3 key items to making chicken stew

The recipe lower down the page will show you exactly how to make it.

This recipe is based on an African chicken stew (more details lower down) but I found that 3 key items will make all the difference:

3 – Use a Slow cooker or hob

The original recipe was designed to be made on the hob, which is quite easy to do. If you want to cook it on the hob then:

• Add all the ingredients (except the chicken & sweet potato) into a large pot and stir well. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes (covered with a lid)
• Then add the chicken and sweet potato bits and simmer for 40 minutes – until the chicken and potato are cooked.

How to make Chicken stew

Ingredients:

• 2 Chicken breasts – cut into bite size pieces
• 2 Sweet potato (Medium size) – peeled and cut into pieces
• 1 large onion
• 4 cloves garlic
• 500 ml Passata
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• Salt & pepper

Equipment

• 1 Slow cooker
• 1 Saucepan
• Knife & chopping board

Instructions

1 – Prepare the ingredients

• Chop the onion into small bits, chop & crush the garlic
• Peel and cut the sweet potato into bite size bits
• Cut the chicken breasts into bite size bits

2 – Prepare the sauce

• Add all the ingredients (except chicken & sweet potato) into the slow cooker
• Mix well and then add the chicken & sweet potato bits

3 – Make the stew

• Heat on a low setting for 6 hours

How to serve chicken cumin stew.

Serve with either

• Baton de Manioc (also called Chikwangue or cassava bread) – gluten free bread that tastes a bit like white bread.
• Or Fufu – similar to cassava but with a slightly sour taste
• Or Rice.

Cassava bread

In places like the Centra African Republic this recipe is often served with Cassava bread or Fufu. Neither of which you can buy in major shops. However Cassava flour is available from Amazon if you would like to make your own bread.

Lastly it is often enjoyed with a glass of banana wine or palm wine

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The country recipe challenge.

I originally found this recipe when researching recipes in the Central African Republic and tastes lovely.

The beauty of food from the Central African Republic is that many meals use locally grown ingredients, such as cassava (see below), rice, squash, spinach, pumpkins and plantains. Similarly many meals include fish, chicken and game.

This recipe is part of my country recipe challenge, where I am trying to find 1 recipe from each country in the world.

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