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Chicken Back Curry Stew | Curried Chicken Back

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Ingredients

  • 2 to 3 lbs Chicken's Back (cut to chunk pieces)
  • 1 stack of Scallion (diced)
  • 2½ medium Onions (diced)
  • 2 small Tomatoes (diced)
  • 6 Garlic Cloves (plus one more to burn the curry)
  • ½ green pepper (Scotch bonnet)
  • ½ ripe pepper (Scotch bonnet)
  • Ginger – (cut to half the size of your thumb)
  • 1½ tablespoon of Sea Salt
  • 1½ tablespoon of Parsley (dried or fresh)
  • 1½ tablespoon of Basil (dried or fresh)
  • 1 teaspoon of Rosemary (dried or fresh) optional
  • 1 teaspoon of Nutmeg (grated)
  • ½ teaspoon of Pimento Seeds
  • 2 tablespoons of Indian Curry Powder
  • Thyme (1 teaspoon of leaves)
  • ½ teaspoon Vinegar (any flavor)
  • ¼ cup Coconut Oil (or Olive oil)
  • ½ Cho-Cho diced (optional)
  • 2 cups of Water

Cooking Instructions

  1. The seasonings must first, stripped, washed, and diced.
  2. Cut chicken's back into chunk pieces.
  3. Combine the chicken’s pieces with all the seasonings and herbal. Do not use the curry powder yet.
  4. Put to heat a pot for stewing; gauged at eight. Add one peeled garlic clove. Add the curry powder and allow for ten seconds, next use a cooking fork to stir the garlic and the curry powder at the bottom of the pot for ten seconds, (Note: this is called burning the curry powder. Curry can be hard on the stomach; if you do this, it will not be.) Add the oil right after that. (Do not allow the curry to get black, it is important), then shortly after that, add the seasoned chicken back pieces.
  5. Alternative, you can add the oil before the curry powder, nevertheless to me it best curry first...
  6. Allow to fry on each side for two minutes. Add the seasonings and stir in for thirty seconds.
  7. Then add two cups of water. Cover well, next put the flame gauged on four for twenty five to thirty minutes.
  8. (Note: keep the pot covered within the time, for the steam will build up the gravy). Total time is thirty-five minutes.
  9. Serving with peeled boiled green bananas, or brown rice alongside vegetable.

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