Gravy Chicken
Gravy Chicken
This is the first Liberian recipe on stonedsoup.net! This delicious stew consists of chicken stewed with a spicy bell pepper/tomato based sauce. The last 5 minutes of cooking, jumbo shrimp are added into the pot. Traditionally, Liberians also add fried fish to the sauce, but this can be omitted. The gravy chicken is served with check rice, a spinach based rice that is eaten all over West Africa.
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 4 large bone in chicken thighs
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 lb large shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 green bell pepper
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp ginger minced
- 1 habanero
- 1/4 cup basil chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp chicken bouillon
- 1 tsp paprika
Instructions
- Add peppers, garlic, tomatoes, half of the onions, ginger, and basil to a blender.
- Purée until smooth. Set aside.
- Boil the chicken with for 30 minutes with onions, bouillon, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Strain the chicken, reserving the stock. Set aside.
- Heat up cooking oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat. Sauté the tomato paste for a minute.
- Pour in the purée and simmer for 15 minutes over medium heat.
- Pour in 2 cups of the reserved stock. Add in the chicken. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add in the shrimp and simmer for 3-5 minutes until the shrimp are cooked through.
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