Chicken Stew

Learn how to perfectly fry Nigerian stew using basic ingredients for stew.

Stew is a staple in many countries of the world and cooked differently depending on where you are from. Nigerian stew and many African stews have tomatoes as their base. To prepare Nigerian stew you need some basic ingredients listed below. From these basic ingredients, you could build on it, customize it to your own taste or preference. So this video is about fundamental, all you need to know about Nigerian stew and how to fry it the Nigerian way.

Directions

Blend tomatoes, onions, peppers (use your desired amount).
In a pan, pour some vegetable oil and heat it up. Once it is hot, add the chopped onions and bay leaves. Fry the onions until it is translucent, then add the tomato paste/tin tomatoes and fry for about 5 - 10 minutes or until it looses the tangy taste.
Add the tomato blend and cook on medium heat.
After 10 - 20 minutes, add some curry powder, thyme, seasoning cubes and salt to the stew and stir. Keep stirring the stew every 5 - 10 minutes to prevent it from burning at the bottom.
While the stew is cooking, in another pan, add chicken, onions, fresh pepper, curry powder, thyme, seasoning cubes, little water and cook until done.
When the chicken is done, deep fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. You can bake or air fry the chicken
Cook down the stew until most of the moisture is gone. At the point the stew would be more glossy, the oil and the stew would be uniform in color and the oil is more visible. The oil would settle at the top of the stew and is separate form the stew.
Add the fried chicken and the chicken stock. The chicken stock adds more flavor to the stew and increases them volume of the stew. If you are wondering why more fluid is added at the end after cooking down the stew to remove most of the fluid. The delicious taste of the stew comes from frying that long. Adding the chicken stock adds more flavor and increases the quantity of the stew so that it can last longer.
Taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly. Cook for 5 minutes and the stew is ready.

Ingredients

Tomatoes

Habenero pepper/scotch bonnet pepper

Bell pepper/Atarodo

Tomato paste/tin tomatoes

Vegetable oil

Chicken

Onions

Curry powder

Thyme

Seasoning cubes

Bay leaves

Salt