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fufu & Nigerian chicken stew

Fufu & Nigerian Chicken Stew

Try Marina's delicious recipe for fufu & Nigerian chicken stew, perfect for Emancipation celebrations in Trinidad & Tobago.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: African, Nigerian, Tobago, Trinidad
Author: baidawi

Ingredients

Fufu Ingredients

  • 5 cups cassava peeled & cubed
  • 1 cup water

Nigerian Chicken Stew Ingredients

  • 3 lbs chicken cut into pieces
  • 1 yellow onion diced
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp minced ginger
  • 1 purple onion diced
  • 4 tomatoes quartered
  • 1 sweet pepper roughly chopped
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 3-4 cups water
  • salt & black pepper to taste
  • ¼ cup oil for frying

Instructions

Fufu

  • Place cassava & water in a blender then pulse until a smooth paste is formed
  • Transfer paste into a pot then cook for 5 to 8 minutes while stirring constantly with a wooden spoon
  • Once the cassava paste has thickened and cooked, transfer into serving portions into cling wrap
  • Wrap fufu portions individually into a ball in cling then leave to cool and set

Nigerian Chicken Stew

  • Bring 3 ½cups of water to a boil then add chicken pieces along with yellow onion, 4 cloves of garlic and ginger.
  • Season with salt & pepper to taste then boil chicken for 5 to 7 minutes
  • Add purple onion, tomatoes, sweet pepper, scotch bonnet pepper and ½ cup of water to a blender then blend until a smooth paste is formed
  • Remove chicken from pot making sure to drain off excess water then set aside
  • Save chicken broth in pot for later usage
  • Add oil to a pan then fry chicken pieces for approximately 2 minutes on each side until golden brown and crispy
  • Remove chicken from pan then add vegetable puree, season with salt & black pepper to taste
  • Cook vegetable puree for 5 minutes or until it changes to a deep red color
  • Add curry powder, bay leaf and chicken to pan then ladle approximate 2 cups of chicken broth
  • Cook mixture on medium heat for 15 minutes until gravy has thickened
  • Serve with Fufu & Enjoy!

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