil for 15 minutes.
- Blend boiled tomatoes, onion and peppers into smooth paste
Prepare Stew
- In a pot of hot vegetable oil , add in chopped onions and fry till translucent. Season with 1 stock cube
- Add tomatoe- pepper blend to the pot at let it fry for 8- 10 minutes. then add chicken stock, palm oil (optional), salt, Cameroon pepper and stock cubes. Let it simmer for another 10 minutes
- Serve and enjoy