STEW

Stew can save you a lot. Once you know how to make a good stew you can eat many things with your stew including bread. I love stew and bread. I grew up in Nigeria and I know Nigerian stew made with beef, chicken, lamb, or fish or for more exotic taste a combination of all can be very tasty and satisfying. Nigerian stew also acts as a base for many of our popular dishes e.g Jollof rice, stewed beans, yam pottage, beans and rice, pasta etc.

Ingredients

• Chicken pieces x 10

• Medium tomatoes x 5

• Medium onions x 3

• Bell Pepper x 2

• Scotch Bonnet (ata rodo) x 4

• Rosemary 5gm

• Tumeric 10gm

• Dry grounded Garlic 20gm

• Vegetable Oil 200gm

Steps

1. Put the Chicken in a pot

2. Add grated I inch ginger, 2 cloves minced garlic, chopped onions, 1 tsp curry, ½ tsp thyme, salt and vegetable seasoning.

3. Cook chicken on low heat for about 15 mins with half a glass cup of water.

4. Separate the chicken stock from chicken and fry the chicken.

5. Sieve the chicken stock and set aside

6. Blend the tomatoes, 2 onions, Bell Pepper, scotch bonnet together

7. Sieve the blended tomatoes/pepper mix

8. Put some vegetable oil in a pot, when hot add chopped onions and allow it to fry for 2mins.

9. Add the blended pepper mix, add some curry, turmeric, rosemary , thyme vegetable seasoning and fry for about 10mins

10. Add the chicken stock, and fried chicken

11. Allow to steam for 5mins and your stew is ready.