Chicken
Simple Cooking with Shaz
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shaz on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 07:56 AM
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Trinidadian Inspired.
Chicken.Day 1, Week 3
I grew up eating soup like this, and referring to the ‘vegetables’ as provision. In fact… I never knew about any other type of soup until I was a teen!
Ingredients:
1 chicken (cut into small pieces)
2 potatoes
4 sweet potatoes
2 cassavas (yucca)
2 green figs
2 plantains
� cup dahl
3 stalks of celery
green onions
3 carrots (cut into slices)
1 onion (chopped)
garlic (crushed)
hot pepper
� head of cauliflower
6-8 okra
goldenray butter
Guidelines:
The first thing you need to do is semi-cook the chicken…
Season the chicken with onions, garlic, pepper and salt
In a medium size saucepan, caramelize about 2 tbsp of sugar
Add the chicken pieces, remove from heat once they are about half-way cooked
Caramelize � cup sugar in a large pot, add carrots, celery, dahl, chives and then all the other veggies (cut up into bite-size pieces), except okra
Cook a little, and then add the semi-cooked chicken
Add the okra
Add water until all veggies are covered
Boil on medium heat until the veggies are tender
Once the soup is about done, chicken is cooked, and the veggies are tender, add the goldenray butter
Add salt and pepper to taste
You can substitute the chicken for any kind of meat… we LOVE it with beef, and maybe ox-tail 
– recipe courtesy of my mom, and her mom…
Simple Cooking with Shaz
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shaz on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 05:23 PM
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Trinidadian Inspired.
Chicken.Day 4, Week 2
Now, in Trinidad this is a very common meal, like VERY common. And although you may thing that dahl would be prepared by mainly East Indians, this is not the case in Trinidad… almost everyone can make dahl and curry chicken!!
Ingredients (dahl):
1 3/4 cups dahl
1 tbsp Turmeric
1/2 garlic bulb (crushed)
1 small onion (chopped)
1 whole scotch bonnet pepper
salt to taste
1 tbsp oil
Guidelines:
In a large pot, fill half with water and let it boil
Add the dahl to the boiling water
Then add in the onion and garlic, pepper and salt
Add the turmeric and oil and let it boil on medium-high heat
The dahl will melt somewhat as the mixture reduces, just let it cook for about 1 1/2 hours, mixing well (so it does not stick), and adding water if necessary
When the mixture has the consistency of soup (very much like split pea soup), heat a small about of oil and garlic in a deep spoon and carefully pour into the dahl
The pepper will remain in the cooked dahl and you may at that point burst it into the dahl, keep it to eat with the food, or discard… just be careful with it!
Sorry if it seems a bit complicated…
Ingredients (chicken):
1 whole chicken (washed and cut into small parts)
green onions
curry powder
garlic
Guidelines:
Heat a small amount of oil in a pot, then add the chicken
Add 2 tbsp of curry powder, the chopped green onions and garlic
Drizzle some oil on the top and mix well
Add salt and pepper to taste
Cook on medium heat for about 1 1/2 hours and add water when necessary
This is my un-complicated road to west indian style curry chicken!
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shaz on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 at 04:15 AM
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Jamaican Inspired.
Chicken.Day 1, Week 1
picture shown is the kiddy version
Jerk Chicken is a traditional Jamaican dish… now I have to say that although the first 18 years of my life was spent living in in the Caribbean, I only heard about Jerk after I moved to Canada!!
Oh, also, I have never eaten authentic Jerk Chicken.
Main Ingredients:
1 whole chicken, cut into small pieces
Gouda Jerk Spice
Trinidadian Curry Powder
Guidelines (quick, easy, but still tasty!):
Pre-heat pot on stovetop, add a little oil, and then put in the washed chicken parts
Cover the chicken in a generous sprinkling of Jerk seasonings, and then evenly sprinkle about 1tbsp of curry powder
Add a drizzle of olive oil on the top and mix it all up for about 3-5 mins on high heat while the chicken gets brown
Add salt and pepper to taste
Once the chicken is evenly covered with the spices and the liquid from the pot is almost gone, add about 4oz (I use a sippy cup to measure) of water and let it cook for about 20 mins on medium heat
Add about 4oz of water again, mix well, let cook for about 20-30 mins more until chicken is ready
Grown-up version was served with rice, beans and salad, kiddy version was served with rice and an avocado-veggie medley.
